Food consumption and nutrient intake in Finnish 1–6-year-old children

Public Health Nutrition

Suvi M Virtanen¹  Heli Tapanainen¹  Maijaliisa Erkkola¹  Pipsa Kyttälä¹  Riitta Veijola¹  Olli Simell¹  Mikael Knip¹  Carina Kronberg-Kippilä¹ 

关键词: Children;    Food;    Food consumption;    Nutrient intake;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S136898001000114X

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo study food consumption and nutrient intake in Finnish children aged 1–6 years and to assess the effect of age and sex on food consumption and nutrient intake.DesignCross-sectional samples of children participating in the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) birth cohort study in Finland.SubjectsThe study population comprised healthy children recruited in the nutrition study within the DIPP study in 1998–2003. Three-day food records (2535 in total) from 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-year-old children were kept between the years 2003 and 2005.ResultsThe energy-adjusted consumption of fruits and berries, cereal products, infant formulas and meat dishes was higher and the consumption of vegetables, salads, breads, dairy products, fat spreads, drinks, sweets and sugar was lower among 1-year-old children than older age groups (P for all

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