Development and validation of a novel food exchange system for Chinese pregnant women

Autor: Ye Ding, Genyuan Li, Man Zhang, Yingying Shao, Jieshu Wu, Zhixu Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nutrition Journal, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-023-00902-4
Popis: Abstract Background The dietary nutritional status of pregnant women is critical for maintaining the health of both mothers and infants. Food exchange systems have been employed in the nutritional guidance of patients in China, although their application in the dietary guidance of healthy pregnant women is quite limited. This study aimed to develop a novel food exchange system for Chinese pregnant women (NFES-CPW) and evaluate the relative validation of its application. Methods NFES-CPW covers approximately 500 types of food from ten categories and has more elaborate food portion sizes. It established a recommendation index for guiding food selection and used energy, water content, and protein as the exchange basis to balance the supply of energy and important nutrients throughout pregnancy. Furthermore, dietitians used the NFES-CPW and traditional food exchange system to generate new recipes based on the sample recipe. There were 40 derived recipes for each of the two food exchange methods. The food consumption, energy, and key nutrients of each recipe were calculated, and the differences between the two food exchange systems were compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test or the Chi-square test. Results The results revealed that compared to those derived from traditional food exchange system, the NFES-CPW derived recipes had a better dietary structure, as evidenced by the intakes of whole-grain cereals, beans excluding soybeans, potatoes, fruits, fish, shrimp and shellfish, as well as eggs (P
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