Avtor/Urednik		Poličnik, Rok; Hlastan-Ribič, Cirila; Pokorn, Dražigost
Naslov		Prehranjevalne navade predšolskih otrok v Ljubljani in okolici
Prevedeni naslov		Nutritional habits of pre-school children in Ljubljana and its surroundings
Tip		članek
Vir		Obz Zdrav Nege
Vol. in št.		Letnik 43, št. 2
Leto izdaje		2009
Obseg		str. 89-94
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Introduction: Balanced food with proper nutrition and energy values during infancy and adolescence is essential for healthy growth and development. Balanced and health-protection food includes the recommended percentages of the daily diet for each food group (dairy, meat, fish, grain, vegetable and fruit). Methods: Included in the study were 129 children (68 male and 61 female) from eleven kindergartens in Ljubljana and its surroundings. Their mean age was 4.2 +/- 1.1 years. The quantity of food intake was averaged on the basis of 3-day-weighted record of the offered and consumed quantities of food. The parents were requested to record also all the food their children consumed at home in a special nutrition diary. Prodi 5 Expert computer programme was used to analyse the collected data on the daily food intake and over 120 recipes which enabled an insight into the ingested food according to food groups (cereal and pasta, milk and diary products, meat and meat substitutes, fruit and vegetables). The findings were compared against the intake recommendations for children between 4 and 7 years of age. Results: The daily average quantities of consumed food per child were as follows: 132.16 kg of grain and pasta, 389.81 g of milk and diary products, 87.5 g of meat and substitutes, 212.73 g of fruit, 156.14 g of vegetables and 4.95 g of salt. Discussion and conclusions: The findings show that the preschool children in Ljubljana and its surroundings consume the reconunended quantities of milk and milk products, meat and fruit. The intake of vegetables, however, is extremely low, amounting to only 52% of D-A-CH reference values for the vegetable group while the intake of salt was too high.
Deskriptorji		CHILD, PRESCHOOL CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS FOOD HABITS HEALTH FOOD QUESTIONNAIRES FRUIT VEGETABLES MEAT CEREALS