Assessment of Diet and Physical Activity in Paediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty XXXX @entity1 : A United Kingdom Case Control Study.

@entity1 @entity1561 @entity409 @entity28
UNASSIGNED: @entity1561 ( @entity1561 ) is the most common cause of chronic @entity409 in @entity1 , with prevalence rising alongside childhood @entity28 rates. This study aimed to characterise the habitual diet and activity behaviours of @entity1 with @entity1561 compared to obese @entity1 without @entity409 in the United Kingdom (UK). Twenty-four biopsy-proven paediatric @entity1561 cases and eight obese controls without biochemical or radiological evidence of @entity1561 completed a 24-h dietary recall, a Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ), a Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) and a 7-day food and activity diary (FAD), in conjunction with wearing a pedometer. Groups were well matched for age and gender. Obese @entity1 had higher BMI z-scores (p = 0.006) and BMI centiles (p = 0.002) than @entity1 with @entity1561 . After adjusting for multiple hypotheses testing and controlling for differences in BMI, no differences in macro- or micronutrient intake were observed as assessed using either 24-h recall or 7-day FAD (p > 0.001). Under-reporting was prevalent ( @entity1561 75%, Obese Control 87%: p = 0.15). Restrained eating behaviours were significantly higher in the @entity1561 group (p = 0.005), who also recorded more steps per day than the obese controls (p = 0.01). In conclusion, this is the first study to assess dietary and activity patterns in a UK paediatric @entity1561 population. Only a minority of cases and controls were meeting current dietary and physical activity recommendations. Our findings do not support development of specific dietary/ physical activity guidelines for @entity1 with @entity1561 ; promoting adherence with current general paediatric recommendations for health should remain the focus of clinical management.
