2014
DOI: 10.1159/000365125
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Dietary Intake of Schoolchildren and Adolescents in Developing Countries

Abstract: School age and adolescence is a dynamic period of growth and development forming a strong foundation for good health and productive adult life. Appropriate dietary intake is critical for forming good eating habits and provides the much needed nutrients for growth, long-term health, cognition and educational achievements. A large proportion of the population globally is in the school age or adolescence, with more than three quarters of these groups living in developing countries. An up-to-date review and discus… Show more

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“…Sub-optimal diets have been reported among school-age children and adolescents in developing countries including Ghana [22,23]. While measurement of actual intakes of nutrients and calories is important, the single-nutrient approach to understanding diet-disease relationships is limited in its ability to account for the complexity of nutrient interactions in free-living individuals [24].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sub-optimal diets have been reported among school-age children and adolescents in developing countries including Ghana [22,23]. While measurement of actual intakes of nutrients and calories is important, the single-nutrient approach to understanding diet-disease relationships is limited in its ability to account for the complexity of nutrient interactions in free-living individuals [24].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies describe that it is associated with low levels of maternal education (16) , lower household incomes (13) and environmental factors, which include changes in dietary patterns with intakes of high-energy and nutrient-poor foods (21) . Epidemiological evidence also suggests that maternal nutrition during pregnancy may influence the risk of child undernutrition and subsequent obesity in adulthood (22) .…”
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“…Most adolescents seldom use routine health services, looking for medical care in punctual or urgency situations. However, this age range is considered a risk to adopt eating habits that prioritize the consumption of industrialized foods with high energy density and insufficient content of some nutrients such as food fibers [11][12][13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%