Mealtime habits and risk of developing the metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance among Mexican adults.

ABSTRACT: Meals are an important source of food intake, contributing to body weight and health status. Previous studies have examined the relationship between isolated mealtime behaviours and the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of this study was to examine the influence over time of ten interrelated mealtime habits on the risk of developing the MetS and insulin resistance (IR) among Mexican adults. We conducted a prospective cohort study with a sample of 956 health workers. The Mealtime Habits Quality (MHQ) scale is based on four mealtime situations (availability of time to eat, distractions while eating, environmental and social context of eating, and familiar or cultural eating habits), which were used to assess the participants' MHQ at the baseline (2004-2006) and follow-up (2010-2012) evaluat

SUBMITTER: Mendez-Hernandez P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6752972 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature