Breakfast Dietary Pattern Is Inversely Associated with Overweight/Obesity in European Adolescents: The HELENA Study

• Main Authors: Leandro Teixeira Cacau (Author), Pilar De Miguel-Etayo (Author), Alba M. Santaliestra-Pasías (Author), Natalia Giménez-Legarre (Author), Dirce Maria Marchioni (Author), Cristina Molina-Hidalgo (Author), Laura Censi (Author), Marcela González-Gross (Author), Evangelia Grammatikaki (Author), Christina Breidenassel (Author), Thaïs De Ruyter (Author), Mathilde Kersting (Author), Frederic Gottrand (Author), Odysseas Androutsos (Author), Sonia Gómez-Martinez (Author), Anthony Kafatos (Author), Kurt Widhalm (Author), Peter Stehle (Author), Dénes Molnár (Author), Yannis Manios (Author), Stefaan De Henauw (Author), Luis A. Moreno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity in children and adolescents is a public health problem and diet can play a major role in this condition. We aimed to identify sex-specific dietary patterns (DP) and to evaluate the association with overweight/obesity in European adolescents. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis with 2327...