ReviewNutrients2023
Optimal Protein Intake in Healthy Children and Adolescents: Evaluating Current Evidence.
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- National Food Consumption Survey (NIPNOD 2018-2023): Results of Dietary Habits and Diet Quality Among Adolescents in Croatia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Association between low-carbohydrate diet score and childhood obesity: a national population-based study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Body height, body composition, and lifestyle of Czech high school students: implications for the most appropriate strategies supporting physical growth and preventing obesity.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2026Article
- Nutrition-induced remission of type 2 diabetes: mechanisms, clinical evidence, and future directions-a mini review.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2026Review
- Expert opinion on standard of care in pediatric malnutrition: a multidisciplinary perspective focusing on the context of ABCDs.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Metabolic syndrome, its components, and their association with dietary patterns among early adolescents in Sudan.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Nutritional and behavioral determinants of overweight and obesity among school-aged children in Shandong Province, China: evidence from a large-scale cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Sex differences in the associations of dietary protein intake with lean mass and grip strength in children and adolescents.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Article
- Back to the pre-industrial age? FAOSTAT statistics of food supply reveal radical dietary changes accompanied by declining body height, rising obesity rates, and declining phenotypic IQ in affluent Western countries.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Protein nanoparticles: a promising frontier in reducing lung complications from chemotherapy in pediatric oncology.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Review
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- Associations between protein intake status and the association of "double burden of malnutrition" in children aged 2-5 years: a health and nutrition survey of selected children in Bengbu City, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Children's and adolescents' lifestyle factors associated with physical activity in five Mediterranean countries: the DELICIOUS project.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Population-based analysis of the association between composite dietary antioxidant index and pediatric obesity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Effects of higher dietary acid load: a narrative review with special emphasis in children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Review
- Regional and urban‒rural differences in childhood growth trajectories and the role of family in China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Impact of Early Ying Yang Bao Nutritional Support on Growth and Neurodevelopment in Preschool Children in China.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
High protein intake might elicit beneficial or detrimental effects, depending on life stages and populations. While high protein intake in elder individuals can promote beneficial health effects, elevated protein intakes in infancy are discouraged, since they have been associated with obesity risks later in life. However, in children and adolescents (4-18 years), there is a scarcity of data assessing the effects of high protein intake later in life, despite protein intake being usually two- to three-fold higher than the recommendations in developed countries. This narrative review aimed to revise the available evidence on the long-term effects of protein intake in children and adolescents aged 4-18 years. Additionally, it discusses emerging techniques to assess protein metabolism in children, which suggest a need to reevaluate current recommendations. While the optimal range is yet to be firmly established, available evidence suggests a link between high protein intake and increased Body Mass Index (BMI), which might be driven by an increase in Fat-Free Mass Index (FFMI), as opposed to Fat Mass Index (FMI).
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