Breakfast nutrient profile and food sources among children with feeding difficulties

Objective: To assess breakfast consumption, nutrient profile and food sources of children with feeding difficulties. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 137 infants, preschoolers, and school age children from a reference center for feeding difficulties in São Paulo, Brazil. Socio-demographic charact...

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Published in:Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde Nutrição e Saúde, 2023-01, Vol.17, p.e65591-e65591
Main Authors: Priscila Maximino, Luana Romão Nogueira, Ana Carolina Leme, Raquel Ricci, Nathália Gioia, Camila Fussi, Mauro Fisberg
Format: Article
Language:English
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children. breakfast. food. food fussiness
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Summary:Objective: To assess breakfast consumption, nutrient profile and food sources of children with feeding difficulties. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 137 infants, preschoolers, and school age children from a reference center for feeding difficulties in São Paulo, Brazil. Socio-demographic characteristics were excluded from clinical anamnesis. Breakfast is defined as the first meal of the day that breaks the fast after the longest period of sleep and is consumed between 5-10am. Children that do not fit on this definition were considered breakfast skippers. Parents self-reported their children’s food intake. Breakfast nutrient profile and food sources were identified. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis and t-Student tests were used considering a significance of 5% (p
ISSN:2238-913X
DOI:10.12957/demetra.2022.65591