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Intake of added sugar, fruits, vegetables, and legumes of Portuguese preschool children: Baseline data from SmartFeeding4Kids randomized controlled trial participants

Frontiers in Nutrition · 6 authors, 4 centres

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This baseline analysis from a randomized controlled trial used 24-hour food recalls to assess the dietary intake of Portuguese preschool children.

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Results showed fruit was the most consumed food group (mean 1.77 ± 1.10 portions/day), followed by added sugar foods (mean 1.48 ± 0.89 portions/day). A positive correlation was found between fruit and vegetable intake. Notably, 81.8% of children consumed over 10% of daily energy from added sugars. Dietary Reference Value assessments indicated that 100% of children did not meet calcium, vitamin B12, and vitamin D recommendations. The findings underscore a need for dietary interventions targeting this population.

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PMC10090424

Intake of added sugar, fruits, vegetables, and legumes of Portuguese preschool children: Baseline data from SmartFeeding4Kids randomized controlled trial participants

Frontiers in Nutrition

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Introduction The SmartFeeding4Kids (SF4K) program is an online self-guided intervention for parents with the propose of changing parental feeding practices and children’s dietary intake, focusing on the intake of added sugars, fruit, vegetables, and legumes. This paper aims to describe children’s dietary pattern at baseline through a 24-h food recall, the SmartKidsDiet24. Methods Overall, 89 participants recorded at least one meal of the 3-day food recall. Mean age was 36.22 ± 6.05 years and 53.09 ± 15.42 months old for parents and children, respectively. Of these, 22 participants were considered to have 2 days of near complete 24-h food recalls. Children’s dietary intake are reported for these 22 participants based on parents reports and, thus, represent estimations only, as it remains unknown whether children consumed other non-reported foods. Results Fruit was the group with the highest daily intake among children (mean 1.77 ± 1.10 portions/day), followed by added sugar foods (mean 1.48 ± 0.89 portions/day), vegetables [median 1.27 (1.64) portions/day] and legumes [median 0.12 (0.39) portions/day]. Fruit intake was positively correlated with vegetable intake ( p = 0.008). Regarding Dietary Reference Values accomplishment, 13.6% of children exceeded the daily safe and adequate intake of sodium, 77.3% did not meet potassium and fiber recommendations, and 31.8% did not meet vitamin C recommendations. Discussion All children did not meet calcium, vitamin B12 and vitamin D intake recommendations. Our findings further justify the need for dietary interventions in this field, to improve young children’s diets. Clinical trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov , identifier NCT04591496 .

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Sofia Charneca, Ana Isabel Gomes, Diogo Branco et al.. Intake of added sugar, fruits, vegetables, and legumes of Portuguese preschool children: Baseline data from SmartFeeding4Kids randomized controlled trial participants. Frontiers in Nutrition. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1150627

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Sofia Charneca, Ana Isabel Gomes, Diogo Branco, Tiago Guerreiro, Luísa Barros, Joana Sousa

1Laboratório de Nutrição, Faculdade de Medicina, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2Research Center for Psychological Science (CICPSI), Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
3LASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
4Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal