ArticleCureus2023
Development and Testing of the Novel Sugar Meter for Informing Sugar Intake Guidelines to Parents of Three- to Six-Year-Old Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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introductionIn recent years, the consumption of refined sugar has increased manifold. Added sugar is implicated in dental caries, cardiovascular risk and obesity amongst other conditions. The 1025 World Health Organization (WHO) Sugar Guidelines recommends sugar intake below 10% of energy, but there is limited awareness about the same in the general population. The aim of this study was to test the Novel Sugar Meter for informing the WHO Sugar Guidelines to the parents of three- to six-year-old children.
methodsTwenty consenting parents and their three- to six-year-old children from an English-medium school in Navi Mumbai, India, were selected. The parents were asked to record their child's baseline dietary data for three consecutive days including one weekend day. The Novel Sugar Meter, an indigenously developed ready reckoner for identifying the quantity of sugars consumed, was used. The parents were counselled using the Novel Sugar Meter (intervention) and standard instructions on the WHO guidelines (control). The dietary data were recorded again to assess and compare dietary behaviour modifications.
resultsComparison of pre-intervention versus post-intervention sugar consumptions showed a statistically significant reduction in the Novel Sugar Meter group (t(10) = 3.70891; p = .001388) but not in the control group (t(10) = 0.94081, p = 0.35926). Both groups showed a reduction in the frequency of daily sugar exposure, with significantly more reduction in the Novel Sugar Meter group (p = .000049).
conclusionNovel Sugar Meter-based counselling has the potential for application for reducing the quantity and frequency of sugar consumption in children.
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