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Types of fat intake and body mass index in a Mediterranean country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Carlos A González ,
Guillem Pera ,
José R Quirós ,
Cristina Lasheras ,
María José Tormo ,
Mauricio Rodriguez ,
Carmen Navarro ,
Carmen Martinez ,
Miren Dorronsoro  and
María Dolores Chirlaque
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Carlos A González*
Affiliation:
Institut Catalàn d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain
Guillem Pera
Affiliation:
Institut Catalàn d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain
José R Quirós
Affiliation:
Consejería de Sanidad y Servicios Sociales de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
Cristina Lasheras
Affiliation:
Consejería de Sanidad y Servicios Sociales de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
María José Tormo
Affiliation:
Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, Murcia, Spain
Mauricio Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, Spain
Carmen Navarro
Affiliation:
Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, Murcia, Spain
Carmen Martinez
Affiliation:
Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Granada, Spain
Miren Dorronsoro
Affiliation:
Dirección de Salud de Gipúzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
María Dolores Chirlaque
Affiliation:
Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, Murcia, Spain
José M Beguiristain
Affiliation:
Dirección de Salud de Gipúzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
Aurelio Barricarte
Affiliation:
Departamento de Salud de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Pilar Amiano
Affiliation:
Dirección de Salud de Gipúzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
Antonio Agudo
Affiliation:
Institut Catalàn d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Email cagonzalez@iso.scs.es
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Abstract

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Background

Although the fatty acid fractions provide similar metabolizable energy, the type of dietary fat consumed could be relevant to the development of obesity.

Objective

To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), obesity and the consumption of different types of fat and olive oil in a Mediterranean country with high prevalence of obesity, and high intake of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and olive oil.

Subjects

The study was carried out in Spain among 23 289 women and 14 374 men, aged 29–69 years, who were participants of a large European prospective cohort.

Methods

Information on usual food intake was collected by interviewers by means of a dietary history questionnaire. The association between obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg m2), dietary fat, other dietary patterns and other non-dietary factors were tested using multilinear regression analysis. The ratio of reported energy intake to energy requirement was used as an estimation of dietary underreporting.

Results

The association between fatty acid fractions intake (saturated fatty acids (SFA) in women, and MUFA and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in both sexes) and BMI was very weak, accounting for less than 1% of variance. All dietary and non-dietary variables accounted for 21% of variance in the measurement of BMI in women and only 6.7% of variance in men. Estimated underreporting of energy intake was 17.5% in obese women and 5.5% in obese men.

Conclusions

The association between consumption of specific types of dietary fat, olive oil and obesity in Spain is not very important. However, because of the cross-sectional design and some level of underreporting of energy intake observed in overweight subjects and overreporting in underweight subjects, systematic bias cannot be completely discarded.

Keywords

Fat intakeOlive oil intakeObesitySpainCross-sectional study
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 2000 , pp. 329 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2000

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