High protein intake along with paternal part-time employment is associated with higher body fat mass among girls from South China

Yang, Mingzhe; Xue, Hongmei; Pan, Jay; Libuda, Lars; Muckelbauer, Rebecca; Yang, Min; Quan, Liming; Cheng, Guo

doi:10.1007/s00394-017-1468-1

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“…As a modifiable factor, dietary intake has played an important role in the development of childhood overweight/obesity. In the CAC study, girls, but not boys, with higher dietary protein intake may have higher body fat mass, which, further modified by paternal occupation, was observed only in girls with parttime working fathers (28). Also, children with healthy dietary patterns (i.e., beans, potatoes, whole grains, dairy) were at lower risk for overweight/obesity (OR = 0.59, 95% CI [0.39, 0.90]) (30).…”

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confidence: 74%

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The Chinese Adolescent Cohort Study: Design, Implementation, and Major Findings

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The importance of diet quality on children's growth is being increasingly recognized. The Chinese Adolescent Cohort (CAC) is a longitudinal cohort study to comprehensively investigate the health impacts of nutritional factors on child growth. From 2013 to 2018, 6,967 children aged 6–8 years have been recruited from 23 primary schools in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Chongqing, which have been planned to be followed up annually until their age of 15 years. Regular assessments included the measurement of height, weight, waist circumference, and skinfold thicknesses; pubertal development was examined by trained investigators according to Tanner stages; dietary intake was obtained by three 24-h recalls and food frequency questionnaire; validated questionnaires were used to estimate socio-demographic characteristics, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors. Findings from the CAC baseline and the first follow-up data suggested that higher protein intake among girls and unhealthy eating habits among children might increase the risk for childhood obesity. Also, higher intakes of grain and meat and lower overall diet quality and intakes of dietary fiber and tuber might be associated with advanced pubertal development. Those results indicated that the CAC study could contribute to the development of strategies for optimizing Chinese children's health.

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“…Obesity and protein intake Girls, but not boys, with higher dietary protein intake might have higher body fat mass (28).…”

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“…Similarly, several studies reported positive associations between dietary intake of protein as percentage of total energy and adiposity indices, while those studies only presented results with or without adjustment of total energy intake [6][7][8][9][10]21]. So far as we know, there is no clear picture to what degree this positive association could be attributable to the energy contribution of protein intake.…”

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“…Meanwhile, approximately one-fourth of the world diabetes patients live in China [20]， and over 60% of those with diabetes were unware of their diagnosis, with no clear treatment of glycaemic control. The evidence was quite limited for the associations between macronutrient intake and adiposity or glycaemic control across the country, given a handful of regional studies [15,[21][22][23]. Therefore, the present study was aimed to evaluate the cross-sectional association of macronutrient intake, with an emphasize on protein, with adiposity and glycaemic control indices, among a nation-wide sample in China.…”

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The independent associations of protein consumption with body fat and glycaemic control in adult Chinese

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“…The recruitment of SCCNG study participants started in March 2013 in Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality, which are located in Southwest China. Details on the subject selection procedure and the study protocol have been described elsewhere [ 34 ]. In brief, for the yearly recruitment from 2013 onwards eligible participants were children aged 6–8 years in 23 selected primary schools who are cooperative and voluntary at the time of recruitment.…”

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The overall diet quality in childhood is prospectively associated with the timing of puberty

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Purpose The influences of nutrition in childhood on puberty onset could have sustained consequences for health and wellbeing later in life. The aim of this study was to investigate the prospective association of diet quality prior to puberty with the timing of puberty onset. Methods We considered data from 3983 SCCNG (Southwest China Childhood Nutrition and Growth) study participants with dietary data, anthropometric measurement, and information on potential confounders at their baseline assessment (mean age: 7.1 years for girls and 7.3 years for boys; mean length of follow-up was 4.2 years). Cox proportional hazard regression estimating hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to examine the relationship between diet quality and puberty onset. Dietary intake at baseline was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Diet quality was determined using the Chinese Children Dietary Index (CCDI) which measures adherence to current dietary recommendations (theoretical range: 0–160 points). Age at Tanner stage 2 for breast/genital development (B2/G2), menarche or voice break (M/VB) were used as pubertal markers. Results The CCDI score ranged from 56.2 to 136.3 for girls and 46.1–131.5 for boys. Pubertal markers consistently indicate that girls and boys with higher diet quality were more likely to enter their puberty later than their counterparts with lower CCDI scores (higher vs. lower CCDI tertiles: adjusted HR for age at B2: 0.85 (95% CI, 0.81–0.94), p for trend = 0.02; G2: 0.86 (95% CI,0.80–0.96), p for trend = 0.02; M: 0.86 (95% CI,0.80–0.95), p for trend = 0.02; VB: 0.86 (95% CI,0.79–0.98), p for trend = 0.03), after adjustment for paternal education level, baseline energy intake, and pre-pubertal body fat. Conclusions Our data suggested a later puberty onset and later timing of progressed puberty stages in children with a high diet quality, which were independent of pre-pubertal body fat.

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High protein intake along with paternal part-time employment is associated with higher body fat mass among girls from South China

Abstract: Our data indicate that school-aged girls, but not boys, living in South China with higher dietary protein intake might have higher body fat mass, which could be modified by paternal occupation.

Cited by 8 publications

References 35 publications

The Chinese Adolescent Cohort Study: Design, Implementation, and Major Findings

The Chinese Adolescent Cohort Study: Design, Implementation, and Major Findings

The independent associations of protein consumption with body fat and glycaemic control in adult Chinese

The overall diet quality in childhood is prospectively associated with the timing of puberty

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