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The association between diet quality and chrononutritional patterns in young adults
European Journal of Nutrition, Vol.63(4), pp.1271-1281
2024
PMID: 38386041
Abstract
Purpose
Young adults eat erratically and later in the day which may impact weight and cardiometabolic health. This cross-sectional study examined relationships between chrononutritional patterns and diet quality in two young adult populations: a university and community sample.
Methods
Three days of dietary data were collected including food images captured using wearable cameras. Chrononutritional variables were extracted: time of first and last eating occasions, caloric midpoint (time at which 50% of daily energy was consumed), number of eating occasions per day, eating window, day-to-day variability of the above metrics, and evening eating (≥20:00h). The Healthy Eating Index for Australian Adults scored diet quality. Statistical analyses controlled for gender, body mass index, and socio-economic status.
Results
No significant associations between chrononutritional patterns and diet quality were found for all participants (n = 95). However, differences in diet quality were found between university (n = 54) and community (n = 41) samples with average diet quality scores of 59.1 (SD 9.7) and 47.3 (SD 14.4), respectively. Of those who extended eating ≥20:00 h, university participants had better diet quality (62.9±SE 2.5 vs. 44.3±SE 2.3, p < 0.001) and discretionary scores (7.9±SE 0.9 vs. 1.6±SE 0.6, p < 0.001) than community participants. University participants consumed predominately healthful dinners and fruit ≥20:00h whereas community participants consumed predominately discretionary foods.
Conclusion
For the general young adult population, meal timing needs to be considered. Food choices made by this cohort may be poorer during evenings when the desire for energy-dense nutrient-poor foods is stronger. However, meal timing may be less relevant for young adults who already engage in healthy dietary patterns.
Details
- Title
- The association between diet quality and chrononutritional patterns in young adults
- Authors
- Leanne Wang - The University of SydneyVirginia Chan - The University of SydneyMargaret Allman-Farinelli - The University of SydneyAlyse Davies - The University of SydneyLyndal Wellard-Cole - The University of SydneyAnna Rangan (Corresponding Author) - The University of Sydney
- Publication details
- European Journal of Nutrition, Vol.63(4), pp.1271-1281
- Publisher
- Springer Medizin
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00394-024-03353-7
- ISSN
- 1436-6215; 1436-6207
- PMID
- 38386041
- Copyright note
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Data Availability
- The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author subject to ethical approval.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991104123002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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