Nutrients | |
Sources of Vitamin A in the Diets of Pre-School Children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) | |
Victoria L. Cribb1  Kate Northstone1  David Hopkins2  | |
[1] School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK; E-Mails:;Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Paul O’Gorman Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, UK; E-Mail: | |
关键词: vitamin A; carotene; retinol; core and non-core foods; pre-school children; ALSPAC; nutrient-dense foods; nutrient-poor foods; | |
DOI : 10.3390/nu5051609 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Vitamin A is essential for growth and development. We investigated whether high consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods in the diets of pre-school children is detrimental to diet quality with respect to vitamin A. Data were collected from 755 children at 18-months and 3½-years, from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, using 3-day unweighed dietary records completed by parents in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Energy, carotene and retinol intakes were calculated. The quality of the diet declined from 18-months to 3½-years with respect to vitamin A. Preformed retinol intakes decreased by −54 μg/day on average (
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