Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, The Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Obes Facts. 2009;2(3):157-65. doi: 10.1159/000219819. Epub 2009 Jun 5.
This paper describes the tracking of food intake from adolescence to adulthood according to location as an adult (at the time of the follow-up study) and gender. Additionally this paper explores factors associated with change in food intake.
Two 3-day food diaries, demographic and socio-economic information were collected in 1980 and 2000 from the same 198 participants (81 male, 117 female). Foods consumed were assigned to the five categories in The Balance of Good Health (BGH) food model. The tracking of food intake was assessed using Pearson correlation analyses. In 2000 two questionnaires were completed. Demographic and key attributional factors, derived from closed and open-ended responses to the questionnaire, were compared with measured change using regression analysis.
There was significant tracking of intake by food group from adolescence to adulthood according to location as an adult and gender. Eight combinations of descriptive variables and questionnaire factors were associated with change in intake of four of the five BGH food groups.
Between adolescence and adulthood, dietary tracking is influenced by variables including gender and location. Attributions for change in food intake were associated with measured changes in food intake. In order to support healthier eating habits, it is important to be aware of factors contributing to changes in food intake, such as parental influences and perceived influences of time and work.
本文描述了根据成年时（随访研究时）的位置和性别追踪从青少年到成年的食物摄入量。此外，本文还探讨了与食物摄入量变化相关的因素。
1980 年和 2000 年，从 198 名参与者（81 名男性，117 名女性）中收集了两份 3 天的食物日记、人口统计学和社会经济信息。所消耗的食物被分配到“良好健康的平衡”（BGH）食物模型的五个类别中。使用 Pearson 相关分析评估食物摄入量的追踪情况。在 2000 年完成了两份问卷。来自问卷的封闭和开放式回答的人口统计学和关键归因因素与使用回归分析测量的变化进行了比较。
根据成年时的位置和性别，从青少年到成年，食物摄入量存在显著的追踪现象。在五个 BGH 食物组中，有 4 个组的 8 种描述性变量和问卷因素的组合与摄入量的变化相关。
在青少年到成年期间，饮食追踪受到包括性别和位置在内的变量的影响。对食物摄入量变化的归因与食物摄入量的实际变化相关。为了支持更健康的饮食习惯，了解导致食物摄入量变化的因素非常重要，例如父母的影响以及对时间和工作的感知影响。
