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Breakfast cereal consumption in young children: associations with non-milk extrinsic sugars and caries experience: further analysis of data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey of children aged 1.5–4.5 years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Sigrid A Gibson
Sigrid A Gibson*
Affiliation:
Independent Nutrition Consultant, 11 Woodway, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2TF, UK
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*Corresponding author: Email sigridgibson@compuserve.com
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Abstract

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Objective

This study examined the relationship between breakfast cereal consumption and non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES) intake and the possible implications of this for caries in preschool children.

Methods

Data from the 1995 UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) of children aged 1.5–4.5 years were reanalysed. Four-day weighed food records and dental examinations were available on 1450 children living in private households in Britain. Children were classified by tertiles (age-adjusted) according to the proportion of energy derived from breakfast cereals, and the amount of NME sugar from cereals. There were no significant differences in social class background between any of the groups.

Results

Children with diets high in breakfast cereals as a proportion of total energy (top third) had lower proportional intakes of NMES, compared with low consumers of cereals (lowest third). Consumption of sweetened cereals was positively associated with NMES intake. However, caries experience was unrelated to breakfast cereal consumption, whether presweetened or not.

Conclusions

Although presweetened cereals are relatively high in NMES, their cariogenic potential is probably minimal in the circumstances in which they are normally consumed.

Keywords

Preschool childrenCariesDietSugarsBreakfast cerealsDental health
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 227 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2000

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