J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 Aug;118(8):1417-1424. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.11.008. Epub 2018 Mar 1.
Sweet drinks early in life could predispose to lifelong consumption, and the beverage industry does not clearly define fruit drinks as part of the sweet drink category.
To ascertain the relationship between beverage selection and dietary quality of the lunches packed for preschool-aged children evaluated using the Healthy Eating Index-2010.
Foods packed by parents (n=607) were observed at 30 early care and education centers on two nonconsecutive days. Three-level regression models were used to examine the dietary quality of lunches by beverage selection and the dietary quality of the lunch controlling for the nutrient composition of the beverage by removing it from the analysis.
Fruit drinks were included in 25% of parent-packed lunches, followed by 100% fruit juice (14%), milk (14%), and flavored milk (3.7%). Lunches with plain milk had the highest Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores (59.3) followed by lunches with 100% fruit juice (56.9) and flavored milk (53.2). Lunches with fruit drinks had the lowest Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores at 48.6. After excluding the nutrient content of the beverage, the significant difference between lunches containing milk and flavored milk persisted (+5.5), whereas the difference between fruit drinks and 100% fruit juice did not.
Dietary quality is associated with the type of beverage packed and these differences hold when the lunch is analyzed without the nutrient content of the beverage included.
儿童早期摄入含糖饮料可能会导致其终身消费，而饮料行业并未明确将果汁饮料定义为含糖饮料的一种。
利用 2010 年健康饮食指数评估学龄前儿童自带午餐的饮料选择与饮食质量之间的关系。
在 30 个早期儿童照护和教育中心的两天非连续时间内，观察由家长包装的食物。采用三级回归模型，通过从分析中去除饮料的营养成分来控制饮料选择对午餐饮食质量的影响，从而研究午餐的饮食质量。
水果饮料占家长包装午餐的 25%，其次是 100%纯果汁（14%）、牛奶（14%）和风味牛奶（3.7%）。普通牛奶的健康饮食指数-2010 评分最高（59.3），其次是 100%纯果汁（56.9）和风味牛奶（53.2）。含水果饮料的午餐的健康饮食指数-2010 评分最低，为 48.6。在排除饮料的营养成分后，含牛奶和风味牛奶的午餐之间的显著差异仍然存在（+5.5），而含水果饮料和 100%纯果汁的午餐之间的差异则不存在。
饮食质量与所包装的饮料类型有关，当不包括饮料的营养成分来分析午餐时，这些差异仍然存在。
