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4. Lung function trajectory and biomarkers in the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study

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Bui, Dinh S., primary, Agusti, Alvar, additional, Walters, Haydn, additional, Lodge, Caroline, additional, Perret, Jennifer L., additional, Lowe, Adrian, additional, Bowatte, Gayan, additional, Cassim, Raisa, additional, Hamilton, Garun S., additional, Frith, Peter, additional, James, Alan, additional, Thomas, Paul S., additional, Jarvis, Debbie, additional, Abramson, Michael J., additional, Faner, Rosa, additional, and Dharmage, Shyamali C., additional

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2021
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7. Bidirectional associations between diet and body composition measures from 2 to 15 years: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

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Gasser, Constantine E., Clifford, Susan A., Kerr, Jessica A., Wake, Melissa, Mensah, Fiona K., and Cassim, Raisa

Subjects
BODY composition, CHILD behavior, CHILDREN'S health, CONFIDENCE intervals, DRINKING (Physiology), FACTOR analysis, FOOD habits, LONGITUDINAL method, MULTIVARIATE analysis, NUTRITION policy, STATISTICS, ADOLESCENT health, EMPIRICAL research, BODY mass index, STRUCTURAL equation modeling, PARENT attitudes, WAIST circumference, NUTRITIONAL value, DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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This study investigates how dietary patterns and scores are associated with subsequent BMI and waist:height ratio (WHtR), and how BMI and WHtR are associated with subsequent dietary patterns or scores, from 2–3 to 10–11 and 4–5 to 14–15 years of age. In the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, height, weight and waist circumference were measured biennially in children, yielding BMI z -score and WHtR. Parents, latterly children, reported frequency of child consumption of 12–16 food/drink items during the previous 24 h. At each wave, we empirically derived dietary patterns using factor analyses, and dietary scores based on the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines. We used structural-equation modelling to investigate cross-lagged associations (n 1972–2882) between diet and body composition measures in univariable and multivariable analyses. Dietary scores/patterns did not consistently predict WHtR and BMI z -score in the next wave, nor did BMI z -score and WHtR consistently predict diet in the next wave. The few associations seen were weak and often in the opposite direction to that hypothesised. The largest effect, associated with each standard deviation increase in BMI in wave 5 of the K cohort (age 12–13 years), was a 0·06 standard deviation estimated mean increase in dietary score (higher quality diet) in the subsequent wave (95 % CI 0·02, 0·11, P =0·003). Associations between dietary patterns/scores and body composition were not strongly evident in either direction. Better quantitative childhood dietary tools feasible for large-scale administration are needed to quantify how dietary patterns, energy intake and anthropometry co-develop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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8. Are young children with asthma more likely to be less physically active?

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Rachel L. Peters, Katrina J. Allen, Adrian J. Lowe, Melissa Russell, Mimi L.K. Tang, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Elasma Milanzi, Raisa Cassim, François Fraysse, Tim Olds, Jennifer J. Koplin, Cassim, Raisa, Dharmage, Shyamali C, Peters, Rachel L, Koplin, Jennifer J, Allen, Katrina J, Tang, Mimi LK, Lowe, Adrian J, Olds, Timothy S, Fraysse, François, Milanzi, Elasma, Russell, Melissa A, and Health Nuts Investigators

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medicine.medical_specialty, Allergy, Cross-sectional study, Immunology, physical activity, Overweight, children, Wheeze, Accelerometry, accelerometry, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Humans, Child, Exercise, Asthma, business.industry, Public health, Australia, cohort, asthma, medicine.disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, wheeze, Child, Preschool, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cohort, medicine.symptom, business, Body mass index, Demography
Abstract

Background: Previous research suggests that children who experience asthma may be less physically active, however results have been inconclusive. This study aimed to investigate whether the presence of asthma or wheeze is associated with lower physical activity levels in children, and whether sex, body mass index or earlier asthma or wheeze status modifies the association. Methods: This study was conducted in 391 HealthNuts participants in Melbourne, Australia. Asthma and wheeze data were collected via questionnaire at age 4 and 6 and physical activity was measured through accelerometry. Using adjusted linear regression models, the cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations were investigated. Results: There was no evidence of a difference in time spent in moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at age 6 years between children with and without asthma at age 4; children with asthma spent 8.3 minutes more time physically active per day (95%CI: ‐5.6, 22.1, p=0.24) than children without asthma. Similar results were seen for children with current wheeze (5.8 minutes per day more, 95%CI: ‐5.9, 17.5, p=0.33) or ever wheeze or asthma (7.7 min per day more, 95%CI: ‐4.8, 20.2, p=0.23) at age 4 years. Comparable null results were observed in the cross‐sectional analyses. Interaction with BMI could not be assessed, however, previous asthma or wheeze status and sex were not found to modify these associations. Conclusion: This analysis found no evidence of asthma hindering physical activity in these young children. These results are encouraging, as they indicate that the Australian asthma and physical activity public health campaigns are being effectively communicated and adopted by the public. Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Published
2020

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