Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Nutrients. 2021 Jun 30;13(7):2265. doi: 10.3390/nu13072265.
Concerns have been raised that an overconsumption of baby food fruit pouches among toddlers might increase the risk of childhood obesity. This study aimed to quantify the consumption of fruit pouches and other fruit containing food products and to explore potential correlations between the consumption of these products and body-mass index -score (BMIz) at 18 months, taking other predictive factors into consideration. The study was based on 1499 children and one-month-recall food frequency questionnaires from the Swedish population-based birth cohort NorthPop. Anthropometric outcome data were retrieved from child health care records. BMIz at 18 months of age was correlated to maternal BMI and gestational weight gain and inversely correlated to fruit juice consumption and breastfeeding. BMIz at 18 months of age was not correlated to consumption of fruit pouches, sugar-sweetened beverages, whole fruit or milk cereal drink. Overweight at 18 months of age was correlated to maternal BMI and inversely correlated to breastfeeding duration. To our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates possible associations between baby food fruit pouch consumption and overweight in toddlers. We found that moderate fruit pouch consumption is not associated with excess weight at 18 months of age.
人们担心幼儿过度食用婴儿食品果泥可能会增加儿童肥胖的风险。本研究旨在定量分析果泥和其他含水果的食品的食用情况，并探讨在考虑其他预测因素的情况下，这些产品的食用与 18 个月时体重指数得分（BMIz）之间的潜在相关性。该研究基于瑞典基于人群的出生队列 NorthPop 的 1499 名儿童和一个月回顾性食物频率调查问卷。人体测量结果数据从儿童保健记录中检索得出。18 个月时的 BMIz 与母亲 BMI 和孕期体重增加呈正相关，与果汁摄入和母乳喂养呈负相关。18 个月时的 BMIz 与食用果泥、含糖饮料、完整水果或牛奶谷物饮料无关。18 个月时超重与母亲 BMI 呈正相关，与母乳喂养时间呈负相关。据我们所知，这是第一项研究婴儿食品果泥食用与幼儿超重之间可能存在关联的研究。我们发现，适度食用果泥与 18 个月时的超重无关。
