Calcium and vitamin D supply to children
- 16.09.2008
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Selected results from the DONALD study, focussing on the consumption of milk products
Mathilde Kersting, Dortmund, Karin Bergmann, Puchheim
In this evaluation of the DONALD study, 2729 3-day nutritional protocols with weighing were performed for children aged between one year and twelve years, covering the supply of milk products and selected nutrients. There were major differences in the weight of milk products consumed by children within an age group.High consumers consumed about three times as much milk products as low consumers. Between the ages of 2–3 years and 10–12 years, the weight of milk products consumed increased only slightly – from a mean of 304 g/day to a mean of 311 g/day. With increasing age, the quantities consumed fell shorter and shorter of the values for an optimised diet appropriate to age. This affects calcium supply. Taken together, the findings show that about a third of children in Germany do not reach the daily consumption of calcium recommended by the DGE. Moreover, the nutritional supply of vitamin D lies under the DGE recommendation for about 80 % of children. The attractiveness of milk products should be increased for children who consume low or moderate levels of these products. In everyday nutrition, more emphasis should be laid on all types of products which are rich in calcium or vitamin D.
Keywords: paediatric nutrition, DONALD study, milk products; calcium supply
Sie finden den Artikel in deutscher Sprache in Ernährungs Umschau 09/08 ab Seite 523.
