Exploring the Dietary Patterns of Young New Zealand Women and Associations with BMI and Body Fat.

ABSTRACT: Examining dietary patterns provides an alternative approach to investigating dietary behaviors related to excess adiposity. The study aim was to investigate dietary patterns and body composition profiles of New Zealand European (NZE) women, participating in the women's EXPLORE (Examining the Predictors Linking Obesity Related Elements) study. Post-menarche, pre-menopausal NZE women (16-45 years) (n = 231) completed a validated 220-item, self-administrated, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using measured height (cm) and weight (kg); body fat percentage (BF%) was measured using air displacement plethysmography (BodPod). Dietary patterns were identified using principal component factor analysis. Associations between dietary patterns, age, BM

SUBMITTER: Schrijvers JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4997365 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature