Adherence to index-based dietary patterns in childhood and BMI trajectory during the transition to adolescence: the EPOCH study.
Traci A BekelmanBrandy M RinghamKatherine A SauderSusan L JohnsonKylie H HarrallDeborah H GlueckDana DabeleaPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2021)
Efforts to prevent adolescent obesity could benefit from considering the degree of adherence to federal dietary guidance, as assessed by the HEI, in the period preceding adolescence, especially among girls.