Association of Weight Status with Dietary Intake and Dietary Diversity Score in 10 - 12-Year-Old Children in Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Study
| Author | Zeynab Amirhamidi | en |
| Author | Nasrin Omidvar | en |
| Author | Hassan Eini-Zinab | en |
| Author | Azam Doustmohammadian | en |
| Author | Saeed Esfandiari | en |
| Author | Roshanak Azadi | en |
| Author | Homa Haidari | en |
| Orcid | Nasrin Omidvar [0000-0002-4061-0562] | en |
| Orcid | Hassan Eini-Zinab [0000-0002-6895-034X] | en |
| Orcid | Azam Doustmohammadian [0000-0001-6249-2520] | en |
| Issued Date | 2019-08-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Obesity in school-aged children has become a major public health concern. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between weight status, dietary behavior and diet diversity in 10 to 12-year-old students in the city of Tehran. Methods: The sample included 487 students (51.8% girls) aged 10 - 12 years. Weight, height as well as age- and sex-specific BMI z-scores were determined. Demographics (sex, age, birth order and parental age) and socioeconomic characteristics (family size, parents’ educational level, occupation, ethnicity and housing status) were assessed by a questionnaire. Dietary intake was assessed through interview using 3-day 24-hours dietary recalls. Results: Based on the BMI z-scores of the children, 1.9%, 47.9%, 27.2% and 22.8% were thin, normal, overweight and obese, respectively. In boys, mother’s educational level; and among girls, being at post-menarche stage and paternal job position were significantly associated with their weight status (P = 0.08, P = 0.05, P = 0.05, respectively). Boys in the lowest tertile for energy intake were at lower risk of obesity (OR = 0.04; 95% CI: 0.02 - 0.97) and those in the middle tertile of grains diversity score had a greater risk of obesity (OR = 5.84; 95% CI: 1.29 - 26.42) in comparison with those in the highest tertile. In girls, those in the lowest tertile of dairy diversity had higher risk of overweight compared to those in the highest tertile (OR = 9.77; 95% CI: 1.60 - 58.57). Conclusions: Findings indicate that energy intake and dietary diversity can affect the risk of overweight and obesity in preadolescents. Further studies are required to explore a more generalizable relationship between dietary intake and weight. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.85317 | en |
| Keyword | Children | en |
| Keyword | Obesity | en |
| Keyword | Weight Status | en |
| Keyword | Dietary Diversity Score | en |
| Keyword | Dietary Intake | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Association of Weight Status with Dietary Intake and Dietary Diversity Score in 10 - 12-Year-Old Children in Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Study | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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