Family and individual dietary and lifestyle habits as predictors of BMI and KIDMED score in Greek and immigrant preschoolers
| Autor: | Maria CHRISSINI, Dimitra SIFAKI-PISTOLLA, Nikolaos TZANAKIS, Ioanna TSILIGIANNI |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, Vol 54, Iss 4, Pp 659-671 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1584-9244 2558-815X |
| DOI: | 10.31688/ABMU.2019.54.4.07 |
| Popis: | Introduction: in our multicultural society the global pandemia of obesity consists in the severest form of overweight, affecting young children, with individual and parental dietary and lifestyle factors being associated with OW/OB among preschoolers. The objective of the study was to assess the parental dietary and lifestyle trajectories that predict and determine native Greek and immigrant preschoolers’ BMI and KIDMED score. Material and methods: 578 guardian parents and 578 preschoolers (5-6 year-old), both native Greeks (n=451) and other nationalities (n=127) participated in this cross-sectional study. The Food Frequency Questionnaire and KIDMED scores were utilized. Results: Significantly high level of concordance of guardian parents’ and preschoolers’ dietary habits (Spearman’s rho= 0.94, R2=0.91, p |
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