Evaluation of diet quality according to the eating-out patterns of preschoolers and school-aged children in South Korea: based on data from the 2016–2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Iron Nutrition of Pre-Schoolers in High-Income Countries: A Review

“…Despite the importance of understanding the nutrient intake profiles of dietary patterns [57], only a small number of studies have reported on the associations between the dietary patterns and nutrient intakes of children aged 2-5 years in high-resource countries [4,53,[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]. Of the diet quality studies published in English and focused on pre-school nutrient intakes, twelve have reported patterns associated with iron intakes (Table 2) [53,[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]. These studies have implemented a variety of approaches, including three that used PCA [53,58,64], they were from a variety of locations (South Korea, the Netherlands, UK, USA, Australia, and Greece), and they reported varied results.…”

“…In addition, it has been inversely associated with patterns dominated by confectionery and convenience foods [58,59] and snack frequency [66]. For South Korean children, where cluster analysis identified two patterns for foods consumed outside of the home, the index of nutritional quality for iron was lower for a mixed pattern than for a rice-centred pattern [67].…”