Do Zadar County nurseries follow the Mediterranean diet? (CROSBI ID 576370)
Prilog sa skupa u zborniku | izvorni znanstveni rad | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Matek Sarić, Marijana ; Grzunov, Judita ; Jurasović, Jasna ; Piasek, Martina
engleski
Do Zadar County nurseries follow the Mediterranean diet?
Mediterranean diet is probably one of the healthiest dietary models. It is rich in vitamins and minerals sourced from local fresh fruits and vegetables, cereals, olive oil, and fish. Nutrition affects health throughout life, and pre-school age is significant for adopting healthy eating habits. The aim of this study was to assess daily dietary energy value, macronutrient content, and presence of typical food groups according to the principles of the Mediterranean diet in food served at nurseries to pre-school children from Zadar, which is a typical Mediterranean town. The central nursery kitchen prepares meals for eight nurseries that are attended by about 1200 children from the city of Zadar and its suburb area. In collaboration with nursery staff, we collected duplicate portions of meals, four a day, which were served at the nurseries for 15 consecutive days over the winter, spring, and autumn in 2007/2008. Daily energy and macronutrients content was evaluated and compared with the recommended national daily values. Daily average dietary energy values for the total sample were 1053 kcal in the winter, 1222 kcal in the spring, and 1169 kcal in the autumn. The menus did not sufficiently include typical Mediterranean food such as fresh fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals, olive oil, and fish. The obtained results were lower than the recommended values for all three studied seasons. To conclude, the menus indicate that Zadar nurseries do not follow strict Mediterranean model of diet.
pre-school age; Mediterranean diet; meals and/or menus; dietary energy value; recommended daily values
Rad je objavljen i u Knjizi sažetaka ; str. 203-203 ; ISBN: 978-953-99725-3-8.
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Podaci o prilogu
69-75.
2011.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists
Medić, Helga
Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo prehrambenih tehnologa, biotehnologa i nutricionista
978-953-99725-4-5
Podaci o skupu
International Congress on Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists ( 7 ; 2011)
poster
20.09.2011-23.09.2011
Opatija, Hrvatska