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Lindblad A, Samkange-Zeeb F, de Henauw S, Solea A, Veidebaum T, Lauria F, Moreno LA, Iguacel I, Molnár D, Ahrens W, Winkler V, Lissner L, Mehlig K. Cardiometabolic risk profile among children with migrant parents and role of parental education: the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Int J Obes (Lond) 2023; 47:1074-1080. [PMID: 37658112 PMCID: PMC10600002 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-023-01359-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Evidence shows that migrant children have a higher risk of developing obesity than those with native parents. We aimed to investigate the association between parental migration background and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents in Europe. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 8745 children aged 2-17 from the second follow-up of the European IDEFICS/I.Family cohort. Linear regression models were used to investigate the association between parental migration background (one or two migrant parent(s) vs native parents) and body mass index (BMI), metabolic syndrome (MetS) score and its individual components. Outcome variables were parametrized as age and sex-specific z-scores. We adjusted for age, sex, country, and parental education, and additionally for parental income, lifestyle including dietary factors, and maternal BMI. On average, children with two migrant parents had higher z-scores of BMI (+0.24 standard deviation (SD)) and MetS score (+0.30 SD) compared to those with native parents, whereas no significant differences were seen for children with one migrant parent. Associations were attenuated when controlling for maternal BMI and sports club activity. Parental education modified the associations with BMI and MetS z-scores such that they were more pronounced in children with low parental education. CONCLUSION Children with two migrant parents were at higher risk for adverse cardiometabolic health compared to children with native parents, especially in families with low parental education. These associations were explained by lower physical activity and maternal body weight and encourages early intervention strategies by schools and communities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna Lindblad
- Epidemiology of Transition, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Transition, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Stahlmann K, Lissner L, Bogl LH, Mehlig K, Kaprio J, Klosowska JC, Moreno LA, Veidebaum T, Solea A, Molnár D, Lauria F, Börnhorst C, Wolters M, Hebestreit A, Hunsberger M. Family structure in relation to body mass index and metabolic score in European children and adolescents. Pediatr Obes 2022; 17:e12963. [PMID: 35950257 PMCID: PMC9786348 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Living in single parent and blended families or as an only child-compared to living in two-parent biological families or with siblings, respectively-is associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) in cross-sectional studies. However, longitudinal research addressing the children's BMI in this context is scarce. Further, little is known about the association between family structure and metabolic health. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at investigating the association between both aspects of family structure with BMI and a metabolic score (MetS). METHODS Cross-sectional data from 7804 children participating in the European multi-center I.Family study (2013/2014) and longitudinal data from 5621 children who also participated previously in the IDEFICS study (2007-2010) were used. Family structure was assessed by a detailed interview. BMI z-score and the MetS were based on measured anthropometry, blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein, blood glucose, and triglycerides. Linear regressions were performed to model associations between family structure with BMI and MetS. RESULTS Children from single-parent families had higher BMI z-scores in the cross-sectional (β = 0.09, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.001 to 0.18) and longitudinal analyses compared to those from two-parent families. Cross-sectionally, the number of siblings was associated with lower BMI z-scores (β = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.10 to -0.03) and lower MetS (β = -0.14, 95% CI: -0.26 to -0.01). Longitudinally, only children between baseline and follow-up had higher BMI z-scores at follow-up (β = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.14) compared to stable siblings. CONCLUSION Obesity prevention measures should focus on single-parent households and families with an only child.
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- Katharina Stahlmann
- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGöteborgSweden,Institute of Medical Biometry and EpidemiologyUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGöteborgSweden
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public HealthMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria,Institute of Molecular Medicine FIMMUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGöteborgSweden
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine FIMMUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland,Department of Public HealthUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza Instituto Agroalimenatario de Aragón (IA2)Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de AragónZaragozaSpain,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN)Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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- Department of Chronic DiseasesNational Institute for Health DevelopmentTallinEstonia
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- Research and Education Institute of Child HealthStrovolosCyprus
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical SchoolUniversity of PécsPécsHungary
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- Institute of Food SciencesNational Research CouncilAvellinoItaly
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- Department of Biometry and Data ManagementLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPSBremenGermany
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- Department of Biometry and Data ManagementLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPSBremenGermany,Department of Epidemiological Methods and Etiological ResearchLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPSBremenGermany
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- Department of Biometry and Data ManagementLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPSBremenGermany,Department of Epidemiological Methods and Etiological ResearchLeibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPSBremenGermany
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGöteborgSweden
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Guzmán V, Lissner L, Arvidsson L, Hebestreit A, Solea A, Lauria F, Kaprio J, Reisch LA, Moreno L, Felső R, de Henauw S, Veidebaum T, Ahrens W, Hunsberger M. Associations of Sleep Duration and Screen Time with Incidence of Overweight in European Children: The IDEFICS/I.Family Cohort. Obes Facts 2022; 15:55-61. [PMID: 34724664 PMCID: PMC8820133 DOI: 10.1159/000519418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Over the past decades, children have been increasingly using screen devices, while at the same time their sleep duration has decreased. Both behaviors have been associated with excess weight, and it is possible they act as mutually reinforcing behaviors for weight gain. The aim of the study was to explore independent, prospective associations of screen time and sleep duration with incident overweight in a sample of European children. METHODS Data from 4,285 children of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort who were followed up from 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 were analyzed. Hours per day of screen time and of sleep duration were reported by parents at baseline. Logistic regression analyses were carried out in separate and mutually adjusted models controlled for sex, age, European country region, parental level of education, and baseline BMI z-scores. RESULTS Among normal weight children at baseline (N = 3,734), separate models suggest that every hour increase in screen time and every hour decrease in sleep duration were associated with higher odds of the child becoming overweight or obese at follow-up (OR = 1.16, 95% CI: 1.02-1.32 and OR = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.05-1.43, respectively). In the mutually adjusted model, both associations were attenuated slightly ( screen time OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 0.99-1.28; sleep duration OR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.03-1.40), being consistently somewhat stronger for sleep duration. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION Both screen time and sleep duration increased the incidence of overweight or obesity by 13-20%. Interventions that include an emphasis on adequate sleep and minimal screen time are needed to establish their causal role in the prevention of overweight and obesity among European children.
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- Viveka Guzmán
- Division of Population Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus
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- Institute of Food Sciences National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- Department of Public Health University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Management, Society and Communication Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Universidad de Zaragoza E.U. Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics, Clinical Centre University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- National Institute for Health Development Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Sina E, Buck C, Ahrens W, De Henauw S, Jilani H, Lissner L, Molnár D, Moreno LA, Pala V, Reisch L, Siani A, Solea A, Veidebaum T, Hebestreit A. Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents-Results from the I.Family Study. Foods 2021; 10:foods10020377. [PMID: 33572315 PMCID: PMC7916161 DOI: 10.3390/foods10020377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Digital media (DM) influences children's food choice. We aim to investigate associations between DM use and taste preferences (TP) for sweet, fatty, bitter, and salty in European children and adolescents. Individuals aged 6-17 years (N = 7094) providing cross-sectional data for DM use: television (TV), computer/game console (PC), smartphone and internet, were included. Children (6 to <12 years) and adolescents (≥12 years) completed a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire; scores were calculated for sweet, fatty, salty and bitter preference and categorized (high vs. low). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios as association measures between DM exposure and TP. On average, individuals used media for 2.4 h/day (SD = 1.7). Increasing exposures to DM were associated positively with sweet, fatty and salty TP, while inversely with bitter preference. In female adolescents, DM exposure for >2 h/day was associated with sweet (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.02-1.57) and fatty preference (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.10-1.70). Internet exposure was inversely associated with bitter preference, notably in male adolescents (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.50-0.84), but positively associated with salty preference (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.02-1.64). DM exposure was associated with sweet, fatty, salty and bitter TP in children and adolescents, serving as the basis for future longitudinal studies to shed light on the underlying mechanism by which DM exposure may determine eating habits.
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- Elida Sina
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany; (E.S.); (C.B.); (W.A.); (H.J.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany; (E.S.); (C.B.); (W.A.); (H.J.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany; (E.S.); (C.B.); (W.A.); (H.J.)
- Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany; (E.S.); (C.B.); (W.A.); (H.J.)
- Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research—IPP, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7623 Pécs, Hungary;
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain;
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- Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark;
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- Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, 83100 Avellino, Italy;
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health, 2035 Strovolos, Cyprus;
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, 11619 Tallinn, Estonia;
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany; (E.S.); (C.B.); (W.A.); (H.J.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-421-218.56849
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Bogl LH, Mehlig K, Ahrens W, Gwozdz W, de Henauw S, Molnár D, Moreno L, Pigeot I, Russo P, Solea A, Veidebaum T, Kaprio J, Lissner L, Hebestreit A. Like me, like you - relative importance of peers and siblings on children's fast food consumption and screen time but not sports club participation depends on age. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2020; 17:50. [PMID: 32295621 PMCID: PMC7160987 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-020-00953-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Lifestyle interventions to prevent paediatric obesity often target family and peer settings; their success is likely to depend on the influence that peers and families exert on children’s lifestyle behaviors at different developmental stages. Objective First, to determine whether children’s lifestyle behavior more closely resembles their peers’ or siblings’ behaviors. Secondly, to investigate longitudinally whether children’s behavioral change is predicted by that of their peers or their siblings as they grow older. Methods The European prospective IDEFICS/I.Family cohort (baseline survey: 2007/2008, first follow-up: 2009/2010, and second follow-up: 2013/2014) aims at investigating risk factors for overweight and related behaviors during childhood and adolescence. The present investigation includes 2694 observations of children and their siblings aged 2 to 18 years. Peers were defined as same-sex, same-age children in the same community and identified from the full cohort. The longitudinal analysis (mean follow-up time: 3.7 years) includes 525 sibling pairs. Children’s lifestyle behaviors including fast food consumption (frequency/week), screen time (hours/week) and sports club participation (hours/week) were assessed by questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multilevel linear models. Results Children’s lifestyle behavior was associated with the respective behavior of their peers and sibling for all 3 behaviors. For fast food consumption, the peer resemblance was more than 6-fold higher than the sibling resemblance and the peer resemblance surpassed the sibling resemblance by the age of 9–10 years. The similarities with peers for fast food consumption and screen time steadily increased, while the similarities with siblings steadily decreased with increasing age of the children (Pinteraction < 0.001). In contrast, the relative importance of peers and siblings on sports club duration did not vary by the age of the children. Longitudinal results showed that children’s changes in fast food consumption were more strongly associated with those in their peer group than their sibling, in particular if the age gap between siblings was large. Conclusion In conclusion, our results support the implementation of multi-setting interventions for improving lifestyle behaviors in children. Our findings might also guide future intervention studies in the choice of timing and setting in which interventions are likely to be most effective. From the ages of 9–10 years onwards, family- or home-based interventions targeting children’s fast food intake and screen time behavior may become less effective than school- or community-based interventions aimed at peer groups.
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- Leonie H Bogl
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstrasse 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany. .,Institute of Molecular Medicine FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. .,Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1st floor, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstrasse 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.,University of Bremen, Institute of Statistics, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Faculty Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences & Environmental Management, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstrasse 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.,University of Bremen, Institute of Statistics, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstrasse 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany.
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Jilani H, Pohlabeln H, De Henauw S, Eiben G, Hunsberger M, Molnar D, Moreno LA, Pala V, Russo P, Solea A, Veidebaum T, Ahrens W, Hebestreit A, Idefics And I Family Consortia OBOT. Relative Validity of a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire to Characterize Taste Phenotypes in Children Adolescents and Adults. Nutrients 2019; 11:E1453. [PMID: 31252542 PMCID: PMC6682919 DOI: 10.3390/nu11071453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
To assess the relative validity of our food and beverage preference questionnaire we investigated the association between sweet and fatty taste preference scores (assessed using a food and beverage preference questionnaire) and sweet and fatty food propensity scores (derived from a food frequency questionnaire). In I.Family, a large European multi-country cohort study, 12,207 participants from Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden, including 5291 adults, 3082 adolescents, and 3834 children, completed a food and beverage preference questionnaire with 63 items. Cumulative preference scores for sweet and fatty taste were calculated from the single item ranking ranging from 1 to 5. The relative consumption frequency of foods classified as sweet and fatty was used to calculate the corresponding consumption propensities, a continuous variable ranging from 0 to 100. We conducted regression analyses to investigate the association between sweet and fatty taste preference scores and sweet and fatty food propensity scores, respectively, separately for adults, adolescents ≥12 years, and for children <12 years. The overall sweet taste preference score was positively associated with the sweet food consumption propensity score (β = 2.4, 95% CI: 2.1;2.7) and the fatty taste preference score was positively associated with the fatty food consumption propensity score (β = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.8;2.2). After stratification for age (children <12 years, adolescents ≥12 years, and adults), the effect remained significant in all age groups and was strongest in adolescents and adults. We conclude that our food and beverage preference questionnaire is a useful instrument for epidemiological studies on sensory perception and health outcomes and for the characterization of sensory taste phenotypes.
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- Hannah Jilani
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- Institute for Public Health and Nursing Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Public Health, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedicine and Public Health, School of Health and Education, University of Skövde, 54128 Skövde, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7623 Pécs, Hungary
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Research, Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan Italy
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- Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, 83100 Avellino, Italy
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health, 2035 Strovolos, Cyprus
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, 11619 Tallin, Estonia
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
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Thumann BF, Börnhorst C, Michels N, Veidebaum T, Solea A, Reisch L, Moreno LA, Lauria F, Kaprio J, Hunsberger M, Felső R, Gwozdz W, De Henauw S, Ahrens W. Cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations between psychosocial well‐being and sleep in European children and adolescents. J Sleep Res 2019; 28:e12783. [DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Barbara F. Thumann
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS Bremen Germany
- Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ghent University Ghent Belgium
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bremen Bremen Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS Bremen Germany
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- Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ghent University Ghent Belgium
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- Department of Chronic Diseases National Institute for Health Development Tallinn Estonia
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health Strovolos Cyprus
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- Copenhagen Business School Frederiksberg Denmark
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- GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, University of Zaragoza Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2) Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn) Zaragoza Spain
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- Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics Institute of Food Sciences National Research Council Avellino Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Section for Epidemiology and Social Medicine (EPSO) The Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Paediatrics Clinical Centre University of Pécs Pécs Hungary
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- Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Ghent University Ghent Belgium
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS Bremen Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bremen Bremen Germany
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Jilani HS, Intemann T, Bogl LH, Eiben G, Molnar D, Moreno LA, Pala V, Russo P, Siani A, Solea A, Veidebaum T, Ahrens W, Hebestreit A. Familial aggregation and socio-demographic correlates of taste preferences in European children. BMC Nutr 2017; 3:87. [PMID: 32153863 PMCID: PMC7050807 DOI: 10.1186/s40795-017-0206-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Studies on aggregation of taste preferences among children and their siblings as well as their parents are scarce. We investigated the familial aggregation of taste preferences as well as the effect of sex, age, country of residence and education on variation in taste preferences in the pan- European I.Family cohort. Method Thirteen thousand one hundred sixty-five participants from 7 European countries, comprising 2,230 boys <12 years, 2,110 girls <12 years, 1,682 boys ≥12 years, 1,744 girls ≥12 years and 5,388 parents, completed a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire containing 63 food items representing the taste modalities sweet, bitter, salty and fatty. We identified food items that represent the different taste qualities using factor analysis. On the basis of preference ratings for these food and drink items, a preference score for each taste was calculated for children and parents individually. Sibling and parent-child correlations for taste preference scores were calculated. The proportion of variance in children's preference scores that could be explained by their parents' preference scores and potential correlates including sex, age and parental educational was explored. Results Mean taste preferences for sweet, salty and fatty decreased and for bitter increased with age. Taste preference scores correlated stronger between siblings than between children and parents. Children's salty preference scores could be better explained by country than by family members. Children's fatty preference scores could be better explained by family members than by country. Age explained 17% of the variance in sweet and 16% of the variance in fatty taste preference. Sex and education were not associated with taste preference scores. Conclusion Taste preferences are correlated between siblings. Country could explain part of the variance of salty preference scores in children which points to a cultural influence on salt preference. Further, age also explained a relevant proportion of variance in sweet and fatty preference scores.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hannah S Jilani
- 1Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.,2Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- 1Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.,2Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- 1Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.,3Institute for Molecular Medicine FIMM, Helsinki, Finland
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- 4Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- 5Department of Pediatrics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- 6GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- 7Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- 8Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- 8Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus
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- 10Department of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- 1Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.,2Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- 1Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany
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Hadjigeorgiou C, Tornaritis M, Savvas S, Solea A, Kafatos A. Obesity and psychological traits associated with eating disorders among Cypriot adolescents: comparison of 2003 and 2010 cohorts. East Mediterr Health J 2012; 18:842-9. [DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.8.842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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