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NUTRITION
Volume 29, Issue 11-12, Pages 1350-1355Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.05.019
Keywords
Energy density; Waist circumferences; Waist-to-height ratio; Diet quality; Mediterranean diet
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III-FEDER [PI11/01900]
- Spanish Ministry of Health
- Kellogg's Espana SA and Kellogg's Company, Battle Creek, USA via the Fundacion Universitaria de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Nutricional
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [CP03/00115]
- Health Department of the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya) [CP03/00115]
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Objectives: To determine the impact of energy density on diet quality and anthropometric proxy measures for central body fat in young Spaniards. Methods: Data were obtained from a representative national sample of 2513 young Spaniards aged 10 to 24 y. Dietary assessment was performed with a 24-h recall. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was measured by the KIDMED index. Reduced rank regression analysis was used to identify energy-density dietary patterns. Waist circumferences and height were measured. Results: Pastries and sausages showed the strongest loading for the dietary energy density factor score (DED-FS), with fruits and vegetables at the opposite end of the scale. Multiple linear regression analysis showed a positive association (P < 0.01) of dietary energy density (DED) and the DED-FS with waist circumferences regressed on height and age (WCheight+age) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). The adjusted odds ratio for elevated WCheight+age and WHtR increased across quartile distribution of DED (P < 0.001) and DED-FS (P < 0.05). Diet quality characterized by the KIDMED index was negatively associated (P < 0.001) with DED and the DED-FS. Conclusions: Higher DED is a risk for increased central fat distribution and is associated with low adherence to the Mediterranean diet. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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