Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

BIBTEX RIS

Validation of the Brazilian Healthy Eating Index-Revised Using Biomarkers in Children and Adolescents

2018; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/nu10020154

2072-6643

Roselí Borges Donegá Toffano, Elaine Hillesheim, Mariana Giaretta Mathias, Carolina de Almeida Coelho‐Landell, Roberta Garcia Salomão, Maria Olímpia Ribeiro do Vale Almada, Joyce Moraes Camarneiro, Tamiris Azamor, José Simon Camelo‐Junior, Serge Rezzi, Laurence Goulet, Maria Giner, Laeticia Silva, François‐Pierre Martin, Ivan Montoliu, Sofia Moco, Sebastiano Collino, Jim Kaput, Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

The Brazilian Healthy Eating Index-Revised (BHEI-R) can be used to determine overall dietary patterns. We assessed the BHEI-R scores in children and adolescents, aged from 9 to 13 years old, and associated its component scores with biomarkers of health and dietary exposure. Three 24-h recalls were used to generate BHEI-R. Biomarkers were analyzed in plasma and red blood cells. Correlation tests, agreement, and covariance analyses were used to associate BHEI-R components with biomarkers. Data from 167 subjects were used. The strongest correlations were between fruits, vegetables and legumes with omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, and β-carotene intakes. Milk and dairy correlated with plasma retinol and pyridoxine. All components rich in vegetable and animal protein sources correlated with plasma creatine. Total BHEI-R scores were positively associated with intakes of omega-6, omega-3, fiber and vitamin C, and inversely associated with energy and saturated fat intakes of individuals. Plasma β-carotene and riboflavin biomarkers were positively associated with total BHEI-R. An inadequate food consumption pattern was captured by both biomarkers of health and dietary exposure. BHEI-R was validated for the above dietary components and can be associated with metabolomics and nutritional epidemiological data in future pediatric studies.