Characterizing children's eating patterns: does the choice of eating occasion definition matter?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recommendations to define eating occasions (EO) currently exist for research in adults, but not for children or adolescents. We examined how varying EO definitions affect the characterization of eating patterns in children and adolescents.

Methods

Cross-sectional dietary data collected using a 24-h recall data during the 2011-12 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (1364 boys and 1337 girls aged 2-18 years) were analyzed. Eight definitions were applied: participant-identified, time-of-day, and 6 neutral definitions (EO separated by 15- or 60-min and/or an additional energy criterion of 21 or 210 kJ). Frequency of and total energy intake from meals, snacks, and all EO were estimated. F tests stratified by gender and age-group, were used to ass

SUBMITTER: Leech RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684678 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature