| Autor: |
Imogen Hall, Alex Pinto, Sharon Evans, Anne Daly, Catherine Ashmore, Suzanne Ford, Sharon Buckley, Anita MacDonald |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nutrients; Volume 14; Issue 7; Pages: 1355 |
| ISSN: |
2072-6643 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/nu14071355 |
| Popis: |
Phenylketonuria (PKU) can lead to severe intellectual impairment unless a phenylalanine-restricted diet starts early in life. It requires expert user knowledge about the protein content of foods. The ability of adults or caregivers of children with PKU to calculate protein exchanges from food labels on manufactured foods and any difficulties they encounter in interpreting food labels has not been studied systematically. Individuals with PKU or their caregivers residing in the UK were invited to complete a cross-sectional online survey that collected both qualitative and quantitative data about their experience when calculating protein exchanges from the food labelling on prepackaged foods. Data was available from 246 questionnaire respondents (152 caregivers of patients with PKU aged |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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