Changes in diet quality across life transitions from adolescence to early adulthood: a latent growth analysis
Diet quality remained suboptimal throughout adolescence and improved across early adulthood. Targeted dietary interventions are welcome for young people who leave their parental home early or do not enter a structured school or workplace environment and for addressing sex differences in diet quality associated with family-related life transitions.
Authors
- Nicole Larson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1082-6311)
- Yinhua Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-9915)
- Dianne Neumark‐Sztainer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9435-1669)
- Eleanor Winpenny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1933-0168)
- Melanie M. Wall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-3467)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Public Health England (GB)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.017
- Citations
- 17
- Primary Topic
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23
Funders
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Research Council
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute