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Daily eating frequency is associated with diet quality and weight status in US adults
Author(s) -
Shin Dayeon,
Krumhar Kim,
Richardson Rhonda,
Song Won O.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.841.1
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , anthropometry , logistic regression , body mass index , cross sectional study , national health and nutrition examination survey , gerontology , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
Few studies have reported eating frequencies in relation to diet quality and weight status. Using 24h diet‐recall, anthropometric and socio‐demographic data of US adults (≥20y, n=4544 excluding pregnant/lactating women and diabetics) in NHANES 2007–8, we examined the association between daily eating frequencies (1–3, 4, 5, 6 and ≥7), diet quality (HEI 2005), and weight status (BMI ≥25). With SAS 9.3 (Cary, NC), we accounted for the complex survey design and sample weights in detecting the differences, trends and associations among the variables and/or subgroups by covariate‐adjusted logistic regressions and linear regression analyses. Mean eating frequencies were similar between men and women (5.0 and 5.3, respectively) with increasing frequencies from 20y to 65y (p<0.05). Eating frequencies were positively associated with diet quality in both genders, with some variations among age subgroups within a gender (p<0.05); and inversely associated with mean BMI and the prevalence of individuals with BMI ≥25 in women (p=0.06), but not in men. Findings from this cross‐sectional survey suggest that, although the degree of strength differs among age/gender groups, eating frequency is an indicator of diet quality and weight status in US adults. Grant Funding Source : Nestle USA