Dietary patterns associated with fat and bone mass in young children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity and osteoporosis have origins in childhood, and both are affected by dietary intake and physical activity. However, there is little information on what constitutes a diet that simultaneously promotes low fat mass and high bone mass accrual early in life.

Objective

Our objective was to identify dietary patterns related to fat and bone mass in children during the age period of 3.8-7.8 y.

Design

A total of 325 children contributed data from 13 visits over 4 separate study years (age ranges: 3.8-4.8, >4.8-5.8, >5.8-6.8, and >6.8-7.8 y). We performed reduced-rank regression to identify dietary patterns related to fat mass and bone mass measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for each study year. Covariables included race, sex, height, weight, energy

SUBMITTER: Wosje KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2904032 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature