Cox David N, Baird Danielle L, Rebuli Megan A, Hendrie Gilly A, Poelman Astrid Am
CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Adelaide, SA5000, Australia.
CSIRO Food and Agriculture, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
Public Health Nutr. 2021 Feb 23;25(5):1-12. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021000847.
Consumption is driven by children's sensory acceptance, but little is known about the sensory characteristics of vegetables that children commonly eat. A greater understanding could help design more effective interventions to help raise intakes, thus realising beneficial health effects. This study sought to: (1) Understand the vegetable consumption patterns in children, with and without potatoes, using the Australian and WHO definitions. (2) Describe the sensory characteristics of vegetables consumed by children by age group, level of intake and variety. (3) Determine the vegetable preferences of children, by age group, level of intake and variety.
Analysis of National Nutrition Survey data, combining reported vegetable intake with sensory characteristics described by a trained panel.
Australia.
A nationally representative sample of Australian children and adolescents aged 2-17·9 years (n 2812).
While consumption increased in older age groups, variety remained constant. Greater variety, however, was associated with higher vegetable consumption. Potato intake increased with consumption, contributing over one-third of total vegetable intake for highest vegetable consumption and for older age groups. Children favoured relatively sweet vegetables and reported lower consumption of bitter vegetables. There were no differences in the sensory properties of vegetables consumed by children in different age groups. After potatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, mixtures, fruiting and cruciferous types were preferred vegetables.
Children tend to prefer vegetables with sensory characteristics consistent with innate taste preferences (sweet and low bitterness). Increasing exposure to a variety of vegetables may help increase the persistently low vegetable consumption patterns of children.
消费受儿童感官接受度驱动，但对于儿童常吃蔬菜的感官特性知之甚少。更深入的了解有助于设计更有效的干预措施来提高摄入量，从而实现有益的健康效果。本研究旨在：（1）采用澳大利亚和世界卫生组织的定义，了解有或没有土豆的情况下儿童的蔬菜消费模式。（2）按年龄组、摄入量水平和品种描述儿童食用蔬菜的感官特性。（3）按年龄组、摄入量水平和品种确定儿童对蔬菜的偏好。
对全国营养调查数据进行分析，将报告的蔬菜摄入量与经过培训的小组描述的感官特性相结合。
澳大利亚。
2至17.9岁的澳大利亚儿童和青少年的全国代表性样本（n = 2812）。
虽然年龄较大的年龄组蔬菜摄入量增加，但品种保持不变。然而，更多样化与更高的蔬菜消费量相关。土豆摄入量随消费量增加，在蔬菜消费量最高的人群和年龄较大的年龄组中，土豆占蔬菜总摄入量的三分之一以上。儿童偏爱相对甜的蔬菜，且报告称苦味蔬菜的消费量较低。不同年龄组儿童食用蔬菜的感官特性没有差异。除土豆外，胡萝卜、甜玉米、混合蔬菜、果实类和十字花科蔬菜是较受喜爱的蔬菜。
儿童往往偏爱具有与先天口味偏好（甜和低苦味）一致的感官特性的蔬菜。增加对各种蔬菜的接触可能有助于改变儿童长期以来较低的蔬菜消费模式。
