Examining the relationship between the environmental impact of diet and child growth from a co-benefit perspective.

Autor: Maritano S; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy; University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Palazzo del Broletto, Piazza della Vittoria, 27100, Pavia, PV, Italy. Electronic address: silvia.maritano@unito.it., Moirano G; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy., Isaevska E; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy., Pizzi C; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy., Ponzo V; Human Nutrition Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin, c.so Dogliotti 14, 10126, Turin, Italy., Moccia C; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy., Maule M; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy., Lastrucci V; Epidemiology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139, Florence, Italy., Alderotti G; Epidemiology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139, Florence, Italy., Ronfani L; Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS 'Burlo Garofolo', via dell'Istria 65/1, 34137, Trieste, Italy., Brumatti LV; Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS 'Burlo Garofolo', via dell'Istria 65/1, 34137, Trieste, Italy., Rusconi F; Department of Mother and Child Health, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Via Cocchi 7/9, 56121, Pisa, Italy., Gagliardi L; Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Ospedale Versilia, Viareggio, Azienda AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy., Brescianini S; Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Italian National Health Institute, 00161, Rome, Italy., Nisticò L; Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Italian National Health Institute, 00161, Rome, Italy., De Sario M; Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Local Health Unit Roma 1, Rome, Italy., Culasso M; Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Local Health Unit Roma 1, Rome, Italy., Richiardi L; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Medical Science Department, University of Turin and CPO Piemonte, Via Santena 7, 10126, Turin, Italy.
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Zdroj: Environmental research [Environ Res] 2024 Jun 01; Vol. 250, pp. 118496. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118496
Abstrakt: The adoption of diets that minimize both their environmental impacts and weight excess in children would be a major co-benefit for climate change mitigation. We evaluated the relationship between child diet-related environmental impact and anthropometric characteristics in an Italian birth cohort. The study involved 2127 children of the Piccolipiù birth cohort. At 4 years, their diet in the previous two months was assessed through a questionnaire, from which we derived individual: (i) diet-related daily greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), (ii) land use (LU), (iii) adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and (iv) red meat consumption. We related these variables with overweight and obesity, waist circumference, and height at 4 years using regression models adjusted for a priori selected confounders. Diet-related GHGE and LU had a positive weak association with overweight and obesity, with an odds ratio (OR) for the fourth vs. second quartile of 1.30 for both GHGE (95% confidence intervals -CI-: 0.96; 1.77) and LU (95% CI: 0.96-1.76). Both OR estimates increased after adjustment for energy intake. GHGE and LU were not associated with height, with the exception of shorter children in the first quartile. A high vs. low MD adherence was associated with an increase in height Z-score of 0.11 (95% CI 0.01; 0.21). No association was found for red meat consumption. These results suggest that lowering the impact of high environmental impact diets may have, if anything, beneficial effects on child obesity, overweight, and height, with pro-MD patterns playing an important role.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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