TY - JOUR
T1 - Nut consumption and weight gain in a mediterranean cohort
T2 - The SUN study
AU - Bes-Rastrollo, Maira
AU - Sabaté, Joan
AU - Gómez-Gracia, Enrique
AU - Alonso, Alvaro
AU - Martinez, J. Alfredo
AU - Martínez-González, Miguel Angel
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Objective: To assess the association, in a Mediterranean population, between nut consumption and risk of weight gain (at least 5 kg) or the risk of becoming overweight/ obese. Research Methods and Procedures: The Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra project is a prospective cohort of 8865 adult men and women who completed a follow-up questionnaire after a median of 28 months. Dietary habits were assessed with a previously validated semiquantitative foodfrequency questionnaire. Results: Nine hundred thirty-seven participants reported a weight gain of ≥5 kg at follow-up. After adjusting for age, sex, smoking, leisure time physical activity, and other known risk factors for obesity, participants who ate nuts two or more times per week had a significantly lower risk of weight gain (odds ratio: 0.69; 95% confidence interval: 0.53 to 0.90, p for trend = 0.006) than those who never or almost never ate nuts. Participants with little nut consumption (never/almost never) gained an average of 424 grams (95% confidence interval: 102 to 746) more than frequent nut eaters. Nut consumption was not significantly associated with incident overweight/obesity in the cohort. Discussion: Frequent nut consumption was associated with a reduced risk of weight gain (5 kg or more). These results support the recommendation of nut consumption as an important component of a cardioprotective diet and also allay fears of possible weight gain.
AB - Objective: To assess the association, in a Mediterranean population, between nut consumption and risk of weight gain (at least 5 kg) or the risk of becoming overweight/ obese. Research Methods and Procedures: The Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra project is a prospective cohort of 8865 adult men and women who completed a follow-up questionnaire after a median of 28 months. Dietary habits were assessed with a previously validated semiquantitative foodfrequency questionnaire. Results: Nine hundred thirty-seven participants reported a weight gain of ≥5 kg at follow-up. After adjusting for age, sex, smoking, leisure time physical activity, and other known risk factors for obesity, participants who ate nuts two or more times per week had a significantly lower risk of weight gain (odds ratio: 0.69; 95% confidence interval: 0.53 to 0.90, p for trend = 0.006) than those who never or almost never ate nuts. Participants with little nut consumption (never/almost never) gained an average of 424 grams (95% confidence interval: 102 to 746) more than frequent nut eaters. Nut consumption was not significantly associated with incident overweight/obesity in the cohort. Discussion: Frequent nut consumption was associated with a reduced risk of weight gain (5 kg or more). These results support the recommendation of nut consumption as an important component of a cardioprotective diet and also allay fears of possible weight gain.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Fiber
KW - Longitudinal analysis
KW - Nuts
KW - Overweight
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U2 - 10.1038/oby.2007.507
DO - 10.1038/oby.2007.507
M3 - Article
C2 - 17228038
AN - SCOPUS:33846877411
SN - 1930-7381
VL - 15
SP - 107
JO - Obesity
JF - Obesity
IS - 1
ER -