Associations between nutritional quality of meals and snacks assessed by the Food Standards Agency nutrient profiling system and overall diet quality and adiposity measures in British children and adolescents

•Lower nutritional quality of meals was associated with lower overall diet quality.•The nutritional quality of snacks was not associated with overall diet quality.•No consistent associations were observed with regard to adiposity measures. This cross-sectional study examined how the nutritional qual...

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Published in:Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2018-05, Vol.49, p.57-65
Main Author: Murakami, Kentaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipocytes
Adipose tissue
Adolescents
Body mass
Body mass index
Cardiovascular disease
Child development
Children
Children & youth
Diaries
Diet
Diet quality
Dietary fiber
Energy intake
Food
Meal
Meals
Measurement methods
Nutrient profiling system
Nutrients
Nutrition research
Nutritive value
Nuts
Obesity
Public health
Quality
Quality assessment
Snack
Snack foods
Sodium
Sugar
Teenagers
Vegetables
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Summary:•Lower nutritional quality of meals was associated with lower overall diet quality.•The nutritional quality of snacks was not associated with overall diet quality.•No consistent associations were observed with regard to adiposity measures. This cross-sectional study examined how the nutritional quality of meals and snacks was associated with overall diet quality and adiposity measures. Based on 7-d weighed dietary record data, all eating occasions were divided into meals or snacks based on time (meals: 06:00–09:00 h, 12:00–14:00 h, and 17:00–20:00 h; snacks: others) or contribution to energy intake (meals: ≥15%; snacks:
ISSN:0899-9007
1873-1244
DOI:10.1016/j.nut.2017.10.011