Dairy intake and long-term body weight status in German children and adolescents: results from the DONALD study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To analyse the association between intake of total dairy (TD) and types of dairy [liquid dairy (LD), solid dairy (SD), low-fat dairy (LFD), high-fat dairy (HFD), high sugar dairy (HSD), low-sugar dairy (LSD), not fermented dairy (NFD), as well as fermented dairy (FD)] and long-term changes in body weight status and composition among children and adolescents in Germany.

Methods

In total, 9999 3-day dietary records collected between 1985 and 2019 by 1126 participants (3.5-18.5 years; boys: 50.8%) of the Dortmund Nutritional and Anthropometric Longitudinally Designed (DONALD) study were analysed. Polynomial mixed-effects regression models were used to examine whether changes (median follow-up: 9 years) in the intake of TD and dairy types (in 100 g/1000 kcal total energy

SUBMITTER: Hohoff E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8854286 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature