Dietary energy density is associated with body weight, fat mass and visceral fat in early adulthood Correa-Rodríguez, María González-Jiménez, E Fernández-Aparicio, Ángel Gómez-Urquiza, José L. Schmidt Río Valle, Jacqueline Rueda-Medina, B Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the participants as well as their parents for their valuable cooperation in this study. Statement that accepted for publication Dietary energy density (DED) has recently been identified as an effective nutritional strategy for reducing the risk of obesity. We aimed to investigate the association between body composition parameters as well as body weight and BMI, and DED in a large population of 585 young adults (68.5 % females) aged 18-25. Body weight, fat mass (FM), percentage of fat mass (PFM), fat-free mass (FFM), and visceral fat (VF) were measured using a body composition analyser. Daily energy intake was assessed using a 72-hour diet recall, and DED was calculated. Linear regression analysis showed significant associations between DED and body weight, PFM, and VF after being adjusted for sex. DED might be considered as an important aspect in the obesity nutritional education programs in young people. Nurses should develop nutritional counselling programs based on the identification of high and low-energy-density meals in young adults. 2024-07-18T06:53:24Z 2024-07-18T06:53:24Z 2021-06 journal article Correa-Rodríguez M, González-Jiménez E, Fernández-Aparicio Á, Luis Gómez-Urquiza J, Schmidt-RioValle J, Rueda-Medina B. Dietary Energy Density is Associated with Body Mass Index and Fat Mass in Early Adulthood. Clin Nurs Res. 2021 Jun;30(5):591-598. doi: 10.1177/1054773819883192. Epub 2019 Oct 14. PMID: 31609139. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/93196 10.1177/1054773819883192 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional