Dietary protein intake in school-age children and detailed measures of body composition: the Generation R Study

International Journal of Obesity : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
Vincent JenTrudy Voortman

Abstract

A high-protein diet in infancy increases the risk of obesity, but the effects of dietary protein intake in mid-childhood on body composition are unclear. Therefore, we studied associations of protein intake (total, animal and plant-sourced) at 8 years of age with anthropometric measures and body composition up to age 10 years. We included 3991 children of the Generation R Study, a prospective cohort in the Netherlands. Dietary protein intake was assessed at 8 years of age using a food-frequency questionnaire and is expressed in energy percentage (E%). Anthropometric measures and body composition (using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)) were assessed at 6 years and during follow-up at 10 years. We calculated body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI), and fat-free mass index (FFMI). All outcomes were sex- and age-standardized and overweight (yes/no) was derived from BMI-SDS. We examined associations of protein intake at 8 years with the combined risk of overweight and obesity, and body composition at 10 years using multivariable logistic and linear regression models. These analyses were adjusted for outcomes at 6 years and protein intake in early life. In multivariable-adjusted models, a 5E% higher protein intake at 8 yea...Continue Reading

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