Food groups consumed by Saudi Children during the poste weaning to preschool years, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| International Journal of Sports Science and Arts | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 015, Issue 015, August 2020, Page 44-55 PDF (329.74 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eijssa.2020.34154.1025 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Neda Abdel Salam Jambi 
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| P.o.box 35458 Aljohara | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract: Purpose: healthy eating during early childhoods is important for growth and development. We investigated the types of food groups’ consumption among preschool children. Household interview of the mothers were done to indicate the general features of children food consumption and its related strength and weakness. Methods: Between 2017 and 2019 mother of children aged from 2 to 6 year old were interviewed. The sample was cross sectional convenience sample of n=550. The data gathered describes the children’s food intake and environment factors occurring during the children meals. Results: children aged 2 years were repeatedly offered per day 2.6 of the milk group, 2.2 of the grain, 2.3 of the fruits, 1.5 of the proteins, 1.2 of the vegetables. An increase in the number of repeated offering of the food groups especially milk and snack high in fat and sugar occurs by the preschool stage. Consumption of food high In fat and sugar starts at the post weaning stage and is offered 1.19 per day and increases to 2.03 per day at the preschool stage. The effect of child gender and maternal education on food intake shows mostly no significance at our present sample size. Discussion: Food uptakes of the milk and grains group were the larger and reached up to 3 times daily. Nutrient intense food such as vegetables, fruits, and protein uptake was around one time per day. And calories intense foods high in fat and sugar the up take starts form the earlier age and increased as the children grow. Our study indicate that 80% of mothers prepared fresh food for the child meals and 60% were present in those meals | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| preschool; food groups; consumption | ||||
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