Journal article
Associations between dietary patterns at 6 and 15 months of age and sociodemographic factors
LG Smithers, L Brazionis, RK Golley, MN Mittinty, K Northstone, P Emmett, SA Mcnaughton, KJ Campbell, JW Lynch
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Published : 2012
Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) have previously shown that dietary patterns are observable by 3 years. However, it is not clear when dietary patterns emerge. We aimed to describe dietary patterns in early life and their associations with maternal and infant sociodemographic characteristics. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Principal component analysis was applied to diet questionnaires of ALSPAC participants at 6 months (n=7052) and 15 months (n=5610) to extract dietary patterns. The sociodemographic factors associated with dietary patterns were investigated using regression analyses. RESULTS: Four dietary patterns were extracted at both 6 and 1..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Both PE and KN have received support from commercial infant food manufacturers and have undertaken invited lectures. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.We are extremely grateful to all the families who took part in this study, the midwives for their help in recruiting them, and the whole ALSPAC team, which includes interviewers, computer and laboratory technicians, clerical workers, research scientists, volunteers, managers, receptionists and nurses. The UK Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and the University of Bristol provide funding for the ALSPAC study. JWL is supported by an Australia Fellowship and RKG with a Postdoctoral Training Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. LGS, LB and MNM are supported by funds from the Australia Fellowship awarded to JWL. KN and PE are partly supported by the UK Arthritic Association and partly by funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013 Grant number 245012).