School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients
Summary: Background & Aims: School food nutritional composition is important to guarantee the feeding and nutritional health of the children who attend early education institutions. In this way, we aimed to evaluate the school feeding, about the supply of energy and nutrients of school meal...
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| author | Elaine Cristina Vieira de Oliveira Fernanda Pons Madruga Anabelle Retondario Angela Jagher Paola Dantas Pinheiro de Oliveira Renata Cristina Alves Cláudia Choma Bettega Almeida Mônica Maria Osório de Cerqueira |
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| description | Summary: Background & Aims: School food nutritional composition is important to guarantee the feeding and nutritional health of the children who attend early education institutions. In this way, we aimed to evaluate the school feeding, about the supply of energy and nutrients of school meals and verify compliance with the recommendations of the Brazilian National School Feeding Program (PNAE). Methods: Cross-sectional study that evaluated the school food supply to children from six-to-56 months old in child daycare centers, from February to September 2014, for two non-consecutive days, by means of direct individualized weighing of all meals prepared by the schools. Energy, macronutrients, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, vitamins A and C, and fiber were analyzed. Data were shown as median, interquartile range and compared to PNAE recommendation. Results: We found that 767 children participated in the study. In full-time care, only the supply of calcium and zinc to 6–11 months old met the minimal recommendations of PNAE, whilst for 1–3 years old children, only vitamin C and zinc reach that. In part-time care, none of the nutrients for children from 1-3 years met the minimum recommended by PNAE, whilst for children older than 3 years, only the supply of vitamin C met the recommendations. Conclusion: The current evaluation shows that the nutrient supply was insufficient to reach the desired PNAE's parameters in both, part- and full time. In order to promote an adequate nutritional status and healthy food consumption, the need for improvement of school nutrient supply is indisputable. Furthermore, this study points to the need for monitoring the quantity and quality of the food supplied by the school, to guarantee the food and nutritional safety of this population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c06de95835c4dcbbacceb6f11da8e3f2022-12-22T00:19:48ZengElsevierClinical Nutrition Open Science2667-26852022-06-01432841School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrientsElaine Cristina Vieira de Oliveira0Fernanda Pons Madruga1Anabelle Retondario2Angela Jagher3Paola Dantas Pinheiro de Oliveira4Renata Cristina Alves5Cláudia Choma Bettega Almeida6Mônica Maria Osório de Cerqueira7Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Capes Scholarship, Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, BrazilHealth Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Capes Scholarship, Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, BrazilHealth Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Capes Scholarship, Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, BrazilNutrition Department, Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, BrazilNutrition Department, Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, BrazilNutrition Department, Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, BrazilNutrition Department, Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal Do Paraná), Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Corresponding author. Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Sector, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 632, Botanical Garden, 80210-170, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Fax: +55 41 3360 4133.Nutrition Department, Federal University of Pernambuco (Universidade Federal Do Pernambuco), Av. Professor Moraes Rego, 1235, University City, 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilSummary: Background & Aims: School food nutritional composition is important to guarantee the feeding and nutritional health of the children who attend early education institutions. In this way, we aimed to evaluate the school feeding, about the supply of energy and nutrients of school meals and verify compliance with the recommendations of the Brazilian National School Feeding Program (PNAE). Methods: Cross-sectional study that evaluated the school food supply to children from six-to-56 months old in child daycare centers, from February to September 2014, for two non-consecutive days, by means of direct individualized weighing of all meals prepared by the schools. Energy, macronutrients, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, vitamins A and C, and fiber were analyzed. Data were shown as median, interquartile range and compared to PNAE recommendation. Results: We found that 767 children participated in the study. In full-time care, only the supply of calcium and zinc to 6–11 months old met the minimal recommendations of PNAE, whilst for 1–3 years old children, only vitamin C and zinc reach that. In part-time care, none of the nutrients for children from 1-3 years met the minimum recommended by PNAE, whilst for children older than 3 years, only the supply of vitamin C met the recommendations. Conclusion: The current evaluation shows that the nutrient supply was insufficient to reach the desired PNAE's parameters in both, part- and full time. In order to promote an adequate nutritional status and healthy food consumption, the need for improvement of school nutrient supply is indisputable. Furthermore, this study points to the need for monitoring the quantity and quality of the food supplied by the school, to guarantee the food and nutritional safety of this population.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667268522000250School feedingNutrientsChild daycare centersInfant |
| spellingShingle | Elaine Cristina Vieira de Oliveira Fernanda Pons Madruga Anabelle Retondario Angela Jagher Paola Dantas Pinheiro de Oliveira Renata Cristina Alves Cláudia Choma Bettega Almeida Mônica Maria Osório de Cerqueira School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients Clinical Nutrition Open Science School feeding Nutrients Child daycare centers Infant |
| title | School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients |
| title_full | School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients |
| title_fullStr | School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients |
| title_full_unstemmed | School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients |
| title_short | School food in child daycare centers: Poor in macro and micronutrients |
| title_sort | school food in child daycare centers poor in macro and micronutrients |
| topic | School feeding Nutrients Child daycare centers Infant |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667268522000250 |
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