Food-based dietary guidelines for children and adolescents

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed at reviewing food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) with content targeted at children and adolescents to present their main characteristics, thus enabling comparisons among countries.

Design

We conducted a search of the FBDGs available on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) website, followed by a scoping review with a gray literature search to find FBDGs for children or adolescents non-listed on the FAO's website. Data extraction included the year of publication, language, and guidelines for the target group.

Results

From FAO website searches, 109 documents were found, and 17 of them could not be translated. The Scoping review search conducted in 5,190 articles, and none led to new guidelines, nor from the gray literature. Regard

SUBMITTER: Correa Rezende J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9755327 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature