TITLE:
Commercial Bakery, Fast-Food, and Soft Drink Consumption and Quality of Life in the SUN Project
AUTHORS:
Cristina Ruano, Patricia Henríquez, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Almudena Sánchez-Villegas
KEYWORDS:
Commercial Bakery, Fast-Food, Soft Drink, Dynamic Cohort, Epidemiology, Quality of Life
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.5 No.14,
August
6,
2014
ABSTRACT: Objective:
Few studies have related
nutritional factors with quality of
life in healthy populations. Our aim was to analyze the relationship between
commercial bakery, fast food or soft drinks consumption and mental and physical
quality of life. Study Design: This analysis included 8335 participants from
the "Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra" (SUN) Project (a
multipurpose, dynamic cohort). Methods: The consumption of commercial bakery,
fast food and soft drinks was assessed through a validated food-frequency
questionnaire at baseline. Quality of life was measured after 4 years of
follow-up with the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey. Generalized Linear
Models were fit to assess the regression coefficients (b) and their 95%
confidence intervals (95% CI) for the association between commercial bakery, fast
food and soft drinks consumption and each domain and the two standardized
measures of the SF-36. Results: As compared to the participants in the lowest
quintile of consumption, those participants in the highest quintile of
consumption of commercial bakery, fast food and soft drinks showed a score
significantly lower (>2 points) for vitality (b = -2.14,
95% CI = -3.31
to -0.96),
role emotional (b = -2.23,
95% CI = -4.33
to -0.13),
and role physical (b = -2.31,
95% IC = -4.26
to -0.36)
domains with statistically significant dose-response relationships (p for trend