Dietary Intake of the Italian PHIME Infant Cohort: How We Are Getting Diet Wrong from as Early as Infancy

Unhealthy dietary habits established in early infancy may lead to under or over nutrition later in life. This paper describes the energy, nutrients and food-type intake of 18-month-old infants belonging to the Italian PHIME cohort ( 389) and evaluates adherence to the Italian dietary reference value...

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Published in:Nutrients 2021-12, Vol.13 (12), p.4430
Main Authors: Concina, Federica, Pani, Paola, Carletti, Claudia, Bravo, Giulia, Knowles, Alessandra, Parpinel, Maria, Ronfani, Luca, Barbone, Fabio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Babies
Birth Cohort
Body mass index
Breastfeeding & lactation
Carbohydrates
Children & youth
Childrens health
Cohort analysis
Dairy products
Diabetes
Diaries
Diet
Diet - statistics & numerical data
Diet Records
Diet Surveys
Dietary intake
dietary reference value
Eating
Energy
Energy Intake
energy macro and micronutrients intake
Ethics
Fatty acids
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food
Food groups
Food intake
Food selection
Food sources
Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Health care
Humans
Infant
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Infants
Italy
Male
Maternal & child health
Milk
Mothers
Nutrients
Nutrients - analysis
Nutrition
Nutrition research
Obesity
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Population
prospective cohort study
Public health
Recommended Dietary Allowances
Software
Vitamin D
Vitamins
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Summary:Unhealthy dietary habits established in early infancy may lead to under or over nutrition later in life. This paper describes the energy, nutrients and food-type intake of 18-month-old infants belonging to the Italian PHIME cohort ( 389) and evaluates adherence to the Italian dietary reference values (DRVs). Infant dietary data were collected using 7-day dietary records. Mean energy, macro and micronutrient intakes were estimated and compared with the DRVs. The percentage contribution of 19 selected food groups to total energy and macro- and micronutrient intake was determined with the aim of establishing the main food sources. Most infants' diet shared common characteristics: poor variety, excessive intake of proteins (16.5 E% vs. 8-12 E% DRV) and saturated fatty acids (SFAs) (13.8 E% vs.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu13124430