Kanerva , N , Harald , K , Männistö , S , Kaartinen , N E , Maukonen , M , Haukkala , A & Jousilahti , P 2018 , ' Adherence to the healthy Nordic diet is associated with weight change during 7 years of follow-up ' , British Journal of Nutrition , vol. 120 , no. 1 , pp. 101-110 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114518001344
Title: | Adherence to the healthy Nordic diet is associated with weight change during 7 years of follow-up |
Author: | Kanerva, Noora; Harald, Kennet; Männistö, Satu; Kaartinen, Niina E.; Maukonen, Mirkka; Haukkala, Ari; Jousilahti, Pekka |
Contributor organization: | Clinicum Department of Public Health University of Helsinki Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences Center for Population, Health and Society Social Psychology Research group of Ari Haukkala |
Date: | 2018-07-14 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 10 |
Belongs to series: | British Journal of Nutrition |
ISSN: | 0007-1145 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114518001344 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/237159 |
Abstract: | Studies indicate that the healthy Nordic diet may improve heart health, but its relation to weight change is less clear. We studied the association between the adherence to the healthy Nordic diet and long-term changes in weight, BMI and waist circumference. Furthermore, the agreement between self-reported and measured body anthropometrics was examined. The population-based DIetary, Lifestyle and Genetic Determinants of Obesity and Metabolic syndrome Study in 2007 included 5024 Finns aged 25-75 years. The follow-up was conducted in 2014 (n 3735). One-third of the participants were invited to a health examination. The rest were sent measuring tape and written instructions along with questionnaires. The Baltic Sea Diet Score (BSDS) was used to measure adherence to the healthy Nordic diet. Association of the baseline BSDS and changes in BSDS during the follow-up with changes in body anthropometrics were examined using linear regression analysis. The agreement between self-reported and nurse-measured anthropometrics was determined with Bland-Altman analysis. Intra-class correlation coefficients between self-reported and nurse-measured anthropometrics exceeded 0.95. The baseline BSDS associated with lower weight (beta = -0.056, P = 0.043) and BMI (beta = -0.021, P=0.031) over the follow-up. This association was especially evident among those who had increased their BSDS. In conclusion, both high initial and improved adherence to the healthy Nordic diet may promote long-term weight maintenance. The self-reported/measured anthropometrics were shown to have high agreement with nurse-measured values which adds the credibility of our results. |
Subject: |
Baltic Sea Diet Score
Dietary score Nordic diet Validation Weight change BALTIC SEA DIET FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS SELF-REPORTED HEIGHT BODY-MASS INDEX WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE MEDITERRANEAN DIET METABOLIC SYNDROME PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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