儿童时期的不良经历和成年时不健康的饮食行为
Alexander Testa1, Lixia Zhang2, Dylan B Jackson3
1University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Management, Policy and Community Health, 7411 John Smith Dr #1100, San Antonio, TX78229, USA.
Public health nutrition
|January 18, 2024
概括
儿童不良经历 (ACE) 与成年人增加快餐和含糖饮料的消费有关. 这种关联部分可以解释为受教育程度较低和成年时感知到的压力较高.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养流行病学 营养流行病学
- 心理社会因素 心理社会因素
背景情况:
- 童年不良经历 (ACE) 很普遍,并与许多长期健康问题有关.
- 成年人的饮食模式,包括快餐和含糖饮料的消费,是慢性疾病风险的关键决定因素.
- 了解早期生活逆境对成年人健康行为的代际影响对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查18岁前ACE和成年人消费快餐和含糖饮料之间的关联.
- 检查感知压力和社会经济地位 (SES) 在ACE-成人饮食关系中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 对33-44岁成年人国家青少年到成年人健康长度研究 (N=8599) 数据的分析.
- 多项逻辑回归被用来评估ACE和不健康的饮食行为之间的关联.
- 卡尔森-霍尔姆-布林调解分析量化了SES和感知压力的调解效应.
主要成果:
- 四个或更多的ACE与快餐 (RRR=1.436) 和含糖饮料 (RRR=1.435) 的消费显著增加有关.
- 大学教育程度部分介导了ACE和高速食消费之间的联系.
- 感知到的压力和大学教育成绩部分介导了ACE和高糖饮料消费之间的关联.
结论:
- ACEs可以导致长期不健康的饮食行为在成年期.
- 感知较低的压力和大学教育成绩调解了ACE和不健康的饮食模式之间的关系.
- 需要进一步的研究,以充分阐明ACE对饮食习惯的终身影响.
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