The Effect of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status on Anthropometric Development and Systemic Inflammation: An Observational Study

Roxana Maria Martin-Hadmaș, Ștefan Adrian Martin, Adela Romonți and Cristina Oana Mărginean
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Roxana Maria Martin-Hadmaș: Department of Community Nutrition and Food Safety, “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine Pharmacy Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania
Ștefan Adrian Martin: Center for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, Department of Physiology, “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine Pharmacy Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania
Adela Romonți: Department of Community Nutrition and Food Safety, “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine Pharmacy Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania
Cristina Oana Mărginean: Department of Pediatrics I, “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine Pharmacy Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540139 Târgu Mureș, Romania

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: (1) Background: Daily caloric intake should aim to reduce the risk of obesity or poor anthropometric development. Our study objective was to analyze the association between food consumption, inflammatory status and anthropometric development; (2) Methods: We performed a prospective observational analytical research during September 2020 and April 2021 on a group of 160 healthy subjects, aged between 6 and 12 years old, by analyzing food ingestion, the basal metabolic rate, anthropometric development and the inflammatory status; (3) Results: IL-6 was significantly correlated to the sum of skinfolds, along with both serum proteins and triglycerides. The skin folds were significantly correlated with the caloric intake and with total fat intake, next to saturated and trans fats. Unlike the skin folds, the body weight was significantly correlated with the caloric intake along with some vitamins, such as Vitamin A and Vitamin B12. Inactive mass increased with excessive folic acid, Vitamin E, Vitamin K and saturated fat intake; (4) Conclusions: The inflammatory status was influenced by the ingestion of micronutrients, total serum lipids and proteins. The anthropometric development was associated with the ingestion of carbohydrates, energy balance and energy intake. We can conclude that daily menu and nutrition imbalances can influence both the risk of obesity and the inflammatory status.

Keywords: interleukin; cytokine; skin folds; respiratory coefficient; inflammation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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