Dietary Intake and Sources of Added Sugars in Various Food Environments in Costa Rican Adolescents

Monge‐Rojas, Rafael; Vargas-Quesada, Rulamán; Colón‐Ramos, Uriyoán; Chinnock, Anne

doi:10.3390/nu14050959

Cited by 5 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 68 publications

(100 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Sweet fruit and grain-based beverages (i.e. rice-based drinks borchatas or oatmeal-based drinks avenas ) are ubiquitous in Hispanic communities in the USA and in Latin America; they are often consumed at home but are also popular in independently owned Latino restaurants in the USA ( 45 ) and are a major source of energies from added sugars ( 46 , 47 ) . These perceptions warrant further understanding as they may hold important information for public health nutrition messaging in these communities.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How providing a low-cost water filter pitcher led Latino parents to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and increase their water intake: explanatory qualitative results from the Water Up!@Home intervention trial

Vázquez

Hernández

Reese

et al. 2022

Public Health Nutr.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: This study sought to explain results of the Water Up!@Home randomized controlled trial where low-income parents were randomized to receive an educational intervention +a low-cost water filter pitcher or only the filter. Parents in both groups had reported statistically significant reductions in SSB and increases in water intake post-intervention. Design: Qualitative explanatory in-depth interviews analyzed thematically and deductively. Setting: Washington DC metropolitan area, US. Participants: Low-income Latino parents of infants/toddlers who had participated in the Water UP! @Home randomized controlled trial. Results: The filter stimulated water consumption in both groups by: 1) increasing parents’ perception of water safety, 2) acting as a cue to action to drink water, 3) improving the flavor of water (which was linked to perceptions of safety), and 4) increasing the perception that this option was more economical than purchasing bottled water. Safe and palatable drinking water was more accessible and freely available in their homes; participants felt they did not need to ration their water consumption as before. Only intervention participants were able to describe a reduction in SSB intake and described strategies, skills, and knowledge gained to reduce SSB intake. Among the comparison group, there was no thematic consensus about changes in SSB or any strategies or skills to reduce SSB intake. Conclusions: A low-cost water filter facilitated water consumption, which actively (or passively for comparison group) displaced SSB consumption. The findings have implications for understanding and addressing the role of water security on SSB consumption.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How providing a low-cost water filter pitcher led Latino parents to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and increase their water intake: explanatory qualitative results from the Water Up!@Home intervention trial

Vázquez

Hernández

Reese

et al. 2022

Public Health Nutr.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Meanwhile, the first day (Thursday or Sunday) or the third one (Saturday or Tuesday) would have been a weekend day at least for half the sample. This might induce bias in the dietary intake analysis since food consumption and diet quality differ between weekdays and weekends [ 37 , 38 ]. To corroborate this premise, a post-hoc sensitivity analysis was performed using the dietary data from the first day of the 3-day food records for all the analyses performed with data from day 2.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of Residence Area on Diet Diversity and Micronutrient Intake Adequacy in Urban and Rural Costa Rican Adolescents

2022

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Dietary diversity might be essential to meet nutritional demands during adolescence. Diet diversity among 818 urban and rural Costa Rican adolescents aged 13–18 years was studied using the Minimum Dietary Diversity Score for Women. The Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR) was calculated for 11 nutrients to estimate the nutrient adequacy of the diet. A NAR < 0.7 was considered inadequate for micronutrient intake. The optimal Diet Diversity Score (DDS) cut-off point for this study was 4, established using receiver-operating characteristic curves. The mean DDS for the overall sample was 4.17 ± 1.43, although DDS was significantly higher in adolescents from rural vs. urban areas (4.33 ± 1.43 vs. 4.00 ± 1.42, p-value = 0.001). The odds of having a diverse diet were 62% higher in rural vs. urban adolescents. Overall, 80–95% of adolescents reached a NAR ≥ 0.70 for 8 nutrients except for calcium, zinc, and vitamin A. The residence area plays a key role in adolescent dietary diversity. Although overall DDS was low, foods that make up the rural adolescent diet were nutritionally dense enough to satisfy the EAR for most micronutrients. A high DDS is not necessarily required for the diet to meet most micronutrient demands in adolescence. Improved dietary adequacy of vitamin A, zinc, and calcium is required due to the importance of these micronutrients in maintaining optimal health.

show abstract

Reducing dietary intake of added sugars could affect the nutritional adequacy of vitamin A in adolescents: the Costa Rica case

Monge-Rojas,

Barboza,

Vargas-Quesada

2023

BMC Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background In countries where sugar fortification with vitamin A is mandatory, strategies to reduce the prevalence of overweight/obesity in adolescents that involve lowering added sugar intake could lead to vitamin A inadequate intakes, since vitamin A-fortified sugar for home consumption contributes to a high proportion of this vitamin intake in the adolescent diet. Methods The study employed a hierarchical linear model to perform a mediation analysis on a cross-sectional sample of adolescents (13–18 years old) in the province of San José, Costa Rica. Results Lowering the total energy intake derived from added sugars to less than 10% significantly increases the prevalence of vitamin A inadequate intake in adolescents by 12.1% (from 29.6% to 41.7%). This is explained by the mediation model in which, the reduced adequacy of vitamin A intake is mediated by a reduction in total energy intake derived from added sugars fortified with vitamin A. Conclusions The vitamin A fortification of sugar for household consumption should be reassessed according to the current epidemiological profile in Costa Rica to promote strategies that reduce the prevalence of overweight/obesity in adolescents by lowering the consumption of added sugars without affecting vitamin A intake.

show abstract

Dietary Intake and Sources of Added Sugars in Various Food Environments in Costa Rican Adolescents

Cited by 5 publications

References 68 publications

How providing a low-cost water filter pitcher led Latino parents to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and increase their water intake: explanatory qualitative results from the Water Up!@Home intervention trial

How providing a low-cost water filter pitcher led Latino parents to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and increase their water intake: explanatory qualitative results from the Water Up!@Home intervention trial

Role of Residence Area on Diet Diversity and Micronutrient Intake Adequacy in Urban and Rural Costa Rican Adolescents

Reducing dietary intake of added sugars could affect the nutritional adequacy of vitamin A in adolescents: the Costa Rica case

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About