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Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population
The United Kingdom (UK) is an island and its culture, including diet, is heavily influenced by the maritime resources. Dietary guidance in the UK recommends intake of fish, which provides important nutrients, such as long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA). This study was designed...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28420147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9040392 |
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author | Kranz, Sibylle Jones, Nicholas R. V. Monsivais, Pablo |
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description | The United Kingdom (UK) is an island and its culture, including diet, is heavily influenced by the maritime resources. Dietary guidance in the UK recommends intake of fish, which provides important nutrients, such as long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA). This study was designed to describe the fish intake habits of UK children using a nationally representative sample. Dietary and socio-demographic data of children 2–18 (N = 2096) in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Program (NDNS) Years 1–4 (2008–2012) were extracted. Average nutrient and food intakes were estimated. Logistic regression models were used to predict the meeting of fish intake recommendations, controlling for age, sex, income, total energy intake, and survey year. All analyses were conducted using survey routines and dietary survey weights. In this nationally representative study, 4.7% of children met the fish and 4.5% the oily fish intake recommendations; only 1.3% of the population met both recommendations. Fish intake levels did not significantly change with children’s increasing age. Higher vegetable but lower meat consumption predicted meeting the fish intake recommendations, indicating that children eating fish have better diet quality than non-consumers. Further research is needed to explore how intake behaviours can be changed to improve children’s diet quality. |
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spelling | pubmed-54097312017-05-03 Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population Kranz, Sibylle Jones, Nicholas R. V. Monsivais, Pablo Nutrients Article The United Kingdom (UK) is an island and its culture, including diet, is heavily influenced by the maritime resources. Dietary guidance in the UK recommends intake of fish, which provides important nutrients, such as long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA). This study was designed to describe the fish intake habits of UK children using a nationally representative sample. Dietary and socio-demographic data of children 2–18 (N = 2096) in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Program (NDNS) Years 1–4 (2008–2012) were extracted. Average nutrient and food intakes were estimated. Logistic regression models were used to predict the meeting of fish intake recommendations, controlling for age, sex, income, total energy intake, and survey year. All analyses were conducted using survey routines and dietary survey weights. In this nationally representative study, 4.7% of children met the fish and 4.5% the oily fish intake recommendations; only 1.3% of the population met both recommendations. Fish intake levels did not significantly change with children’s increasing age. Higher vegetable but lower meat consumption predicted meeting the fish intake recommendations, indicating that children eating fish have better diet quality than non-consumers. Further research is needed to explore how intake behaviours can be changed to improve children’s diet quality. MDPI 2017-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5409731/ /pubmed/28420147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9040392 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kranz, Sibylle Jones, Nicholas R. V. Monsivais, Pablo Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population |
title | Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population |
title_full | Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population |
title_fullStr | Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population |
title_short | Intake Levels of Fish in the UK Paediatric Population |
title_sort | intake levels of fish in the uk paediatric population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28420147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9040392 |
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