Title :

Diet quality and attention capacity in European adolescents: the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study

Author(s) :

Henriksson, Pontus [Auteur]
Linköping University [LIU]
Cuenca-Garcia, Magdalena [Auteur]

Labayen, Idoia [Auteur]
Universidad Pública de Navarra [Espagne] = Public University of Navarra [UPNA]
Esteban-Cornejo, Irene [Auteur]

Henriksson, Hanna [Auteur]

Kersting, Mathilde [Auteur]
Lille Inflammation Research International Center - U 995 [LIRIC]
Vanhelst, Jeremy [Auteur]
Lille Inflammation Research International Center - U 995 [LIRIC]
Widhalm, Kurt [Auteur]
Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna
gottrand, Fréderic [Auteur]
Lille Inflammation Research International Center - U 995 [LIRIC]
Lille Inflammation Research International Center (LIRIC) - U995
Moreno Luis, A [Auteur]
Universidad de Zaragoza = University of Zaragoza [Saragossa University] = Université de Saragosse
Ortega Francisco, B [Auteur]

Journal title :

The British journal of nutrition

Abbreviated title :

Br. J. Nutr.

Volume number :

117

Pages :

1587-1595

Publication date :

2017-06-01

ISSN :

0007-1145

Keyword(s) :

Mesh:Adolescent Behavior
Mesh:Male
Mesh:Attention*
Mesh:Life Style
Mesh:Humans
Mesh:Child
Mesh:Female
Mesh:Cross-Sectional Studies
Mesh:Adolescent
Mesh:Cognition*
Mesh:Europe
Mesh:Feeding Behavior*
Mesh:Diet Surveys
Mesh:Mental Recall
Mesh:Executive Function*
Mesh:Adolescent Development*
Mesh:Diet/standards*
Executive functions
Cognitive performance
Cognition
Dietary patterns
Diet quality

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Adolescence represents an important period for the development of executive functions, which are a set of important cognitive processes including attentional control. However, very little is known regarding the associations ...
Show more >Adolescence represents an important period for the development of executive functions, which are a set of important cognitive processes including attentional control. However, very little is known regarding the associations of nutrition with components of executive functions in adolescence. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate associations of dietary patterns and macronutrient composition with attention capacity in European adolescents. This cross-sectional study included 384 (165 boys and 219 girls) adolescents, aged 12·5–17·5 years, from five European countries in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence study. Attention capacity was examined using the d2 Test of Attention. Dietary intake was assessed through two non-consecutive 24 h recalls using a computer-based self-administered tool. Three dietary patterns (diet quality index, ideal diet score and Mediterranean diet score) and macronutrient/fibre intakes were calculated. Linear regression analysis was conducted adjusting for age, sex, BMI, maternal education, family affluence scale, study centre and energy intake (only for Mediterranean diet score). In these adjusted regression analyses, higher diet quality index for adolescents and ideal diet score were associated with a higher attention capacity (standardised β=0·16, P=0·002 and β=0·15, P=0·005, respectively). Conversely, Mediterranean diet score or macronutrient/fibre intake were not associated with attention capacity (P>0·05). Our results suggest that healthier dietary patterns, as indicated by higher diet quality index and ideal diet score, were associated with attention capacity in adolescence. Intervention studies investigating a causal relationship between diet quality and attention are warranted.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Inserm
Université de Lille
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Institut de Recherche Translationnelle sur l'Inflammation (INFINITE) - U1286

Research team(s) :

Nutritional modulation of inflammation and infection

Submission date :

2019-03-01T15:17:14Z
2019-07-08T13:25:58Z
2021-11-03T09:34:21Z