Natalia Giménez-Legarre1,2,3, Alba M Santaliestra-Pasías4,5,6,7, Stefaan De Henauw8, Maria Forsner9, Marcela González-Gross10,11,12, Lucas Jurado-Fasoli13,14, Anthony Kafatos15, Eva Karaglani16, Christina-Paulina Lambrinou16, Dénes Molnár17, Michael Sjöström9, Kurt Widhalm18,19, Luis A Moreno1,2,3,10. 1. GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. 2. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Zaragoza, Spain. 3. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain. 4. GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. albasant@unizar.es. 5. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Zaragoza, Spain. albasant@unizar.es. 6. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain. albasant@unizar.es. 7. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud, Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. albasant@unizar.es. 8. Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 9. Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. 10. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud, Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. 11. ImFine Research Group, Department of Health and Human Performance, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 12. Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences-Nutritional Physiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 13. Department of Medical Physiology. School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. 14. PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. 15. University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece. 16. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. 17. Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary. 18. Division Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dept. Med II, MedUniv Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 19. Department of Pediatrics, Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study is to analyze the associations between breakfast consumption and adherence to diet quality index (DQI) and Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) in European adolescents. METHODS: A multinational cross-sectional study was carried out in 1804 adolescents aged 12.5-17.5 years. The Food Choices and Preferences questionnaire was used to ascertain breakfast consumption (consumers, occasional consumers and skippers), and two non-consecutive 24 h dietary recalls were used to estimate the total daily intake and to calculate the subsequent DQI and MDS. Mixed linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between breakfast consumption and DQI-A and MDS. Age, maternal education, BMI, country and total energy intake were included as covariates. RESULTS: In both sexes, significant differences were observed among the breakfast consumption categories. In both boys and girls, breakfast consumers had significantly higher DQI indices than those adolescents who skipped breakfast regularly (p < 0.001). Regarding total MDS, in both boys and girls, breakfast consumers had a higher total MDS than breakfast skippers (p < 0.001), however, no associations were shown between occasional breakfast consumers and DQI indices and MDS. CONCLUSION: Breakfast consumption has been linked with better dietary quality scores compared with those children who usually skip breakfast. Promotion of regular breakfast consumption in adolescents could be an effective strategy to improve the overall diet quality.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study is to analyze the associations between breakfast consumption and adherence to diet quality index (DQI) and Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) in European adolescents. METHODS: A multinational cross-sectional study was carried out in 1804 adolescents aged 12.5-17.5 years. The Food Choices and Preferences questionnaire was used to ascertain breakfast consumption (consumers, occasional consumers and skippers), and two non-consecutive 24 h dietary recalls were used to estimate the total daily intake and to calculate the subsequent DQI and MDS. Mixed linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between breakfast consumption and DQI-A and MDS. Age, maternal education, BMI, country and total energy intake were included as covariates. RESULTS: In both sexes, significant differences were observed among the breakfast consumption categories. In both boys and girls, breakfast consumers had significantly higher DQI indices than those adolescents who skipped breakfast regularly (p < 0.001). Regarding total MDS, in both boys and girls, breakfast consumers had a higher total MDS than breakfast skippers (p < 0.001), however, no associations were shown between occasional breakfast consumers and DQI indices and MDS. CONCLUSION: Breakfast consumption has been linked with better dietary quality scores compared with those children who usually skip breakfast. Promotion of regular breakfast consumption in adolescents could be an effective strategy to improve the overall diet quality.
Authors: Carol E O'Neil; Carol Byrd-Bredbenner; Dayle Hayes; Laura Jana; Sylvia E Klinger; Susan Stephenson-Martin Journal: J Acad Nutr Diet Date: 2014-11-24 Impact factor: 4.910
Authors: C Julián; I Huybrechts; L Gracia-Marco; E M González-Gil; Á Gutiérrez; M González-Gross; A Marcos; K Widhalm; A Kafatos; G Vicente-Rodríguez; L A Moreno Journal: Osteoporos Int Date: 2018-03-05 Impact factor: 4.507