Snack food intake does not predict weight change among children and adolescents
Snack food intake does not predict weight change among children and adolescents
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.ijo.0802762
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发表时间:
2004-10-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Colditz, GA
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作者:
Field, AE;Austin, SB;Colditz, GA
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether intake of snack foods was associated with weight change among children and adolescents.METHODS: Prospective study of 8203 girls and 6774 boys, 9-14 y of age in 1996, in an ongoing cohort study who completed at least two questionnaires between 1996 and 1999. Intake of snack foods was assessed in 1996-1998 with a validated food frequency questionnaire designed specifically for children and adolescents. The outcome measure was change in age- and gender-specific z-score of body mass index (BMI).RESULTS: Boys consumed more snack foods than girls during the entire study period. After controlling for Tanner stage of development, age, height change, activity, and inactivity, there was no relation between intake of snack foods and subsequent changes in BMI z-score among the boys (beta= -0.004), but snack foods had a weak inverse association (beta= -0.007, P