Dietary patterns among children and adolescents in Germany consuming vegetarian, vegan or omnivore diets: results of the VeChi Youth Study.
Purpose: To identify dietary patterns of vegetarian, vegan and omnivore children and adolescents in Germany and to examine associations with nutrient intake. Methods: First, three principal component analyses based on 17–22 food groups were used to identify dietary patterns among vegetarians (n = 14...
| Published in: | European Journal of Nutrition Vol. 63; no. 8; pp. 3161 - 3175 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180549914&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180549914 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14366207 CR0 jtl: European Journal of Nutrition issn: 14366207 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 63 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 180549914 179783545 180549914 180549914 10.1007/s00394-024-03497-6 180549914 ppf: 3161 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Dietary patterns among children and adolescents in Germany consuming vegetarian, vegan or omnivore diets: results of the VeChi Youth Study. aug: au: Hansch, Lea Fischer, Morwenna Längler, Alfred Michalsen, Andreas Weder, Stine Keller, Markus Alexy, Ute Perrar, Ines affil: https://ror.org/041nas322 Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Nutritional and Food Science (IEL), University of Bonn, DONALD Study, Heinstück 11, 44225, Dortmund, Germany sug: subj: Dietary Patterns In Infancy and Childhood Dietary Patterns In Adolescence Vegetarianism Plant-Based Diet Nutrients Diet Food Intake Human Child Adolescence Male Female Germany Funding Source Descriptive Statistics Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Energy Intake Fruit Meat Potato Legumes Dietary Carbohydrates Dairy Products Micronutrients Nutrient Density Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: Purpose: To identify dietary patterns of vegetarian, vegan and omnivore children and adolescents in Germany and to examine associations with nutrient intake. Methods: First, three principal component analyses based on 17–22 food groups were used to identify dietary patterns among vegetarians (n = 145, 3-day weighed dietary records), vegans (n = 110) and omnivores (n = 135) from the cross-sectional Vegetarian and Vegan Children and Youth (VeChi Youth) Study (2017–2019, 6–18 years, 57% girls). Secondly, these patterns were correlated (Spearman correlations) with energy and nutrient intakes. Results: Among vegetarians, 3 dietary patterns were identified ("Animal foods", "Vegetables and fruits", "Meat alternatives and potatoes") accounting for 32.7% of the variance in food group intake. In the vegan group, 4 patterns were identified ("Vegetables and legumes", "Refined carbohydrates", "Meat alternatives and juices", "Fruits and convenience foods") accounting for 43.2% of the variance. Among omnivores, 5 ("Flexitarian", "Vegetables and fruits", "Dairy Products", "meat and convenience foods", "Refined grains and juices") patterns accounting for 43.0% of the variance could be identified. Regardless of diet group, both more favorable dietary patterns ("Vegetables and fruits", "Meat alternatives and potatoes", "Vegetables and legumes", "Fruits and convenience food", "Flexitarian") correlated with higher micronutrient density and less favorable dietary patterns ("Animal foods", "Refined carbohydrates", "Meat alternatives and juices", "Dairy products", "Meat and convenience food", "Refined grains and juices") with unfavorable nutrient profiles were found. Conclusion: Various dietary patterns exist within omnivore, vegetarian, and vegan diets of children and adolescents, which differ in their contribution to nutrient intake. It is therefore necessary to distinguish between different dietary patterns, also within the vegetarian and vegan diet. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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