Evaluation of nutrition in children of preschool age

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Suliga Edyta, Cieśla Elżbieta, Zemlik Joanna, Pietraszkiewicz Magdalena Joanna. Evaluation of nutrition in children of preschool age. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(10):52-58. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1000963 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4956 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.09.2017. Revised: 10.10.2017. Accepted: 10.10.2017. Evaluation of nutrition in children of preschool age Edyta Suliga1, Elżbieta Cieśla2, Zemlik Joanna3,4, Magdalena Joanna Pietraszkiewicz5 1The Department for the Prevention of Alimentary Tract Diseases, The Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce 2Department of Developmental Age Research, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce 3Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce 4Joanna Zemlik Child Dentistry Clinic, Kielce 5Health Sciences PhD student, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce Corresponding author: Magdalena Joanna Pietraszkiewicz Edyta Suliga http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3063-0380, e-mail: [email protected] Elżbieta Cieśla http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-9900, e-mail: [email protected] Joanna Zemlik http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1045-0243, e-mail: [email protected] Magdalena Joanna Pietraszkiewicz http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8374-0909, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Introduction. Overweight and obesity resulting in preschool are difficult to reverse, and are associated with many serious health complications and increased risk of premature illness and death in adulthood. Few of the existing publication evaluates daily food rations preschool children. Aim of the study. Evaluation of nutrition of children of preschool age in terms of demand for energy and macronutrient intake in children of normal BMI and overweight children and obesity. Material and methods.The analysis included 102 children. Nutritional status was assessed on the basis of anthropometric characteristics and indicators in relation to the WHO centile charts. Feeding analyzed on the basis of average daily intake, calculated as the mean of the 3-day storage menus. Estimation of the nutrient content in the children’s diet was carried out using diet 5. The analysis used statistical package STATISTICA 12.0. Results. BMI correct in 83% of subjects, and 16% of excess body weight were observed. With regard to the energy and nutritional average daily food rations showed no statistically significant differences between the group of children with normal BMI and a group of children with overweight and obesity. The supply of energy and macronutrients in average daily diet of children deviated from the recommended standards among both groups of children studied. Conclusions.The results showed a number of deficiencies in the nutrition of preschool children. Intake of nutrients in daily food rations differ from dietary recommendations for this age group. It is necessary to educate parents on the proper nutrition of children. Keywords: preschool children, nutrition assessment, normal BMI, overweight