Why the study?
Do unhealthy dietary patterns increase cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adolescents?
Population
Healthy adolescents from 19 observational studies
Comparison
Dietary patterns characterized by the highest… vs Low intake of unhealthy foods
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
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May inform adolescent dietary counseling for CMR; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs to confirm causality.
Do unhealthy dietary patterns increase cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adolescents?
Unhealthy dietary patterns are associated with increased cardiometabolic risk factors, such as BMI and waist circumference, in adolescents.
Cunha et al. (2018) studied this question.
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