Childhood nutrient intakes are differentially associated with hepatic and abdominal fats in adolescence: The EPOCH study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine whether nutrient intakes in childhood are associated with abdominal and hepatic fat depots later in adolescence.

Methods

Using data from 302 participants in the longitudinal Exploring Perinatal Outcomes among CHildren (EPOCH) study, energy partition and nutrient density models were constructed to examine associations of nutrient intakes in childhood (~10 years of age), assessed by food frequency questionnaire, with abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and hepatic fat in adolescence (~16 years of age).

Results

In energy partition models (energy intake not held constant), total, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fat intakes in childhood were associated with higher SAT in adolescence

SUBMITTER: Cohen CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature