Do Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity Adhere to the National Food-Based Dietary Guidelines in Greece?

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Μονάδα:
Ερευνητικό υλικό ΕΚΠΑ
Τίτλος:
Do Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity Adhere to the National Food-Based Dietary Guidelines in Greece?
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Childhood obesity increases the risk for metabolic disorders, but is also related to nutritional deficiencies, such as anemia and hypovitaminosis D. Although children/adolescents with overweight/obesity may have higher energy intake, their diet quality and diversity may be low. The present study aimed to evaluate the consumption of foods against the national food-based dietary guidelines in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity in Greece. Sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle data were collected from a sample of 1467 children 2–18 years old (962 obese, 505 overweight, 51.2% females) in 2014–2017. The results of this study show that the consumption of dairy products, fruit, vegetables, legumes and fish by children/adolescents with overweight or obesity was lower than the national recommendations (ranging from a minimum of 39.5% for fish, to a maximum of 75.5% for cereal/potato/rice). Only the consumption of meat/poultry was found to exceed the national recommendation (estimated coverage of 131.3%). Moreover, a large proportion of participants regularly consumed various unhealthy foods/beverages. The present findings indicate that the majority of children/adolescents with overweight/obesity do not comply with the national food-based dietary guidelines in Greece. The implementation of new strategies to promote healthy diets among children/adolescents with overweight/obesity are urgently required. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Έτος δημοσίευσης:
2022
Συγγραφείς:
Georgiou, A.
Androutsos, O.
Chouliaras, G.
Charmandari, E.
Περιοδικό:
CHILDREN-BASEL
Εκδότης:
MDPI
Τόμος:
9
Αριθμός / τεύχος:
2
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DOI:
10.3390/children9020256
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