title: Are Dietary Intakes Related to Obesity in Children?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to report obesity status and identify any dietary substances that may be related to obesity in healthy school children from Northern Greece.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and twenty-five (n = 425) children were randomly selected to participate in the study. A 24-h recall of three days (two weekdays and one weekend day) was used to analyze the dietary data of the subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 425 subjects, 146 (34.3%) of them were found to be overweight and obese. Energy, protein, carbohydrate and thiamin intake was statistically positively correlated with obesity while dietary iron intake was statistically negatively correlated with obesity. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the children with dietary iron deficiency were 1.128 (95% CI: 0.002, 0.161 P < 0.031) times more likely of being obese compared to the normal group after adjustment for energy intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although most of the dietary intakes of our subjects were adequate, special consideration should be given to energy, carbohydrate, protein, and sugar and iron intake especially and its relation to obesity. Furthermore, additional studies are required to investigate any possible relation of low dietary iron consumption and obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Science and Public Health, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papandreou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Kali
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makedou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention from Childhood, 2nd Pediatric Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Areti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zormpa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention from Childhood, 2nd Pediatric Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karampola
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention from Childhood, 2nd Pediatric Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention from Childhood, 2nd Pediatric Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Areti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hitoglou-Makedou
keywords: Greece; children; dietary intake; dietary iron deficiency; obesity