ArticleJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2018
Contribution of Beverage Selection to the Dietary Quality of the Packed Lunches Eaten by Preschool-Aged Children.
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- Lunches in UK early years education and care settings: cross-sectional analysis of food processing, provision and intake.Research square · 2026Article
- Perspective: The Benefits of Including Flavored Milk in Healthy Dietary Patterns.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Review
- Dietary Intake among Children Attending Childcare Centers: Impact of the New CACFP Meal Guidelines.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Healthy Eating Policy Improves Children's Diet Quality in Early Care and Education in South Carolina.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Modifying the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) to better capture feeding practices of family childcare home providers.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSweet drinks early in life could predispose to lifelong consumption, and the beverage industry does not clearly define fruit drinks as part of the sweet drink category.
objectivesTo ascertain the relationship between beverage selection and dietary quality of the lunches packed for preschool-aged children evaluated using the Healthy Eating Index-2010.
methodsFoods packed by parents (n=607) were observed at 30 early care and education centers on two nonconsecutive days. Three-level regression models were used to examine the dietary quality of lunches by beverage selection and the dietary quality of the lunch controlling for the nutrient composition of the beverage by removing it from the analysis.
resultsFruit drinks were included in 25% of parent-packed lunches, followed by 100% fruit juice (14%), milk (14%), and flavored milk (3.7%). Lunches with plain milk had the highest Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores (59.3) followed by lunches with 100% fruit juice (56.9) and flavored milk (53.2). Lunches with fruit drinks had the lowest Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores at 48.6. After excluding the nutrient content of the beverage, the significant difference between lunches containing milk and flavored milk persisted (+5.5), whereas the difference between fruit drinks and 100% fruit juice did not.
conclusionsDietary quality is associated with the type of beverage packed and these differences hold when the lunch is analyzed without the nutrient content of the beverage included.
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