Long-term follow-up study of sugar sweetened beverages, snacks and desserts, and refined sugar consumption among preschoolers aged 2 to 5 years
| Autor: | Yang, Yun-Chin, 楊蕓菁 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 100 The status of diet, nutrition and health of early childhood is essential for children’s growth, development, and establishment of good dietary patterns. The purpose of this study is to investigate the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, snacks, and desserts among local pre-school children aged two to five years old, to assess the intake of refined sugar by developing methodology method, and to examine its association with parents’ socio-demographic characteristics, figure status, and nutrient intakes as well as health status. This research aims to be a prospective cohort study, including the first cohort of 130 children and the second cohort of 150 children recruited from the Taipei Municipal Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the National Taiwan University Hospital in 2002 and 2004. The intake of food and nutrient as well as the health status and body measurements are assessed by questionnaire. The intake of sugar-sweetened beverages, snacks, and desserts among children aged two to five years old are calculated by using the 24-hour recalls in the study. An estimated percentage of refined sugar is used in order to obtain the average daily intake of refined sugar from sugar-sweetened beverages, snacks, and desserts. The SPSS 19.0 and STATA 8.0 statistical program are used for all analysis. The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among reported children increases with age. Among the sugar-sweetened beverages, “flavored and fermented milk” contributes to the highest percentage among children aged from two to five years old, while the “whole grains drinks” shows an increasing trend in years. Among the different category of drinks, “tea” has the most significant increase in its consumption. For sacks and desserts, “biscuits” contribute to the highest percentage among children age range from two to four years old, with “Chinese sweet soup” showing an upward trend by years while having the highest increasing percentage. It also becomes the highest among children aged five years old. The intakes from refined sugar are 5%, 6%, 9% and 8% respectively of their total energy among children aged 2 to 5 years old. After controlling the gender, refined sugar consumptions of children at age 5 and the intakes at age 2 to 4 years old are positively associated (p0.05). Five-year-old children are divided into three categories according to the percentile of refined sugars intakes and are named low, medium and high intake groups (n = 44,43,45). The average intake of refined sugar is approximately 11,26,48 grams. The results show that no parents’ socio-demographic characteristics, parents figures status, or health status difference of various types of consumers (p>0.05). There are significant differences in height, intakes of eggs, calories, carbohydrates, and a lot of nutrients among the three groups (p10% of total calories, n = 46) also has significantly lower intake of cereals and dairy products than the group with adequate-intake (p |
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