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Fruit And Vegetable Intake And Body Mass Index In A Large Sample Of Middle-Aged Australian Men And Women, Karen Charlton, Paul Kowal, Melinda M. Soriano, Sharon Williams, Emily Banks, Kha Vo, Julie Byles
Fruit And Vegetable Intake And Body Mass Index In A Large Sample Of Middle-Aged Australian Men And Women, Karen Charlton, Paul Kowal, Melinda M. Soriano, Sharon Williams, Emily Banks, Kha Vo, Julie Byles
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Dietary guidelines around the world recommend increased intakes of fruits and non-starchy vegetables for the prevention of chronic diseases and possibly obesity. This study aimed to describe the association between body mass index (BMI) and habitual fruit and vegetable consumption in a large sample of 246,995 Australian adults aged 45 + year who had been recruited for the "45 and Up" cohort study. Fruit and vegetable intake was assessed using validated short questions, while weight and height were self-reported. Multinomial logistic regression was used, by sex, to assess the association between fruit and vegetable intake and BMI. Compared to the …