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Speed of eating and 3-year BMI change: a nationwide prospective study of mid-age women.
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Public health nutrition [Public Health Nutr] 2016 Feb; Vol. 19 (3), pp. 463-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 20. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective: To conduct the first nationwide population survey to examine the associations between changes in speed of eating and weight gain over 3 years. The study also explored whether faster eating at baseline was related to healthy-weight women becoming overweight after 3 years.<br />Design: Longitudinal. At baseline, participants were randomly selected from a nationally representative sampling frame to participate in a prospective study. Women completed self-administered baseline questionnaires on demographic and health measures. Self-reported speed of eating, smoking status, physical activity, menopause status, and height and weight were collected at baseline and again 3 years later.<br />Setting: Nationwide study, New Zealand.<br />Subjects: Women (n 1601) aged 40-50 years were recruited at baseline from New Zealand electoral rolls.<br />Results: There was no evidence of associations between 3-year BMI adjusting for baseline BMI and either baseline speed of eating (slower and faster; P=0.524) or change in speed of eating (consistently faster eating, consistently slower eating, slower eating at baseline but not at 3 years, faster eating at baseline but not at 3 years; P=0.845). Of the 488 women with healthy BMI (18.5 to <25.0 kg/m2) at baseline, seventy-seven (15.8%) became overweight (BMI≥25.0 kg/m2) after 3 years. Compared with those who were slower eaters at baseline, faster eating at baseline did not increase the risk of becoming overweight 3 years later (P=0.958) nor did change in speed of eating (P=0.236).<br />Conclusions: Results suggest that once women have reached mid-life, faster eating does not predict further weight gain.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1475-2727
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Public health nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25990575
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015001548