Trends in energy and sugar intakes and body mass index between 1983 and 1997 among children in Great Britain

Gibson, Sigrid

doi:10.1111/j.1365-277x.2010.01059.x

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“…We are unable to comment on the degree to which misreporting may have affected the results of surveys, since only a few reports and papers specifically refer to this source of potential error. For example, analysis of UK data in children and adolescents provided different results for total sugars intake in one age group depending on whether identified over-and under-reporters of energy intake were included in the analysis (24) . It may be proposed that an increased focus on dietary sugars intake in the scientific and general media could affect self-reporting in some or all population sectors in more recent surveys.…”

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Worldwide trends in dietary sugars intake

Wittekind¹,

Walton

2014

Nutr. Res. Rev.

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Estimating trends in dietary intake data is integral to informing national nutrition policy and monitoring progress towards dietary guidelines. Dietary intake of sugars is a controversial public health issue and guidance in relation to recommended intakes is particularly inconsistent. Published data relating to trends in sugars intake are relatively sparse. The purpose of the present review was to collate and review data from national nutrition surveys to examine changes and trends in dietary sugars intake. Only thirteen countries (all in the developed world) appear to report estimates of sugars intake from national nutrition surveys at more than one point in time. Definitions of dietary sugars that were used include 'total sugars', 'non-milk extrinsic sugars', 'added sugars', sucrose' and 'mono-and disaccharides'. This variability in terminology across countries meant that comparisons were limited to within countries. Hence trends in dietary sugars intake were examined by country for the whole population (where data permitted), and for specific or combined age and sex subpopulations. Findings indicate that in the majority of population comparisons, estimated dietary sugars intake is either stable or decreasing in both absolute (g/d) and relative (% energy) terms. An increase in sugars intake was observed in few countries and only in specific subpopulations. In conclusion, the findings from the present review suggest that, in the main, dietary sugars intake are decreasing or stable. A consistent approach to estimation of dietary sugars intake from national nutrition surveys is required if more valid estimates of changes in dietary sugars intakes are required in the future.

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Worldwide trends in dietary sugars intake

Wittekind¹,

Walton

2014

Nutr. Res. Rev.

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“…Additionally, readily available energy-dense foods and sugar-sweetened beverages have been implicated as causes of excessive adiposity in children and young people 5. The American Heart Association recommends that schools should ensure that all children and youth participate in a minimum of 30 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the school day 6.…”

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School-based physical activity programme in preadolescent girls (9-11 years): a feasibility trial in Karachi, Pakistan

Almas

Islam

Jafar

2013

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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“…The limited studies available in children from European countries report decreasing trends for overall energy and fat intake and increasing trends for carbohydrate intake [29][30][31] or stable fat intakes. 32 These studies were partially already conducted during the 90s 29,30 and are based on rather small data sets including only single countries. In a review on nutrient intake and dietary status, it was concluded that data are lacking to reasonably evaluate the diets of European children and adolescents.…”

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Usual energy and macronutrient intakes in 2–9-year-old European children

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on behalf of the IDEFICS and the I.Family consortia OBJECTIVE: Valid estimates of population intakes are essential for monitoring trends as well as for nutritional interventions, but such data are rare in young children. In particular, the problem of misreporting in dietary data is usually not accounted for. Therefore, this study aims to provide accurate estimates of intake distributions in European children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional setting-based multi-centre study. SUBJECTS: A total of 9560 children aged 2-9 years from eight European countries with at least one 24-h dietary recall (24-HDR). METHODS: The 24-HDRs were classified in three reporting groups based on age-and sex-specific Goldberg cutoffs (underreports, plausible reports, overreports). Only plausible reports were considered in the final analysis (N = 8611 children). The National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Method was applied to estimate population distributions of usual intakes correcting for the variance inflation in short-term dietary data. RESULTS: The prevalence of underreporting (9.5%) was higher compared with overreporting (3.4%). Exclusion of misreports resulted in a shift of the energy and absolute macronutrient intake distributions to the right, and further led to the exclusion of extreme values, that is, mean values and lower percentiles increased, whereas upper percentiles decreased. The distributions of relative macronutrient intakes (% energy intake from fat/carbohydrates/proteins) remained almost unchanged when excluding misreports. Application of the NCI-Method resulted in markedly narrower intake distributions compared with estimates based on single 24-HDRs. Mean percentages of usual energy intake from fat, carbohydrates and proteins were 32.2, 52.1 and 15.7%, respectively, suggesting the majority of European children are complying with common macronutrient intake recommendations. In contrast, total water intake (mean: 1216.7 ml per day) lay below the recommended value for 490% of the children. CONCLUSION: This study provides recent estimates of intake distributions of European children correcting for misreporting as well as for the daily variation in dietary data. These data may help to assess the adequacy of young children's diets in Europe.

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Trends in energy and sugar intakes and body mass index between 1983 and 1997 among children in Great Britain

Abstract: Although the study design precludes drawing causal inferences regarding nutrient intake and obesity, a higher prevalence of under-reporting and lower levels of physical activity in 1997 could explain the paradox of lower reported EI and rising BMI.

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Worldwide trends in dietary sugars intake

Worldwide trends in dietary sugars intake

School-based physical activity programme in preadolescent girls (9-11 years): a feasibility trial in Karachi, Pakistan

Usual energy and macronutrient intakes in 2–9-year-old European children

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