Diet quality and well-being in children and adolescents: The UP&DOWN longitudinal study
The present study examined the association between high-quality diet (using the Mediterranean diet (MD) as an example) and well-being cross-sectionally and prospectively in Spanish children and adolescents. Participants included 533 children and 987 adolescents at baseline and 527 children and 798 a...
| Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repository: | Docta Complutense |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/97332 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97332 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | 61 612.39 Diet quality Mediterranean diet Well-being Quality of life Children Adolescents Ciencias Biomédicas Nutrición 32 Ciencias Médicas |
| Summary: | The present study examined the association between high-quality diet (using the Mediterranean diet (MD) as an example) and well-being cross-sectionally and prospectively in Spanish children and adolescents. Participants included 533 children and 987 adolescents at baseline and 527 children and 798 adolescents at 2-year follow-up, included in the UP&DOWN study (follow-up in schoolchildren and adolescents with and without Down’s syndrome). The present study excluded participants with Down’s syndrome. Adherence to an MD was assessed using the KIDMED index. Well-being was measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire. Associations between MD adherence and well-being were assessed using multi-level, mixed-effects linear regression. At baseline, MD adherence was positively related to health-related quality of life in secondary school girls and boys (β=0·41, SE 0·10, P<0·001; β=0·46, SE 0·10, P<0·001, respectively) and to positive affect in secondary school girls and boys (β=0·16, SE 0·05, P=0·006; β=0·20, SE 0·05, P<0·001, respectively) and in primary school boys (β=0·20, SE 0·08, P=0·019). At 2-year follow-up, MD adherence was negatively related to negative affect in secondary school adolescent girls and boys (β=–0·15, SE 0·07, P=0·047; β=–0·16, SE 0·06, P=0·019, respectively), and MD adherence was associated with higher positive affect scores in secondary school girls (β=0·30, SE 0·06, P<0·001) and in primary school boys (β=0·20, SE 0·09, P=0·023). However, MD adherence at baseline did not predict well-being indicators at 2-year follow-up. In conclusion, higher MD adherence was found to behave as a protective factor for positive well-being in cross-sectional analysis. |
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