Nutrient intake in schoolchildren: some practical considerations

McNeill, Geraldine; Davidson, Laurie A.; Morrison, D. C.; Crombie, Iain K.; Keighran, J.; Todman, John

doi:10.1079/pns19910007

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“…In addition, very few have intakes less than the LRNI. Vitamin A is an exception in that slightly more than the expected 2.5% are in this category and this corresponds with the published work on Scottish children (DOH, 1989;McNeill et al, 1991;Payne, 1991).…”

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Micronutrient intakes in schoolchildren—is supplementation necessary?

Ruxton¹,

Kirk²,

Belton³

et al. 1993

J Human Nutrition Diet

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To compare micronutrient intakes in primary schoolchildren with Dietary Reference Values, dietary intake was investigated in a sample of 136 children from Lothian Region. Most of the children had micronutrient intakes in excess of the reference nutrient intake while the actual percentage of children having intakes below the lower reference nutrient intake was less than predicted. These results suggest that concern regarding the sufficiency of children's diets to provide an adequate intake of micronutrients may be unfounded and that widespread use of vitamin supplementation in this age‐group does not appear to be necessary.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 87%

Micronutrient intakes in schoolchildren—is supplementation necessary?

Ruxton¹,

Kirk²,

Belton³

et al. 1993

J Human Nutrition Diet

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“…In a Scottish study, McNeill et al [12] used duplicate-diet analyses to determine the nutrient intakes of 12-year-old students. Interestingly, girls' daily mean intake of vitamin C ranged from 22mg to 40mg (average for the weekϭ30mg).…”

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Intakes of Vitamin C, Vegetables and Fruits: Which Schoolchildren Are at Risk?

Hampl

Taylor

Johnston

1999

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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A considerable number of children drastically under-consumed vitamin C and total vegetables and fruits. Overall, children with desirable vitamin C intakes had healthier diets, including more milk and vegetables, than did their peers with low vitamin C intakes. Health care professionals should continue to promote at least five daily servings of vegetables and fruits and should advise parents that at least one of these should be rich in vitamin C.

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“…Perception of specific snack types was based of displays of colour photographs and graphic images (see below). Additional tasks such as drawing pictures were also included to maintain the interest of the children during the interview and to aid the expression of ideas 31 . The researchers also showed the definition prompt, which defined and described a ‘snack’ as: ‘any food that is eaten between or instead of breakfast, lunch or tea’ and ‘snacks are usually a light quick meal’ 10…”

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Children as consumers – snacking behaviour in primary school children

Bower

Sandall²

2002

Int J Consumer Studies

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Eighty‐four primary school children (the majority aged 7–8 years), from four schools, two in England and two in Scotland, were surveyed to identify snacking behaviour and the influences on perception and choice of snack foods. A questionnaire plus short interview with activity tasks was adopted, covering general snacking habits and a look at six specific groups of snacks comprising three of ‘unhealthy’ image and three with intermediate or fully ‘healthy’ image. The results showed that, for this age group, there was an overall preference for sweets, crisps and chocolate and less liking for fruit and cereal‐containing snacks. Attitudes to sensory properties showed that ‘taste’ was the main reason for snack choices, usually in spite of a ‘healthy’ image belief for the snacks. Choice was also dependent on parental influence and availability. Gender and relative socio‐economic level differences were minimal, but regional variations showed higher snacking frequency for the Scottish group, which also had fewer children preferring fruit. Meal patterns had little effect on snacking, but inclusion of a prepared meal at lunchtime may have reduced snacking frequency.

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Nutrient intake in schoolchildren: some practical considerations

Cited by 32 publications

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Micronutrient intakes in schoolchildren—is supplementation necessary?

Micronutrient intakes in schoolchildren—is supplementation necessary?

Intakes of Vitamin C, Vegetables and Fruits: Which Schoolchildren Are at Risk?

Children as consumers – snacking behaviour in primary school children

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