Dairy Consumption and Associations with Nutritional Status of Chinese Children and Adolescents.

Pei Pei XU; Ti Ti Yang; Juan XU; Li LI; Wei Cao; Qian Gan; Xiao Qi HU; Hui Pan; Wen Hua Zhao; Qian Zhang

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Dairy Consumption and Associations with Nutritional Status of Chinese Children and Adolescents.

Author: Pei Pei XU ¹ ; Ti Ti YANG ¹ ; Juan XU ¹ ; Li LI ¹ ; Wei CAO ¹ ; Qian GAN ¹ ; Xiao Qi HU ¹ ; Hui PAN ¹ ; Wen Hua ZHAO ¹ ; Qian ZHANG ¹
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1. National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Association; Children and adolescents; China; Dairy consumption; Nutrition status
MeSH: Adolescent; Child; China; epidemiology; Dairy Products; statistics & numerical data; Female; Growth Disorders; epidemiology; Humans; Male; Nutrition Surveys; Nutritional Status; Pediatric Obesity; epidemiology; Wasting Syndrome; epidemiology
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2019;32(6):393-405
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to describe frequency and quantity of total dairy consumption of Chinese children and adolescents and explore the associations between dairy consumption and nutrition status, including stunting, wasting, overweight, and obesity.
METHODS:Participants included 28,250 children and adolescents aged 6-17 years old. A food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) including 100 kinds of food was used to collect information about frequency and quantity of dairy consumption. Determination of stunting was with a height cutoff value for age and gender, and determination for wasting, overweight, and obesity was with BMI for age and gender.
RESULTS:Of the total sample, 36.1% of children aged 6-17 reported consuming dairy food more than once per day (⪖ 1/day). The average total dairy intake of all the participants was 126.7 g/day. For boys, dairy consumption had an inverse correlation with stunting and wasting after controlling for confounders. For girls, dairy consumption was negatively associated with stunting and obesity after controlling for confounders as above.
CONCLUSION:Dairy consumption in Chinese children and adolescents was relatively lower than that in developed countries, and was negatively associated with stunting and wasting for boys and with stunting and obesity for girls.