Presweetened and Nonpresweetened Ready-to-Eat Cereals at Breakfast Are Associated With Improved Nutrient Intake but Not WithIncreased Body Weight of Children and Adolescents: NHANES1999-2002

摘要

This study compared nutrient intake and body weight measures in children 4 to 8 (n = 1480) and 9 to 13 (n = 1790) and adolescents 14 to 18 years of age (n = 1826) participating in 1999-2002 NHANES and consuming a presweetened ready-to-eat cereal (PSRTEC), a non-PSRTEC (NPSRTEC), or other breakfast (OB). Sample weights were applied, and multiple linear regression identified differences among breakfast consumption groups controlling for appropriate covanates. Breakfast type varied by the above-mentioned age groups: 34% (n = 507), 33% (n = 593), and 23% (n = 416) consumed PSRTEC, respectively; 12% (n = 178), 9% (n = 165), and 8% (n = 144), respectively, consumed NPSRTEC; and 54% (n = 795), 58% (n = 1032), and 69%'(n = 1266), respectively, consumed OB. Ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC) consumers had significantly higher intakes ofthia-min, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6 and B12,folate, calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc than OB consumers. In children 4 to 8 years old and 9 to 13 years old, added sugars (1033 + 2.6 and 111.3 + 3.0g) were highest in PSRTEC consumers. Fiber intake was highest in NPSRTEC (4-8 and 9-13 years of age) consumers (14.3 +- 0.4 and 14.7 +- 0.7 g) and lowest in 14- to 18-year-old OB consumers (11.9+ 0.3 g). Weight measures were not higher in either group of RTEC consumers compared with OB consumers. Data suggest that RTEC contributes a high level of nutrients to the diet, and PSRTEC is not associated with higher body weight in children.