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Snack food not associated with an increase in BMI in children
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Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:08 am Email this article
"Our results suggest that although snack foods may have low nutritional value, they were not an important independent determinant of weight gain among children and adolescents," Harvard researchers conclude in a new study.
The study analyzed data from 8,203 girls and 6,774 boys, who were 9- to 14-years-old in 1996, who completed at least two questionnaires between 1996 and 1999.
REFERENCE
Field A, Austin S, Gillman M, Rosner B, Rockett H, Colditz G. Snack food intake does not predict weight change among children and adolescents. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004 Aug 17.
AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION
A. E. Field
Division of Adolescent Medicine
Department of Medicine
Children’s Hospital and
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA
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