1. Association of Added Sugars Intake with Micronutrient Adequacy in US Children and Adolescents: NHANES 2009-2014
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Victor L. Fulgoni, Loretta DiFrancesco, P. Courtney Gaine, Maria O. Scott, and Laurie Ricciuto
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Vitamin ,Calorie ,National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ,Population ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,micronutrient intake ,Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiologic Mechanisms ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Animal science ,Nutrient ,children ,Threshold effect ,Vitamin D and neurology ,Medicine ,NHANES ,adolescents ,education ,Original Research ,education.field_of_study ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,added sugars ,micronutrient adequacy ,Micronutrient ,chemistry ,business ,Food Science - Abstract
Background A concern about the excessive consumption of added sugars is the potential for micronutrient dilution, particularly in children and adolescents; however, the evidence is inconsistent. Objective We examined the associations between added sugars intake and micronutrient adequacy in US children and adolescents using data from NHANES 2009–2014. Methods Children and adolescents aged 2–18 (n = 7754), 2–8 (n = 3423), and 9–18 y (n = 4331) were assigned to deciles of added sugars intake based on the average of 2 d of dietary recall. Usual intake of micronutrients was determined using 2 dietary recalls and the National Cancer Institute method. Within each age group, regression analyses were used to assess the relationship between added sugars intake decile and percentage of the population below the estimated average requirements (EARs) for 17 micronutrients. Results Deciles of added sugars intake (percentage of calories) ranged from 22.8 among children and adolescents aged 2–18 y, with a median intake of 13.3% of calories. Significant positive associations (P
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- 2019