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Prospective association between consumption frequency of organic food and body weight change, risk of overweight or obesity: results from the NutriNet-Sante Study

Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle; Baudry, Julia; Assmann, Karen; Galan Hercberg, Maria Del Pilar; Hercberg, Serge and Lairon, Denis (2017) Prospective association between consumption frequency of organic food and body weight change, risk of overweight or obesity: results from the NutriNet-Sante Study. British Journal of Nutrition, pp. 325-334.

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Summary

A lower BMI has been reported among consumers of organic foods, but this relationship has never been examined in a prospective design study. Our aim was to prospectively investigate the association between frequency of organic food consumption and weight change. We analysed data from 62 224 participants of the NutriNet-Sante cohort (78 % women, mean age=45 years) with information on consumption frequency of organic foods, dietary intake and repeated anthropometric data. For sixteen products, participants reported their consumption frequency of labelled organic foods (never, occasionally, most of the time). An organic score (OS) with a maximum of thirty-two points was computed. The associations of the OS (modeled as quartiles (Q)) with change in BMI during follow-up (on average 31 years) and with the risk of overweight and obesity were estimated by ANCOVA and multivariable logistic regression. A lower BMI increase was observed across quartiles of the OS (mean difference Q4 v. Q1=-016 (95 % CI -032, -001). An increase in the OS was associated with a lower risk of overweight and obesity (among non-overweight and non-obese participants at inclusion): OR for Q4 v. Q1 were 077 (95 % CI 068, 086) and 069 (95 % CI 058, 082), respectively. Concerning obesity risk, the association was stronger among participants with higher adherence to nutritional guidelines. This study supports a strong protective role of consumption frequency of organic foods with regard to the risk of overweight and obesity that depends on overall dietary quality. Upon confirmation, these results may contribute to fine-tune nutritional guidelines by accounting for farming practices in food production.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Organic foods (en), Obesity (en), Prospective cohort studies (en), Weight gain (en)
Subjects:"Organics" in general
Research affiliation: France > INRAe - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
ISSN:ISSN: 0007-1145
DOI:10.1017/S0007114517000058
Project ID:HAL-INRAe
Deposited By: PENVERN, Servane
ID Code:41496
Deposited On:12 Aug 2021 10:37
Last Modified:12 Aug 2021 10:37
Document Language:English

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