Title

Association between Dietary Antioxidant Quality Score and Anthropometric Measurements in Children and Adolescents: The Weight Disorders Survey of the CASPIAN-IV Study.

Authors

Azizi-Soleiman, Fatemeh; Khoshhali, Mehri; Heidari-Beni, Motahar; Qorbani, Mostafa; Kelishadi, Roya

Abstract

Background: Limited experience exists on the relationship between anthropometric measures and dietary antioxidant intake in the pediatric age group. We aimed to investigate the association of dietary antioxidants intake and anthropometric measurement in children and adolescents.Methods: This nationwide study was conducted in 4270 children and adolescents, aged 6-18 years. Demographic and anthropometric data were assessed. Children and adolescents were classified as underweight, healthy weight or overweight/obese based on body mass index percentiles. Dietary intake was obtained by a 168-item semi-quantitative validated food frequency questionnaire. Energy and nutrients intake was estimated using the Nutritionist IV software. Dietary antioxidant quality score (DAQS) was calculated based on the daily dietary intake of selenium, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E compared with daily recommended intake.Results: After adjustment for age, gender, living area (rural or urban), energy intake and physical activity level, DAQS was positively associated with waist circumference (WC), hip circumference and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in under-weight children and adolescents (B = 1.614, 1.634 and 0.01, respectively; all ps Conclusion: Dietary intakes of some antioxidants were higher in children and adolescents with excess weight. DAQS was correlated with some anthropometric measurements in under-weight and normal-weight subjects. It can provide a novel approach to assess the role of antioxidant intake on health promotion and diet-based therapies in under-weight and normal-weight children and adolescents.

Subjects

CHILDHOOD obesity; FOOD consumption; NUTRITIONAL status; OVERWEIGHT children; ANTIOXIDANTS; TEENAGERS; PHYSICAL activity; AGE groups; RESEARCH; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; DIET; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; COMPARATIVE studies; WAIST circumference; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; BODY mass index

Publication

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2021, Vol 67, Issue 3, p1

ISSN

0142-6338

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1093/tropej/fmaa065