Takeaway food, sugar-sweetened beverages and preclinical cardiometabolic phenotypes in children and adults

S Saraf; A Grobler; RS Liu; M Liu; M Wake; T Olds; K Lycett; M Juonala; S Ranganathan; D Burgner; JA Kerr

Journal article

Takeaway food, sugar-sweetened beverages and preclinical cardiometabolic phenotypes in children and adults

S Saraf, A Grobler, RS Liu, M Liu, M Wake, T Olds, K Lycett, M Juonala, S Ranganathan, D Burgner, JA Kerr

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaa070

Abstract

Aims: To investigate relationships between takeaway food and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption with cardiometabolic phenotypes during childhood and mid-adulthood. Method: Design: Cross-sectional Child Health CheckPoint within the national population-representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Participants: 1838 children (mean age 11.5 years; 49.1% female) and 1846 adults (mean age 43.7 years; 87.6% female). Exposures: Self-reported takeaway food and SSB consumption ('frequent': ≥ weekly). Outcomes: Functional (pulse wave velocity (PWV), blood pressure (BP)) and structural (carotid intima-media thickness, retinal microvascular calibre) preclinical cardiovascular phenoty..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Anneke Grobler Author

Melissa Wake Author

Sarath Ranganathan Author

David Burgner Author

Grants

Awarded by Financial Markets Foundation for Children

Funding Acknowledgements

The Child Health CheckPoint was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (1041352, 1109355; Fellowships MW: 1046518, KL: 1091124; Investigator Grants DB: GTN1175744). The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-241), the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), The University of Melbourne, the National Heart Foundation of Australia (100660; Fellowships KL: 101239), Financial Markets Foundation for Children (2014-055, 2016310) and the Victoria Deaf Education Institute. The MCRI administered the research grants for the study and provided infrastructural support to its staff and the study, but played no role in the conduct or analysis. DSS played a role in study design; however, no other funding bodies had a role in the design and conduct; data collection, management, analysis and interpretation; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.