Micronutrient intakes and their food sources among Greek children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the usual dietary intake of twenty micronutrients and to identify their food sources in a representative sample of Greek children and adolescents.

Design

Cross-sectional data from the Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS). Vitamin and mineral intakes were estimated from two 24 h dietary recalls by sex and age groups. Estimates were calculated using the National Research Council method and the statistical software package Stata13 to account for within- and between-person variations. The prevalence of nutrients' inadequacy among sample was estimated using the estimated average requirement (EAR) cut-point method. The contribution of food groups to nutrient intake was estimated to identify micronutrients food sources.

Setting

Greece.

SUBMITTER: Mitsopoulou AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11374557 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature