Energy-dense dietary patterns high in free sugars and saturated fat and associations with obesity in young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To derive dietary patterns based on dietary energy density (DED), free sugars, SFA, and fiber and investigate association with odds of overweight/obesity in young adults.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from 625 young Australian adults (18-30 years) were used. Dietary patterns were derived using reduced rank regression based on dietary data from a smartphone food diary using DED, free sugars, SFA, and fiber density as response variables. Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate associations between dietary patterns and odds of self-reported overweight/obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²).

Results

Two dietary patterns were identified (DP1 and DP2). DP-1 was positively correlated with DED, free sugars, and SFA, and inversely correlated with fiber de

SUBMITTER: Livingstone KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8921009 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature