Reducing dietary intake of added sugars could affect the nutritional adequacy of vitamin A in adolescents: the Costa Rica case
Rafael Monge-Rojas,
Luis A. Barboza,
Rulamán Vargas-Quesada
Abstract: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 anal… Show more
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