Subject: nutrition
Subject: child
Subject: obesity
Subject: surveillance
Subject: health
Subject: noncommunicable diseases
Subject: children
Subject: fruits
Subject: vegetables
Subject: soft drinks
Year: 2020
Type: Article
Title: A Snapshot of European Children’s Eating Habits: Results from the Fourth Round of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI)
Author: Williams, Julianne
Author: Buoncristiano, Marta
Author: Nardone, Paola
Author: Rito, Ana Isabel
Author: Spinelli, Angela
Author: Hejgaard, Tatjana
Author: Kierkegaard, Lene
Author: Nurk, Eha
Author: Kunešová, Marie
Author: Musić Milanović, Sanja
Author: García-Solano, Marta
Author: Gutiérrez-González, Enrique
Author: Brinduse, Lacramioara Aurelia
Author: Cucu, Alexandra
Author: Fijałkowska, Anna
Author: Farrugia Sant’Angelo, Victoria
Author: Abdrakhmanova, Shynar
Author: Pudule, Iveta
Author: Duleva, Vesselka
Author: Yardim, Nazan
Author: Gualtieri, Andrea
Author: Heinen, Mirjam
Author: Bel-Serrat, Silvia
Author: Usupova, Zhamyla
Author: Peterkova, Valentina
Author: Shengelia, Lela
Author: Hyska, Jolanda
Author: Tanrygulyyeva, Maya
Author: Petrauskiene, Ausra
Author: Rakhmatullaeva, Sanavbar
Author: Kujundzic, Enisa
Author: Ostojic, Sergej M.
Author: Weghuber, Daniel
Author: Melkumova, Marina
Author: Spiroski, Igor
Author: Starc, Gregor
Author: Rutter, Harry
Author: Rathmes, Giulia
Author: Bunge, Anne Charlotte
Author: Rakovac, Ivo
Author: Boymatova, Khadichamo
Author: Weber, Martin
Author: Breda, João
Abstract: Consuming a healthy diet in childhood helps to protect against malnutrition and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This cross-sectional study described the diets of 132,489 children aged six to nine years from 23 countries participating in round four (2015–2017) of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI). Children’s parents or caregivers were asked to complete a questionnaire that contained indicators of energy-balance-related behaviors (including diet). For each country, we calculated the percentage of children who consumed breakfast, fruit, vegetables, sweet snacks or soft drinks “every day”, “most days (four to six days per week)”, “some days (one to three days per week)”, or “never or less than once a week”. We reported these results stratified by country, sex, and region. On a daily basis, most children (78.5%) consumed breakfast, fewer than half (42.5%) consumed fruit, fewer than a quarter (22.6%) consumed fresh vegetables, and around one in ten consumed sweet snacks or soft drinks (10.3% and 9.4%, respectively); however, there were large between-country differences. This paper highlights an urgent need to create healthier food and drink environments, reinforce health systems to promote healthy diets, and continue to support child nutrition and obesity surveillance.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Relation: Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI)
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/8791
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/8791Identifier: 10.3390/nu12082481
Identifier: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/8/2481/pdfIdentifier: 12
Identifier: 8
