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Nutrient intakes among infants and children from birth to 3 years (1023.1)
Author(s) -
Storey Maureen,
Anderson Patricia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.1023.1
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , dietary fiber , dietary reference intake , nutrient , ethnic group , potassium , environmental health , phosphorus , zoology , pediatrics , food science , population , biology , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , sociology , anthropology
The Dietary Guidelines has focused on adults and children 2 years of age and older. However, the 2020 Dietary Guidelines will address Americans of all ages, starting from birth. We examined nutrient intakes of children from birth to 6 months, from 6 months to 12 months, and from 1‐3 years using the most recent publicly available dietary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009‐2010. We chose these age groups to align with the age groups used for the National Academies of Sciences Dietary Reference Intakes. Appropriate survey weights were used to calculate average daily intakes of protein, total fat, dietary fiber, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium. On average, most infants from birth to 6 months and from 6 to 12 months met the existing National Academies’ nutrient recommendations. However, children 1 to 3 years of age did not consume adequate amounts of potassium or dietary fiber, on average. In general, children 1‐3 y consumed 10.3 g of dietary fiber while the Adequate Intake (AI) level is 19 g. Similarly, children 1‐3 y consumed 2024.8 mg of potassium, on average, which is nearly 1000 mg short of the established AI for potassium. The inadequacies were consistent for both males and females and across different race/ethnicities. These results suggest that increasing potassium and dietary fiber intake among young children should be a priority for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines.