Effect of antioxidant-rich kindergarten meals on oxidative stress biomarkers in healthy 5-6-year-old children: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: As children spend up to 9 h a day in kindergarten, the main purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of antioxidant-rich kindergarten meals on oxidative stress biomarkers (OSBs) in healthy children. In the randomized control trial with a follow-up, healthy 5-6-year-old children from six kindergartens were randomly divided into a prototype group (PG, n = 40) and a control group (CG, n = 17). PG followed a 2-week antioxidant-rich kindergarten meal plan (breakfast, lunch, and two snacks), and CG followed their standard kindergarten meal plans. Outside the kindergartens, participants ate as usual. We used a consecutive 7-day dietary record inside and outside the kindergarten and the national dietary assessment tool OPEN to assess the total dietary antioxidant capacity (dTAC) of the cons

SUBMITTER: Berlic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11192674 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature