Within-person compensation for snack energy by US adults, NHANES 2007-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most Americans snack and some snack several times a day; however, compensatory dietary and eating behaviors associated with snacking in free-living individuals are poorly understood.

Objective

The aim of the study was to examine within-person differences in reported energy intake and eating patterns on a snack day relative to a no-snack day.

Methods

We used 2 d of dietary recall data from the NHANES 2007-2014 to replicate the crossover nutrition study paradigm in a natural setting. Respondents reporting a snack episode in only one of two available dietary recalls were eligible for inclusion in the study (n = 1,917 men and 1,860 women). We used multivariable regression methods to compare within-person differences in quantitative, qualitative, and eating patt

SUBMITTER: Kant AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6462429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature