Diet Quality Trajectories From Infancy to Young Adulthood: The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stability in dietary habits has been observed during childhood and adolescence, but their stability from infancy to adulthood is less known.

Objectives

Our aim was to identify latent diet quality trajectories from age 1 to 18 y and to examine their association with diet quality at age 26 y.

Methods

The study included 620 participants from the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project, initiated in infancy. Food and nutrient intake were assessed annually from age 1 to 18 y and again at age 26 y using food records. A food-based diet score (range: 0-33) was calculated to indicate diet quality. Group-based modeling was used to model trajectories of diet quality between the ages of 1 and 18 y. Logistic regression analysis examined associations of c

SUBMITTER: Tarro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12264548 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature