Diet quality across early childhood and adiposity at 6 years: the Southampton Women's Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor diet quality in early childhood is inconsistently linked to obesity risk. Understanding may be limited by the use of cross-sectional data and the use of body mass index (BMI) to define adiposity in childhood.

Objective

The objective of this study is to examine the effects of continued exposure to diets of varying quality across early childhood in relation to adiposity at 6 years.

Methods

One thousand and eighteen children from a prospective UK birth cohort were studied. Diet was assessed using food frequency questionnaires when the children were aged 6 and 12 months, and 3 and 6 years; diet quality was determined according to scores for a principal component analysis-defined dietary pattern at each age (characterized by frequent consumption of fruits,

SUBMITTER: Okubo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4597330 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature