Adherence to diabetes risk reduction diet is associated with metabolic health status in adolescents with overweight or obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insufficient evidence exists regarding the relationship between diabetes risk reduction diet (DRRD) and metabolic health status in adolescents. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between DRRD and metabolic health status in Iranian adolescents with overweight/obesity.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, a multistage cluster random sampling method was used to select 203 overweight/obese adolescents. Dietary intakes were evaluated using a validated 147-item food frequency questionnaire. The following parameters were measured: blood pressure, anthropometric indices, fasting glucose, insulin, and lipid profiles. Participants were classified to metabolically healthy overweight/obese (MHO) or metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese (MUO), based o

SUBMITTER: Grigorian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907990 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature