OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between calcium intake and dairy product consumption with overweight and obesity in young adults. METHODS: The sample used in this study consisted of 1306 young adults, ages 19-38 years, who participated in the 1995-1996 young adult survey. Analysis was performed with analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for ethnicity-gender groups separately. RESULTS: No significant association was found between dairy product consumption, calcium intake and overweight, defined by body mass index or waist circumference. However, there was a significant inverse association between calcium intake, low-fat dairy product consumption and waist-to-hip ratio in white males. CONCLUSION: Increasing intake of calcium and low-fat dairy products may be associated with lower abdominal adiposity, particularly in young adult white males.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between calcium intake and dairy product consumption with overweight and obesity in young adults. METHODS: The sample used in this study consisted of 1306 young adults, ages 19-38 years, who participated in the 1995-1996 young adult survey. Analysis was performed with analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for ethnicity-gender groups separately. RESULTS: No significant association was found between dairy product consumption, calcium intake and overweight, defined by body mass index or waist circumference. However, there was a significant inverse association between calcium intake, low-fat dairy product consumption and waist-to-hip ratio in white males. CONCLUSION: Increasing intake of calcium and low-fat dairy products may be associated with lower abdominal adiposity, particularly in young adult white males.
Authors: K M Davies; R P Heaney; R R Recker; J M Lappe; M J Barger-Lux; K Rafferty; S Hinders Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Date: 2000-12 Impact factor: 5.958
Authors: Danielle de Carvalho Pereira; Raquel Patrícia Ataíde Lima; Roberto Teixeira de Lima; Maria da Conceição Rodrigues Gonçalves; Liana Clébia Soares Lima de Morais; Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini; Rosália Gouveia Filizola; Ronei Marcos de Moraes; Luiza Sonia Rios Asciutti; Maria José de Carvalho Costa Journal: Nutr J Date: 2013-06-27 Impact factor: 3.271