Consuming a healthy diet in childhood helps to protect against malnutrition and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This cross-sectional study described the diets of 132,489 children aged six to nine years from 23 countries participating in round four (2015-2017) of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI). Children's parents or caregivers were asked to complete a questionnaire that contained indicators of energy-balance-related behaviors (including diet). For each country, we calculated the percentage of children who consumed breakfast, fruit, vegetables, sweet snacks or soft drinks "every day", "most days (four to six days per week)", "some days (one to three days per week)", or "never or less than once a week". We reported these results stratified by country, sex, and region. On a daily basis, most children (78.5%) consumed breakfast, fewer than half (42.5%) consumed fruit, fewer than a quarter (22.6%) consumed fresh vegetables, and around one in ten consumed sweet snacks or soft drinks (10.3% and 9.4%, respectively); however, there were large between-country differences. This paper highlights an urgent need to create healthier food and drink environments, reinforce health systems to promote healthy diets, and continue to support child nutrition and obesity surveillance.
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- fyziologie výživy dětí fyziologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- neinfekční nemoci prevence a kontrola MeSH
- občerstvení MeSH
- obezita dětí a dospívajících epidemiologie prevence a kontrola MeSH
- ovoce MeSH
- podpora zdraví * MeSH
- podvýživa prevence a kontrola MeSH
- přijímání potravy fyziologie MeSH
- průřezové studie MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
- rodiče * MeSH
- snídaně MeSH
- stravovací zvyklosti fyziologie MeSH
- Světová zdravotnická organizace * MeSH
- sycené nápoje MeSH
- výživa - přehledy * MeSH
- zdravá strava * MeSH
- zelenina MeSH
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- dítě MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
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