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Consumption of bakery products, sweetened soft drinks and yogurt among children aged 6–7 years: association with nutrient intake and overall diet quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo ,
Esther López García ,
Lydia Gorgojo ,
Carmen Garcés ,
Miguel Ángel Royo ,
José María Martín Moreno ,
Mercedes Benavente ,
Alfonso Macías  and
Manuel de Oya
Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Esther López García
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Lydia Gorgojo
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, Spain
Carmen Garcés
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Lípidos, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Miguel Ángel Royo
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, Spain
José María Martín Moreno
Affiliation:
Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, Spain
Mercedes Benavente
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Lípidos, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Alfonso Macías
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Manuel de Oya
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Lípidos, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Dr Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, fax +34 91 397 5353, email [email protected]
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The present study tests the hypothesis that higher consumption of bakery products, sweetened soft drinks and yogurt is associated with higher intake of energy, saturated fats, sugars and worse overall diet quality among Spanish children. This is a cross-sectional study covering 1112 children aged 6.0–7.0 years in four Spanish cities. Nutrient and food intake were obtained through a food-frequency questionnaire, and overall diet quality calculated using the healthy-eating index (HEI) developed by <bibr rid="b20">Kennedy et al. (1995)</bibr>. Standardized methods were used to measure anthropometric variables. Associations of interest were summarized as the difference in nutrient and food consumption between the value of the fifth and the first quintile of consumption (dq) of bakery products, sweetened soft drinks or yogurt, adjusted for energy intake and BMI. Bakery products, sweetened soft drinks and yogurt supplied 15·5, 1·0 and 5·6 % energy intake respectively. Higher consumption of these three foods was associated with greater energy intake (P<0·001), but not with higher BMI. Consumption of bakery products was associated with the proportion of energy derived from intake of total carbohydrates (dq 4·5 %, P<0·001) and sugars (dq 2 %, P<0·001), but did not show association with the HEI. Consumption of sweetened soft drinks was associated with a lower consumption of milk (dq −88 ml, P<0·001) and Ca (dq −175 m/, P<0·001), and worse HEI (dq −2, P<0·01). Consumption of yogurt, while associated with higher energy intake from saturated fats (dq 1·77 %, P<0·001) and sugars (dq 2·02 %, P<0·001), showed no association with the HEI. Differences in the intake of nutrients and foods across quintiles of consumption of bakery products, sweetened soft drinks and yogurt were usually very small. We conclude that the impact of the consumption of bakery products, sweetened soft drinks and yogurt on the quality of the diet of Spanish children is only modest, although it may contribute to aggravating certain unhealthy characteristics of their diet, particularly excess energy, saturated fats and sugars. Therefore, consumption of bakery products and sweetened soft drinks should be moderated, and priority given to consumption of low-fat, low-sugar yogurt.

Keywords

Bakery productsSoft drinksYogurtDiet qualityChildren
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , March 2003 , pp. 419 - 428
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2003

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