Associations of eating speed with fat distribution and body shape vary in different age groups and obesity status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eating speed has been reported to be associated with energy intake, body weight, waist circumference (WC), and total body fat. However, no study has explored the association between eating speed and body fat distribution, especially its difference among different age or body mass index (BMI) groups.

Methods

4770 participants aged 18-80 years were recruited from the baseline survey of the Lanxi Cohort Study. They were categorized into three groups according to meal duration. Linear regression analyses were performed among all participants and separately by age group and obesity status to evaluate the associations of WC and total and regional fat mass percentages (FM%) with eating speed.

Results

After adjusting for confounding factors, eating slowly was signi

SUBMITTER: Ni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469611 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature