TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of overall and central obesity in adults from seven European countries
T2 - findings from the Food4Me Study
AU - Celis-Morales, Carlos
AU - Livingstone, Katherine M
AU - Affleck, Alexander
AU - Navas-Carretero, Santiago
AU - San-Cristobal, Rodrigo
AU - Martinez, J Alfredo
AU - Marsaux, Cyril F M
AU - Saris, Wim H M
AU - O'Donovan, Clare B
AU - Forster, Hannah
AU - Woolhead, Clara
AU - Gibney, Eileen R
AU - Walsh, Marianne C
AU - Brennan, Lorraine
AU - Gibney, Mike
AU - Moschonis, George
AU - Lambrinou, Christina-Paulina
AU - Mavrogianni, Christina
AU - Manios, Yannis
AU - Macready, Anna L
AU - Fallaize, Rosalind
AU - Lovegrove, Julie A
AU - Kolossa, Silvia
AU - Daniel, Hannelore
AU - Traczyk, Iwona
AU - Drevon, Christian A
AU - Mathers, John C
AU - Food4Me Study
N1 - © Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature 2018
PY - 2017/12/15
Y1 - 2017/12/15
N2 - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: To identify predictors of obesity in adults and investigate to what extent these predictors are independent of other major confounding factors.SUBJECTS/METHODS: Data collected at baseline from 1441 participants from the Food4Me study conducted in seven European countries were included in this study. A food frequency questionnaire was used to measure dietary intake. Accelerometers were used to assess physical activity levels (PA), whereas participants self-reported their body weight, height and waist circumference via the internet.RESULTS: The main factors associated (p < 0.05) with higher BMI per 1-SD increase in the exposure were age (β:1.11 kg/m2), intakes of processed meat (β:1.04 kg/m2), red meat (β:1.02 kg/m2), saturated fat (β:0.84 kg/m2), monounsaturated fat (β:0.80 kg/m2), protein (β:0.74 kg/m2), total energy intake (β:0.50 kg/m2), olive oil (β:0.36 kg/m2), sugar sweetened carbonated drinks (β:0.33 kg/m2) and sedentary time (β:0.73 kg/m2). In contrast, the main factors associated with lower BMI per 1-SD increase in the exposure were PA (β:-1.36 kg/m2), intakes of wholegrains (β:-1.05 kg/m2), fibre (β:-1.02 kg/m2), fruits and vegetables (β:-0.52 kg/m2), nuts (β:-0.52 kg/m2), polyunsaturated fat (β:-0.50 kg/m2), Healthy Eating Index (β:-0.42 kg/m2), Mediterranean diet score (β:-0.40 kg/m2), oily fish (β:-0.31 kg/m2), dairy (β:-0.31 kg/m2) and fruit juice (β:-0.25 kg/m2).CONCLUSIONS: These findings are important for public health and suggest that promotion of increased PA, reducing sedentary behaviours and improving the overall quality of dietary patterns are important strategies for addressing the existing obesity epidemic and associated disease burden.
AB - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: To identify predictors of obesity in adults and investigate to what extent these predictors are independent of other major confounding factors.SUBJECTS/METHODS: Data collected at baseline from 1441 participants from the Food4Me study conducted in seven European countries were included in this study. A food frequency questionnaire was used to measure dietary intake. Accelerometers were used to assess physical activity levels (PA), whereas participants self-reported their body weight, height and waist circumference via the internet.RESULTS: The main factors associated (p < 0.05) with higher BMI per 1-SD increase in the exposure were age (β:1.11 kg/m2), intakes of processed meat (β:1.04 kg/m2), red meat (β:1.02 kg/m2), saturated fat (β:0.84 kg/m2), monounsaturated fat (β:0.80 kg/m2), protein (β:0.74 kg/m2), total energy intake (β:0.50 kg/m2), olive oil (β:0.36 kg/m2), sugar sweetened carbonated drinks (β:0.33 kg/m2) and sedentary time (β:0.73 kg/m2). In contrast, the main factors associated with lower BMI per 1-SD increase in the exposure were PA (β:-1.36 kg/m2), intakes of wholegrains (β:-1.05 kg/m2), fibre (β:-1.02 kg/m2), fruits and vegetables (β:-0.52 kg/m2), nuts (β:-0.52 kg/m2), polyunsaturated fat (β:-0.50 kg/m2), Healthy Eating Index (β:-0.42 kg/m2), Mediterranean diet score (β:-0.40 kg/m2), oily fish (β:-0.31 kg/m2), dairy (β:-0.31 kg/m2) and fruit juice (β:-0.25 kg/m2).CONCLUSIONS: These findings are important for public health and suggest that promotion of increased PA, reducing sedentary behaviours and improving the overall quality of dietary patterns are important strategies for addressing the existing obesity epidemic and associated disease burden.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1038/s41430-017-0004-y
DO - 10.1038/s41430-017-0004-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29242527
SN - 0954-3007
VL - 72
SP - 207
EP - 219
JO - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
ER -