How Eating Speed, Diet Quality, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors are associated?

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Published On: 27 Mar, 2023 1:27 PM | Updated On: 17 May, 2024 8:49 PM

How Eating Speed, Diet Quality, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors are associated?

The present study assessed the relationship between eating speed, adiposity, factors predicting cardiometabolic, and diet quality in preschool children.

The study enrolled 1371 preschool-age children (49% girls; mean age, 4.8 ± 1.0 years) utilizing the Childhood Obesity Risk Assessment Longitudinal Study (CORALS) sample. After exclusions, it included 956 participants in the analyses. The study estimated eating speed by summing the total minutes used in each of the three main meals and then categorized them into slow, moderate, or fast.

It assessed the relationship between eating speed and body mass index, waist circumference, fat mass index (FMI), blood pressure, plasma glucose(fasting), and lipid profile.

The study observed a higher prevalence risk of overweight/obesity; larger waist circumference; and greater FMI, systolic blood pressure, and plasma glucose (fasting) levels but lower adherence to the Mediterranean diet among participants in the fast-eating category compared to the slow-eating category.

This study shows that fast eating renders higher adiposity, specific cardiometabolic risk factors, and lower adherence to a Mediterranean diet. Further long-term and interventional studies must validate these associations.

Garcidueñas-Fimbres TE, Paz-Graniel I, Gómez-Martínez C, Salas-Salvadó J, Babio N. Associations Between Eating Speed, Diet Quality, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2023;252:31-39. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.024

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