ArticleNutrients2018
Do Chinese Preschool Children Eat a Sufficiently Diverse Diet? A Cross-Sectional Study in China.
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- Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Patterns in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
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- Exploring the impact of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), early adequate feeding and access to health care on urban-rural disparities of child malnutrition in China.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Associations of Diet with Urinary Trimethylamine-N-Oxide (TMAO) and Its Precursors among Free-Living 10-Year-Old Children: Data from SMBCS.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Diet structure and academic achievement of children from difficult families: a cross-sectional study of Chinese children.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Validity and Reliability of Semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaires for Assessing Nutrient Intake among Preschool Children in Northwest China.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Dietary diversity is associated with nutrient adequacy, blood biomarkers and anthropometric status among preschool children in poor ethnic minority area of Northwest China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Dietary Diversity and Nutrient Intake of Han and Dongxiang Smallholder Farmers in Poverty Areas of Northwest China.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Dietary diversity and mental health in preschoolers in rural China.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Classifying and characterizing Chinese young adults reporting picky eating: A latent profile analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Dietary Diversity among Preschoolers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Poor, Rural, and Ethnic Minority Areas of Central South China.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to comprehensively evaluate dietary diversity and its associated factors in Chinese preschoolers and explore whether the daily food consumption of children with different dietary diversity-associated characteristics met recommended dietary amounts.
methodsA cross-sectional study covering seven cities and two villages was conducted and included 697 preschool children aged 3⁻7 years old. Dietary diversity score (DDS) and DDS 10 were calculated based on 24-h dietary recall. The food-intake differences among children with different DDS 10 predictors were examined.
resultsThe mean DDS and DDS 10 in Chinese preschool children were 7.4 ± 1.5 (ranged from 3 to 9) and 7.0 ± 3 (ranged from 3 to 9) respectively. Positive predictors of dietary diversity included residing in an urban environment, a higher household expenditure on children’s food, and a higher frequency of eating outside. Food-intake differences existed among the predictors.
conclusionsEducation and intervention should be strengthened to improve the dietary diversity of preschool children, especially in rural areas. The overall dietary pattern of children requires attention, which means not only increasing dietary diversity but also avoiding an unbalanced diet.
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