Sugar intake by children with eating difficulties under 2 years of age - study in a Brazilian reference center
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2024v45n1p81Keywords:
Infant food, Sugar, Food selectionAbstract
Introduction: The first years of life are essential for growth and development. Children are born with a preference for sweet tastes, and through sugary consumption, they are provided with a diet of low nutritional quality. The objective of the study is to describe the intake of foods containing sugar by children with eating difficulties under 2 years of age treated in a specialized center.
Material and methods: This is a retrospective observational study, with data obtained from the medical records of children of both sexes, attended at the Center for Excellence in Nutrition and Eating Difficulties (CENDA), located in the city of São Paulo. Among the foods consumed, those that contained added sugar in their composition were selected. To categorize foods, the “What We Eat in America” (WWEIA) classification was used.
Results: 31 children with eating difficulties participated in the study, 77.4% consumed at least one food containing sugar. The most consumed foods were cookies and brownies, cakes and pies, milkshakes and other dairy drinks.
Discussions and Conclusion: The complementary feeding phase can become a great challenge for parents and caregivers, as it was the starting point for the majority of children with eating difficulties. Learning to eat is a complex process that requires the acquisition of skills in offering adequate and varied foods. However, the context becomes favorable to inappropriate practices, one of which is allowing the consumption of sweetened foods and products, for the same reasons.
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