Dietary pattern trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood and their associations with childhood and parental factors

Author:

Appannah Geeta1ORCID,Murray Kevin2,Trapp Gina23,Dymock Michael4,Oddy Wendy Hazel5,Ambrosini Gina Leslie2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

2. School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia

3. Telethon Kids Institute, Northern Entrance, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia

4. Centre for Applied Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia

5. Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Medical Science Precinct, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background Although adolescent dietary patterns tend to be of poor quality, it is unclear whether dietary patterns established in adolescence persist into adulthood. Objectives We examined trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood for 2 major dietary patterns and their associations with childhood and parental factors. Methods Using data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine Study), intakes of 38 food groups were estimated at ages 14, 17, 20 and 22 y in 1414 participants using evaluated FFQs. Using factor analysis, 2 major dietary patterns (healthy and Western) were consistently identified across follow-ups. Sex-specific group-based modeling assessed the variation in individual dietary pattern z scores to identify group trajectories for each pattern between ages 14 and 22 y and to assess their associations with childhood and parental factors. Results Two major trajectory groups were identified for each pattern. Between ages 14 and 22 y, a majority of the cohort (70% males, 73% females) formed a trajectory group with consistently low z scores for the healthy dietary pattern. The remainder had trajectories showing either declining (27% females) or reasonably consistent healthy dietary pattern z scores (30% males). For the Western dietary pattern, the majority formed trajectories with reasonably consistent average scores (79% males, 81% females) or low scores that declined over time. However, 21% of males had a trajectory of steady, marked increases in Western dietary pattern scores over time. A lower maternal education and higher BMI (in kg/m2) were positively associated with consistently lower scores of the healthy dietary pattern. Lower family income, family functioning score, maternal age, and being in a single-parent family were positively related to higher scores of the Western dietary pattern. Conclusions Poor dietary patterns established in adolescence are likely to track into early adulthood, particularly in males. This study highlights the transition between adolescence and early adulthood as a critical period and the populations that could benefit from dietary interventions.

Funder

National Health and Medical Research Council

National Heart Foundation of Australia

Beyond Blue Cardiovascular Disease and Depression Strategic Research Program

University of Western Australia

Telethon Kids Institute

Raine Medical Research Foundation

Women and Infants Research Foundation

Curtin University

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)

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