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[Antioxidant vitamin intake in obese children]

Katalin Török1, Dóra Járai, Noémi Szalay

  • 1Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, Gyermekklinika.

Orvosi Hetilap
|April 2, 2003
PubMed

Insights

Obese children do not have lower dietary antioxidant vitamin intake than nonobese children. This suggests that increased vitamin expenditure or entrapment in adipose tissue, not diet, explains lower vitamin levels in obese youth.

Area of Science:

  • Nutrition Science
  • Pediatric Health
  • Oxidative Stress Research

Background:

  • Obesity is linked to increased oxidative stress.
  • Antioxidant vitamins are crucial for combating oxidative stress.
  • Previous studies indicated lower serum levels of antioxidant vitamins in obese children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate dietary antioxidant vitamin intake in obese versus nonobese children.
  • To determine if reduced dietary intake explains lower antioxidant vitamin levels in obese youth.

Main Methods:

  • Study included 97 obese and 46 nonobese children.
  • Anthropometric measurements were taken.
  • A 3-day self-reported food intake was analyzed using NutriComp software.

Main Results:

  • No significant difference in antioxidant vitamin intake was observed between obese and nonobese children.
  • Dietary intake did not appear to be the cause of lower serum antioxidant vitamin concentrations in obese children.

Conclusions:

  • Dietary intake does not explain the reduced serum concentrations of antioxidant vitamins in obese children.
  • Increased expenditure of antioxidant vitamins or their entrapment within adipose tissues are potential explanations for lower levels in obese children.
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