• Am J Prev Med · Feb 2013

    Causes of increased energy intake among children in the U.S., 1977-2010.

    • Kiyah J Duffey and Barry M Popkin.
    • Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
    • Am J Prev Med. 2013 Feb 1; 44 (2): e1e8e1-8.

    BackgroundChanges in total energy intake have been reported among children and adolescents, but the extent to which the components of total energy-energy density; portion size; and the number of eating/drinking occasions (EO)-drive these changes is unknown.PurposeThe objective of the current study was to examine the relative contribution to changes in daily total energy.MethodsUsing cross-sectional nationally representative data from the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey (1977-1978); the Continuing Survey of Food Intake of Individuals (1989-1991); and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1994-1998 and 2005-2010) for children and adolescents (aged 2-18 years), changes in total energy (kcal/day) were mathematically decomposed to determine the relative contributions of its three component parts: portion size (g/EO); energy density (kcal/g/EO); and eating/drinking occasions (n). Analyses were completed in 2012.ResultsOver the full period, there was an increase in total energy intake (+108 kcal/day) and the number of daily eating/drinking occasions (+1.2). The average portion size per eating/drinking occasion increased between 1977-1978 and 1989-1991, and then dropped by about 85 g/EO between 1989-1991 and 2005-2010. The average energy density per eating/drinking occasion has fluctuated over time, reaching its highest level in 2005-2010 (1.24 kcal/g/EO). The decomposition results show that between 1977-1978 and 2005-2010, changes in the number of eating/drinking occasions per day and portion size per eating occasion were the largest contributors to annualized changes in daily total energy (+19 and -13 kcal/day/year, respectively). Variations in trends were observed for race/ethnicity and parental education subgroups.ConclusionsThese findings highlight potentially important intervention targets for reducing energy imbalances in U.S. youth.Copyright © 2013 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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