The relationship between behavioral factors, weight status and a dietary pattern in primary school aged children: The GRECO study

摘要

Background & aims: Numerous factors have been associated with the increase in childhood overweight and obesity, including environmental, dietary and behavioral. The latter have been associated with unhealthy eating behaviors but studies of their relation to dietary patterns are limited. Dietary patterns serve as a better means to evaluate children's diet and risk of obesity and therefore the aim of the study was to examine the relationship of behavioral factors with a specific dietary pattern developed for children (child derived Food Index (cdFl)), and to assess how behavioral and diet are related to children's weight status when addressed together in a model.