Diet quality of young children who received nutrition education promoting lower dietary fat†

Public Health Nutrition

Barbara Shannon¹  Andrew M Tershakovec¹  Jeannie McKenzie¹  Lori Beth Dixon¹ 

关键词: Cardiovascular disease;    Children;    Dietary recommendations;    Diet quality;    Diet quality index;    Intervention;    Nutrition education;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980000000471

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of nutrition education promoting lower dietary fat on the overall diet quality in children using a multidimensional index that measures nutrient and food intakes in relation to US dietary recommendations.DesignProspective cohort study with two intervention and two control groups. Children with elevated low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol were randomized to one of two intervention groups or an at-risk control group. The intervention children received either the parent–child autotutorial (PCAT) programme, a 10-week home-based self-instruction nutrition education programme, or nutrition counselling from a registered dietitian. Children with non-elevated plasma cholesterol formed the not-at-risk control group. Dietary and blood data were collected at baseline and at 3 months.SettingPaediatric practices in suburbs north of Philadelphia, PA.SubjectsTwo hundred and twenty-seven 4–10-year-old children with elevated LDL cholesterol between the 80th and 98th percentiles, and 76 age- and gender-matched children with non-elevated plasma cholesterol, were studied.ResultsChildren who received PCAT or counselling significantly improved their overall diet quality (−0.6 and −0.4 change in diet quality index (DQI) scores) compared with at-risk control children. Children who received either form of nutrition education were more likely to meet the recommendations for three components of the DQI (total fat, saturated fat, sodium) (OR

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