Pourmirzaiee Mohammad Ali, Chehrazi Samaneh, Heidari-Beni Motahar, Kelishadi Roya
Department of Pediatrics, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Nutrition, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Adv Biomed Res. 2018 Aug 29;7:120. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_77_18. eCollection 2018.
The aim of the study was to compare the serum zinc level and eating behaviors in 2-8-year-old children with and without arbitrarily zinc supplementation.
This case-control study was conducted from December 2015 to December 2017 in Isfahan, Iran. The case group consisted of seventy children, aged 2-8 years, who have received zinc supplement without physician prescription; the controls were an equal number of age-matched children who did not receive any supplement. The serum zinc level was measured, and eating behaviors were identified using Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ).
There was no significant difference in serum zinc level between two groups ( = 0.18). Some differences in CEBQ subscales were identified between the groups studied. In the control group, the subscale of enjoyment of food was higher than the case group ( < 0.001). In the case group, the subscales of food fussiness and satiety responsiveness were higher than controls ( < 0.001).
In this study, serum zinc levels were not significantly different between the two groups, and arbitrarily zinc supplementation does not play an important role in improving anorexia subscales.
本研究旨在比较随意补锌和未补锌的2至8岁儿童的血清锌水平及饮食行为。
本病例对照研究于2015年12月至2017年12月在伊朗伊斯法罕进行。病例组由70名2至8岁在无医生处方情况下接受补锌的儿童组成；对照组为同等数量年龄匹配且未接受任何补充剂的儿童。测量血清锌水平，并使用儿童饮食行为问卷（CEBQ）确定饮食行为。
两组之间血清锌水平无显著差异（P = 0.18）。在研究的组间CEBQ分量表中发现了一些差异。在对照组中，食物享受分量表高于病例组（P < 0.001）。在病例组中，食物挑剔和饱腹感反应分量表高于对照组（P < 0.001）。
在本研究中，两组之间血清锌水平无显著差异，随意补锌在改善厌食分量表方面未发挥重要作用。
