Konstansa Lazarevic, Dusica Stojanovic, Dragan Bogdanovic
State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia ; Public Health Institute Nis.
Public Health Institute Nis ; School of Medicine, University of Nis, Serbia.
Iran J Pediatr. 2014 Oct;24(5):643-6. Epub 2014 Sep 27.
The nutrition of children in kindergartens has a great significance for proper growth and development of children. In order to save time and money, the control of macronutrients content is performed by calculations using food composition tables instead of performing a chemical analysis.
We examined the macronutrients content of 240 whole day meals using food composition tables and performed chemical analysis of meals to determine adequacy and validity of food composition tables in calculation of macronutrient contents in kindergarten meals.
We established no correlation (P>0.05) between the value of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Significant difference was established between the average content of proteins (t=2.57; P<0.05), and carbohydrates (t=3.20; P<0.01), but not with the content of fats in the meals (t=1.26; P>0.05) (food composition tables vs chemical analysis).
Until we establish new food composition tables, chemical analysis remains the only valid method for assessment of macronutrients content and energy value of a meal in kindergarten.
幼儿园儿童的营养对其正常生长发育具有重要意义。为节省时间和成本，通过使用食物成分表进行计算来控制宏量营养素含量，而非进行化学分析。
我们使用食物成分表检测了240份全日餐的宏量营养素含量，并对餐食进行化学分析，以确定食物成分表在计算幼儿园餐食宏量营养素含量方面的准确性和有效性。
我们发现蛋白质、脂肪和碳水化合物的值之间无相关性（P>0.05）。餐食中蛋白质的平均含量（t=2.57；P<0.05）和碳水化合物的平均含量（t=3.20；P<0.01）存在显著差异，但脂肪含量无显著差异（t=1.26；P>0.05）（食物成分表与化学分析对比）。
在建立新的食物成分表之前，化学分析仍是评估幼儿园餐食宏量营养素含量和能量值的唯一有效方法。
