Clinical Nutrition Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, P.O. Box 344, Madinah 42353, Saudi Arabia.
Nutrients. 2021 Dec 9;13(12):4403. doi: 10.3390/nu13124403.
Research addressing factors related to free sugar (FS) consumption among children in Saudi Arabia is lacking. We aimed to evaluate maternal knowledge, attitude, and practices toward FS and the associations with children's intake of FS. This cross-sectional study included 424 Saudi children aged 6-12 years and their mothers. Data related to maternal knowledge, attitude, and practices were collected using an online survey. Data concerning children's habitual intake of FS were collected through phone interviews using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Limited knowledge on FS was observed among mothers of children [median 7.00 [interquartile range 6.00-8.00] out of 11.0. Maternal knowledge was not correlated with maternal attitude or practices toward FS. Maternal knowledge towards FS did not predict children's intake of FS, whereas maternal attitude and practices toward limiting the consumption of FS predicted lower intake of FS among Saudi children, particularly the FS consumed from solid food sources (B: -5.73 [95% confidence interval (CI): -9.79 to -1.66]) and (B: -6.85 [95% CI: -11.9 to -1.80]), respectively. Despite the limited knowledge pertaining to FS among mothers in Saudi Arabia, they were making efforts to limit their children's consumption of FS.
针对沙特阿拉伯儿童中与游离糖（FS）消费相关因素的研究较少。我们旨在评估母亲对 FS 的知识、态度和实践及其与儿童 FS 摄入量的关联。本横断面研究纳入了 424 名年龄在 6-12 岁的沙特儿童及其母亲。使用在线调查收集了与母亲的知识、态度和实践相关的数据。通过使用经过验证的食物频率问卷对儿童习惯性摄入 FS 的情况进行了电话访谈。研究发现，儿童的母亲对 FS 的了解有限[中位数 7.00（四分位距 6.00-8.00），满分 11.0]。母亲对 FS 的了解与对 FS 的态度或实践无关。母亲对 FS 的了解并不能预测儿童的 FS 摄入量，而母亲对限制 FS 消费的态度和实践则可预测沙特儿童的 FS 摄入量较低，尤其是从固体食物来源摄入的 FS（B：-5.73 [95%置信区间（CI）：-9.79 至-1.66]）和（B：-6.85 [95% CI：-11.9 至-1.80]）。尽管沙特阿拉伯的母亲对 FS 的了解有限，但她们仍在努力限制孩子对 FS 的摄入。
