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- Title
Dietary patterns in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.
- Authors
Emmett, Pauline M.; Jones, Louise R.; Northstone, Kate
- Abstract
Publications from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children that used empirically derived dietary patterns were reviewed. The relationships of dietary patterns with socioeconomic background and childhood development were examined. Diet was assessed using food frequency questionnaires and food records. Three statistical methods were used: principal components analysis, cluster analysis, and reduced rank regression. Throughout childhood, children and parents have similar dietary patterns. The "health-conscious" and "traditional" patterns were associated with high intakes of fruits and/or vegetables and better nutrient profiles than the "processed" patterns. There was evidence of tracking in childhood diet, with the "health-conscious" patterns tracking most strongly, followed by the "processed" pattern. An "energy-dense, low-fiber, high-fat" dietary pattern was extracted using reduced rank regression; high scores on this pattern were associated with increasing adiposity. Maternal education was a strong determinant of pattern score or cluster membership; low educational attainment was associated with higher scores on processed, energy-dense patterns in both parents and children. The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children has provided unique insights into the value of empirically derived dietary patterns and has demonstrated that they are a useful tool in nutritional epidemiology.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ACADEMIC achievement; ADOLESCENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD development; CHILD behavior; CHILDREN'S health; CHILD nutrition; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); COGNITION; DIET; FACTOR analysis; DIETARY fiber; FAT content of food; FOOD habits; FRUIT; GRAIN; INFANTS; INFANT development; INFANT nutrition; INGESTION; INTELLECT; LONGITUDINAL method; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL assessment; NUTRITIONAL requirements; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; SELF-evaluation; STATISTICS; TEENAGERS; ADOLESCENT health; VEGETABLES; ADOLESCENT nutrition; DATA analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; FOOD diaries; PHYSICAL activity; ENERGY density
- Publication
Nutrition Reviews, 2015, Vol 73, p207
- ISSN
0029-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/nutrit/nuv055