Meal patterns and obesity in Swedish women -: a simple instrument describing usual meal types, frequency and temporal distribution
Meal patterns and obesity in Swedish women -: a simple instrument describing usual meal types, frequency and temporal distribution
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DOI：
10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601387
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发表时间：
2002-08-01
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4.7
通讯作者：
Lissner, L
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作者：
Forslund, HB;Lindroos, AK;Lissner, L
目的：利用一种描述进餐频率、进餐类型和时间分布的简单仪器来描述瑞典女性与肥胖相关的进餐模式。设计：横断面平行组设计。受试者：来自瑞典肥胖受试者（SOS）研究的83名肥胖女性与从人群中随机招募的94名参考女性进行比较。方法：采用一种新的、简化的、自我指导的膳食方式问卷进行评估。通常的饮食模式是在一个典型的一天中每次摄入的时间和饮食类型。结果：肥胖女性每天进食6.1餐，而对照组为5.2餐/天（P < 0.0001）。在肥胖人群中，除了“饮料餐”外，所有类型的膳食都明显更频繁地被食用。肥胖女性在一天中也表现出不同的饮食模式，在一天的晚些时候吃更多的饭。因此，每个肥胖女性在下午和晚上/晚上进食的比例更大。肥胖妇女和参考妇女吃早餐的人数没有差别。在两组中，零食与总能量摄入呈正相关。结论：一种评估饮食模式的新简化方法显示，与对照组相比，肥胖女性在平常一天中报告的摄入次数更高，并且时间转移到一天的晚些时候。这些发现应该在肥胖治疗中加以考虑。赞助：瑞典医学研究理事会（27x-11653和19x-05239）。
Objective: To characterize meal patterns in relation to obesity in Swedish women using a simple instrument describing meal frequency, meal types and temporal distribution.Design: Cross-sectional parallel group design.Subjects: Eighty-three obese women from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study were compared with 94 reference women, randomly recruited from the population.Method: A new, simplified and self-instructing questionnaire was used to assess meal patterns. Usual meal pattern was reported as time and meal type for each intake episode during a typical day.Results: The obese women consumed 6.1 meals/day compared with 5.2 meals/day among the reference women (P < 0.0001). All types of meals except 'drink meals' were significantly more frequently consumed in the obese group. The obese women also displayed a different meal pattern across the day, consuming a larger number of meals later in the day. As a result a larger fraction of each obese woman's total meals were consumed in the afternoon and in the evening/night. There was no difference in the number of obese vs reference women consuming breakfast. Snack meals were positively associated with total energy intake in both groups.Conclusions: A new simplified method assessing meal pattern revealed that the number of reported intake occasions across a usual day was higher in obese women compared with controls and the timing was shifted to later in the day. These findings should be considered in the treatment of obesity.Sponsorship: Swedish Medical Research Council (27x-11653 and 19x-05239).