Sodium Intake Tracked from Infancy and Salt Taste Preference during Adolescence: Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Field Trial in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective interventions to promote healthy sodium intakes require understanding factors driving liking for salt taste.

Objectives

To examine effects of an early feeding intervention among low-income mothers on their children's energy and sodium intake and salt taste preferences at 12 years; and to identify age-related changes in dietary sodium sources.

Methods

Secondary analyses were conducted on dietary intake and taste preference data collected from children in a longitudinal trial (NCT00629629). Mothers randomized to the intervention group received counseling on healthy eating practices for 1 year postpartum; the control group received no counseling. Two-day dietary recalls were obtained at 1 year (intervention end) and at 4-, 8-, and 12-year follow-up v

SUBMITTER: Valmorbida JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100944 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature