Table 1.
Characteristics of participants of the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study with data available on adolescent dietary intake, lifestyle and weight status in 1976 (age 13 years) and data available on adult weight status in 2000 and/or 2006 (age 36 and/or 42 years)
| Female | Male | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |||
| General | ||||||
| n | 124 | 114 | ||||
| Developmental age (years) in 1976 | 12·7 | 1·0 | 12·9 | 1·1 | ||
| Anthropometric data | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) in 1976 | 17·7 | 2·1 | 17·0 | 1·3 | ||
| Overweight (n)* | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Obese (n)* | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) in 2000–2006 | 23·7 | 3·2 | 25·2 | 2·9 | ||
| Overweight (n)† | 30 | 57 | ||||
| Obese (n)† | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Total body fat (%) in 2000–2006 | 31·1 | 5·8 | 21·4 | 5·2 | ||
| Trunk fat (%) in 2000–2006 | 25·8 | 7·2 | 21·1 | 7·1 | ||
| Consumption of beverages (ml/d) in 1976 | ||||||
| Total SCB | 212 | 148 | 235 | 195 | ||
| SCB excluding 100 % fruit juices | 160 | 137 | 200 | 191 | ||
| Lifestyle factors in 1976 | ||||||
| Physical activity (MET × min/d) | 564 | 244 | 686 | 267 | ||
| Total energy intake (kJ/d) | 9385 | 1971 | 11 309 | 2230 | ||
SCB, sugar-containing beverages; MET, metabolic equivalents.
Data are means and standard deviations unless indicated differently.
*According to international cut off points for BMI defined by Cole et al. (2000)( 34 ).
†Overweight is defined as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2; obesity is defined as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 according to WHO standards.