Calcium Intake and Nutritional Adequacy in Spanish Children: The ANIVA Study

Calcium is an important nutrient for child development. The main objective of this study was to assess calcium intake and its adequacy with dietary reference intake (DRI) in Spanish children. The ANIVA (Antropometría y Nutrición Infantil de Valencia) study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Dur...

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Published in:Nutrients 2017-02, Vol.9 (2), p.170-170
Main Authors: Rubio-López, Nuria, Llopis-González, Agustín, Morales-Suárez-Varela, María
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropometry
Bioavailability
Body Height
Calcium
Calcium - administration & dosage
Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage
Child
Children
Children & youth
Cholesterol
Cholesterol - blood
Deficiency Diseases - epidemiology
Diet
Diet Records
Diet Surveys
Dietary intake
Dietary minerals
Eating behavior
Education
Feeding Behavior
Female
Fluorine
Fluorine - blood
Food
Food intake
Guardians
Health care
Humans
Legal medicine
Male
Nutrients
nutrients intake
Nutrition
nutritional intake
Nutritional Requirements
Nutritional Status
Parents
Parents & parenting
Participation
Preventive medicine
Public health
Questionnaires
Recommended Dietary Allowances
Schools
Software
Spain - epidemiology
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Summary:Calcium is an important nutrient for child development. The main objective of this study was to assess calcium intake and its adequacy with dietary reference intake (DRI) in Spanish children. The ANIVA (Antropometría y Nutrición Infantil de Valencia) study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. During two academic years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, 1176 schoolchildren aged 6-9 years were selected from 14 primary schools in Valencia (Spain). Three-day food records were used to assess dietary intake, completed by parents/guardian. Anthropometric data (weight and height) were evaluated in all subjects. Nutritional intake was compared to estimated average requirements (EARs) and adequate intake (AI) values to determine nutritional adequacy. A percentage of 25.77% had inadequate calcium intake, and a significantly higher prevalence was observed in girls ( = 0.006). Adequate calcium intake showed a positive association with the height -score ( = 0.032). When assessing dietary patterns, schoolchildren with adequate calcium intakes had better nutritional adequacy in all nutrients, except cholesterol ( = 0.086) and fluorine ( = 0.503). These results suggest a public health problem that must be addressed through nutrition education programs to increase intake of calcium-rich food and to correct the associated dietary pattern.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu9020170