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Published in: European Journal of Nutrition 8/2018

01-12-2018 | Original Contribution

Associations between the adherence to the Mediterranean diet and cardiorespiratory fitness with total and central obesity in preschool children: the PREFIT project

Authors: Idoia Labayen Goñi, Lide Arenaza, María Medrano, Natalia García, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Francisco B. Ortega

Published in: European Journal of Nutrition | Issue 8/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

Early recognition of risk factors associated with overweight/obesity is an important step towards preventing long-term health consequences. The aim of the current study was to examine the associations of the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with adiposity in preschool children from the north of Spain.

Methods

The adherence to the MDP (KIDMED), CRF (20-m shuttle run test), total (BMI) and central (waist circumference) adiposity and socio-demographic factors were assessed in 619 children (48.6% girls) who were on average 4.7 years old.

Results

Higher MDP index (P < 0.05) and CRF levels (P < 0.01) were significantly related to lower waist circumference. CRF was inversely associated with BMI (P ≤ 0.001), yet no significant association was observed between MDP and BMI. Children not having high CRF levels and high MDP (i.e., non-upper sex-specific tertile of CRF or MDP, respectively) had the highest waist circumference.

Conclusions

Our findings support that higher adherence to the MDP and higher CRF are associated with lower waist circumference in preschool children, pointing them as relevant modifiable factors to be targeted by educational strategies aiming to prevent central obesity and later obesity-related comorbidities.
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Metadata
Title
Associations between the adherence to the Mediterranean diet and cardiorespiratory fitness with total and central obesity in preschool children: the PREFIT project
Authors
Idoia Labayen Goñi
Lide Arenaza
María Medrano
Natalia García
Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez
Francisco B. Ortega
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Nutrition / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 1436-6207
Electronic ISSN: 1436-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1571-3

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