This study aimed to investigate the association of ultra-processed food consumption at 4 and
7 years of age with appetitive traits at 7 years and BMI at 10 years of age. Participants were …

This study explored the relationship between eating behaviours and diet quality, from 7 to
10y. The sample included 3879 children evaluated, from the Portuguese birth cohort …

Background Few studies investigated the associations between dietary patterns and
overweight/obesity among Chinese preschool children. Thus, the study aims to explore …

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are common worldwide and associated with poorer health
outcomes. This work aimed to explore the UPF consumption associated factors and its main …

Background Young children have high nutritional requirements relative to their body size,
making healthy diets critical for normal growth and development. Objective Our aim was to …

Limited and inconsistent evidence exists on the associations between dietary patterns and
overweight during childhood. The present study describes dietary patterns of three-year-old …

Background & aims Diet is usually represented as single foods or dietary patterns not
related with a specific outcome, and its cardiometabolic effects at early ages are not clearly …

Background/aims There is a consistent body of evidence on the association between single
nutrients and cognition, but the role of a healthful dietary pattern on cognition in children has …

Evidence on the association between children's food insecurity (FI) and dietary patterns
(DPs) is scarce. This study assessed the association between children's FI and a priori and a …

Abstract Background In the United States, one in five adolescents are obese. Index-based
dietary patterns are measures of the overall diet that have the potential to serve as valuable …