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Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between food sources of free sugars and weight status among children and adolescents aged 2–19 years in Japan (1438 males and 1340 females) from the 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan. We estimated the percentage of energ...

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Autores principales: Fujiwara, Aya, Okada, Emiko, Matsumoto, Mai, Tajima, Ryoko, Yuan, Xiaoyi, Takimoto, Hidemi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9460394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36079916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14173659
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author Fujiwara, Aya
Okada, Emiko
Matsumoto, Mai
Tajima, Ryoko
Yuan, Xiaoyi
Takimoto, Hidemi
author_facet Fujiwara, Aya
Okada, Emiko
Matsumoto, Mai
Tajima, Ryoko
Yuan, Xiaoyi
Takimoto, Hidemi
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description This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between food sources of free sugars and weight status among children and adolescents aged 2–19 years in Japan (1438 males and 1340 females) from the 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan. We estimated the percentage of energy intake (% E) from free sugars from total food sources (FS(total)), solid foods (FS(solids)), and beverages (FS(liquids)), using one-day weighed dietary record data. Weight status was determined based on body mass index (BMI) z-scores and the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The mean energy intakes of FS(total), FS(solids), and FS(liquids) were 5.8%, 4.1%, and 1.8% in males and 6.2%, 4.6%, and 1.6% in females, respectively. After controlling for potential confounding factors, including energy intake, there was no association of free sugars intake from all food sources with BMI z-scores or with the prevalence of overweight and obesity, except for a marginal association between higher FS(solids) and lower estimated BMI z-scores in females (p = 0.05). The present findings indicate that among children and adolescents in Japan, who have a relatively low mean intake of free sugars, consuming free sugars from any food source is unlikely to have an adverse effect on weight status.
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spelling pubmed-94603942022-09-10 Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan Fujiwara, Aya Okada, Emiko Matsumoto, Mai Tajima, Ryoko Yuan, Xiaoyi Takimoto, Hidemi Nutrients Article This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between food sources of free sugars and weight status among children and adolescents aged 2–19 years in Japan (1438 males and 1340 females) from the 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan. We estimated the percentage of energy intake (% E) from free sugars from total food sources (FS(total)), solid foods (FS(solids)), and beverages (FS(liquids)), using one-day weighed dietary record data. Weight status was determined based on body mass index (BMI) z-scores and the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The mean energy intakes of FS(total), FS(solids), and FS(liquids) were 5.8%, 4.1%, and 1.8% in males and 6.2%, 4.6%, and 1.6% in females, respectively. After controlling for potential confounding factors, including energy intake, there was no association of free sugars intake from all food sources with BMI z-scores or with the prevalence of overweight and obesity, except for a marginal association between higher FS(solids) and lower estimated BMI z-scores in females (p = 0.05). The present findings indicate that among children and adolescents in Japan, who have a relatively low mean intake of free sugars, consuming free sugars from any food source is unlikely to have an adverse effect on weight status. MDPI 2022-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9460394/ /pubmed/36079916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14173659 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tajima, Ryoko
Yuan, Xiaoyi
Takimoto, Hidemi
Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
title Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
title_full Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
title_fullStr Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
title_short Association between Food Sources of Free Sugars and Weight Status among Children and Adolescents in Japan: The 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
title_sort association between food sources of free sugars and weight status among children and adolescents in japan: the 2016 national health and nutrition survey, japan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9460394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36079916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14173659
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