Multivariate analysis of diet in children at four and seven years of age and associations with socio-demographic characteristics

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 751 - 760
• Main Authors: Northstone, K, Emmett, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2005; Nature Publishing; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Clinical Nutrition; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Demographics; Diet; Diet - economics; Diet - standards; Diet Surveys; Diseases of the digestive system; Education; Educational Status; England; Epidemiology; Family Characteristics; Female; Food; Food processing; Fruits; Humans; Internal Medicine; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Meat; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Mothers - education; Mothers - psychology; Multivariate Analysis; original-communication; Parents; Potatoes; Prepared foods; Principal components analysis; Public Health; Questionnaires; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Siblings; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Sugar; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vegetables; Vegetarianism; England; children; principal components analysis; dietary patterns; Human; Demography; Diet therapy; Nutrition; Diet; Multivariate analysis; Child; Feeding

Aim: We have previously reported on distinct dietary patterns obtained from principal components analysis (PCA) of food frequency questionnaires from 3-y-old children. In this study, we repeat these analyses at 4 and 7 y of age. Design: As part of regular self-completion questionnaires, the primary...