Adolescent Diet Quality, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Adiposity: A Prospective Cohort
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2023
Abstract
Objective: Examine the prospective association among diet with adolescent cardiometabolic risk (CMR) and anthropometrics. Methods: Secondary analysis of an observational study of adolescents aged 10–16 years. Twenty-four-hour food recalls were used to calculate Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) scores. Anthropometrics were assessed using magnetic resonance imaging, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, and height/weight measurements. CMR included mean arterial pressure, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides. Associations between HEI-2015 score at baseline with follow-up adiposity and CMR were examined using regression models. Results: A total of 192 adolescents were included. Baseline HEI-2015 scores were inversely associated with follow-up total CMR z-score (P = 0.01), homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (P < 0.01), waist circumference z-score (P = 0.02), body mass index percentile (P = 0.01), fat mass (P = 0.04), lean mass (P = 0.02), and visceral adipose tissue mass (P = 0.01). Conclusions and Implications: Adolescents with lower adherence to dietary guidelines and greater CMR and anthropometry measurements at baseline continued this trajectory across the observation.
Recommended Citation
Hu, K., Button, A., Tate, C., Kracht, C., Champagne, C., & Staiano, A. (2023). Adolescent Diet Quality, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Adiposity: A Prospective Cohort. Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/pop_public_health_pubs/127