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Associations between dietary variety, portion size and body weight: prospective evidence from UK Biobank participants
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Michelle Lee ,
Alex Jones ,
Laura Wilkinson
British Journal of Nutrition, Volume: 130, Issue: 7, Pages: 1267 - 1277
Swansea University Authors:
Rochelle Embling, Menna Price , Michelle Lee , Alex Jones , Laura Wilkinson
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DOI (Published version): 10.1017/s0007114523000156
Abstract
‘Dietary variety’ has been identified as a factor associated with food intake. Whilst this relationship may have longer-term benefits for body weight management when eating low-energy, nutrient-dense foods, it may increase the risk of overconsumption (and body adiposity) when foods are high energy d...
| Published in: | British Journal of Nutrition |
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| ISSN: | 0007-1145 1475-2662 |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62282 |
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‘Dietary variety’ has been identified as a factor associated with food intake. Whilst this relationship may have longer-term benefits for body weight management when eating low-energy, nutrient-dense foods, it may increase the risk of overconsumption (and body adiposity) when foods are high energy density. This study sought to further explore pathways underpinning the relationship between dietary variety and body weight, by considering energy density as a moderating factor and portion size as a mediating factor in this relationship. Using prospective data from the UK Biobank, dietary variety scores, cumulative portion size, and energy density were derived from 24-hr dietary recall questionnaires at baseline and follow-up. Body mass index (BMI), whole-body fat percentage, and fat-free mass, were included as outcomes. Contrary to predictions, linear multiple regression models found some evidence of a negative, direct association between dietary variety scores and body weight outcomes at baseline (b = -.13). Though dietary variety was significantly associated with larger portions across timepoints (b = 41.86 – 82.64), a moderated mediation effect was not supported at baseline or follow-up (Index ≤ .035). Taken together, these findings provide population-level evidence to support a positive association between variety and food intake, which in turn has potential implications for body weight management, both in terms of moderating food intake and benefitting diet quality. |
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| Keywords: |
Dietary diversity, food variety, portion size, energy density, body weight, UK Biobank |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Funders: |
ESRC (Project Reference: ES/P00069X/1, Studentship 1947139). |
| Issue: |
7 |
| Start Page: |
1267 |
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1277 |