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Table 4 Summary data from included studies

From: Change in diet in the period from adolescence to early adulthood: a systematic scoping review of longitudinal studies

Study

Country

Sample size (n) included in the analysis (min and max within age ranges of interest)

Number of data points between 13 and 30 years (mean ages in years at each data point)

SD of age or age range at baseline or youngest age presented (years)

Year when sample were mean age 13

Method of diet data collection at each wave

Named studies

 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study [49]

Brazil

3915

2 (14, 18)

0·3

2007

FFQ

 Adelaide Nutrition Study (ANS) [50]

Australia

106

3 (13, 15, 17)

n/r

n/r

Four day diary

 Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGHLS) [5165]

Netherlands

145 to 391

3 (16, 21, 27)

0.8

1977

Diet history interview

 Birth to Twenty study (Bt20) [66, 67]

South African

1298 to 1451

3 (13, 15, 17)

0.2

2003

Questionnaire

 Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Study (CLHNS) [68, 69]

Philippines

2029 to 2106

2 (15, 18)

n/r

1996

Two 24-h dietary recalls

 Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA) [70, 71]

US

3394 to 4278

3 (25, 26, 28)

3.6

1980

Questionnaire

 European Youth Heart Study (EYHS) [72]

Sweden

179

2 (15, 21)

n/r

1996–7

Single 24-h dietary recall

 French longitudinal study of growth and nutrition (FLSGN) [73]

France

94

2 (14, 16)

n/r

1998 (estimated)

Diet history interview

 Growing Up Today Study II (GUTS2) [74, 75]

US

7559 to 8272

3 (13, 15, 17)

1.9

2004

FFQ

 Health and Behaviour in Teenagers Study (HABITS) [76]

UK

5229 participants; numbers not reported by wave

3 (13, 14, 15)

Range 13–14

2001

Questionnaire

 Identifying Determinants of Eating and Activity (IDEA) and the Etiology of Childhood Obesity (ECHO). [77]

US

562 to 666

3 (14, 16)

1.84

IDEA: 2005ECHO: 2006

Three 24-h dietary recalls

 Iowa Bone Development Study (IBDS) [78]

US

255 to 428

3 (13, 15, 17, 19)

n/r

2008

Questionnaire

 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth Health Study (NGHS) [17, 7986]

US

774 to 2371

7 (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)

0.6

1990–91

Three day diary

 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) [8790]

US

597 to 16,604

3 (16, 21, 28)

1.7

1992–4

Questionnaire

 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) [24]

US

6244

3 (mean age n/r, range 18–22, 23–27, 27–31)

range 18–22

1993–1997

Questionnaire

 NEXT Generation Health Study (NEXT) [91]

US

2172 to 2785

4 (16, 17, 18, 19)

0.03

2006–7

Questionnaire

 Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project (YH) [9294]

UK

476 to 487

3 (13, 15, 22)

1.5

1987–1991

Diet history interview

 Norwegian Longitudinal Health Behaviour Study (NLHB) [9598]

Norway

380 to 963

9 (13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 30)

n/r

1990

Questionnaire

 Oslo Youth Study (OYS) [99]

Norway

422

2 (14, 25)

range 11–17

1979

Questionnaire

 Project Eating and Activity in Teens (Project EAT) [15, 100107]

US

509 to 2134

3 (15, 20, 25)

0.8 or 1.6

1996–8

FFQ

 Raine Study (Raine) [108111]

Australia

570 to 1045

2 (14, 17)

0.2

2002–2005

FFQ

 Study of Latino Adolescents at Risk for Diabetes (SOLAR) [112]

US

85

2 (14, 15)

1.6

2002 (estimated)

Two 24-h dietary recalls

 Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) [113]

Netherlands

1816 to 2149

2 (13, 16)

0.6

2003

Questionnaire

 Youth Eating Patterns study (YEP) [114118]

Australia

521 to 1729

3 (13, 15, 17)

1.6

2004–5

FFQ

Unnamed studies

 Adeyanju et al. (1987) [119], Adeyanju et al. (1990) [120]

US

50 to 93

2 (14, 17)

n/r

1980

Questionnaire

 Andrew et al. (2016) [121]

Australia

222 to 298

2 (14, 15)

0.9

n/r

Questionnaire

 Bouziotas et al. (2003) [122]

Greece

198 to 204

2 (13, 14)

0.6

2000

Seven day diary

 Bruno-Ambrosius et al. (2005) [123]

Sweden

162

3 (13, 14, 15)

range < 1 year

2000

Questionnaire

 Deforche et al. (2015) [124]

Belgium

291

2 (17, 18)

0.5

2004 or 2005

FFQ

 Fiorito et al. (2010) [125]

US

170

2 (13, 15)

n/r

2004

Three 24-h dietary recalls

 Le et al. (2010) [126]

US

608 at baseline

4 (24, 25, 26, 27)

5.0

1990–1993

Single 24-h dietary recall

 Lehtonen-Veromaa et al. (2008) [127]

Finland

142

2 (16, 20)

1.8

1997

Questionnaire

 Onimawo et al. (2001) [25]

Nigeria

38

8 (mean age n/r. 18–28 at baseline, followed over 19 months)

range 18–28

n/r

Seven day diary

 Ovrebo et al. (2011) [128]

Norway

583 to 606

2 (13, 15)

n/r

2002

FFQ

 Pearson et al. (2011) [129]

Australia

121

2 (15, 17)

0.6

2004

Questionnaire

 Racette et al. (2005) [130], Racette et al. (2008) [131]

US

204 to 208

3 (18, 19, 22)

0.3

1994–5

Questionnaire

 Racette et al. (2014) [132]

US

134

2 (23, 26)

2.2

1995–97

Questionnaire

 Rautava et al. (2007) [133]

Finland

142

3 (13, 16, 20)

1.8

1997

Questionnaire

 Von Post-Skagegard et al. (2002) [134]

Sweden

208

3 (15, 17, 20)

0.06

1991–2

FFQ

 Zarrazquin et al. (2014) [16]

Spain

285

3 (19, 20, 21)

1.4

n/r

FFQ

  1. Each row of Table 4 represents a single study