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Do Preschools Offer Healthy Beverages to Children? A Nationwide Study in Poland

Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak1, Anna Harton2

  • 1Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS), 159C Nowoursynowska Str., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland. joanna_myszkowska_ryciak@sggw.pl.

Nutrients
|October 27, 2017
PubMed

Insights

Many Polish preschools serve unhealthy beverages like sweetened cocoa and compote, contributing to excess sugar intake in children. Nutrition education and regulations are needed to improve children's diets in day care centers (DCCs).

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Public Health
  • Dietary Habits

Background:

  • Rising childhood obesity rates highlight the importance of children's beverage consumption.
  • Day care centers (DCCs) are critical environments where children consume a significant portion of their daily intake.
  • Understanding beverage practices in preschools is vital for addressing dietary health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the types of beverages offered to children in Polish preschools.
  • To evaluate the common practices of adding sugar and sweeteners to these beverages.
  • To inform potential interventions for healthier children's diets.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted direct interviews with preschool staff using a detailed questionnaire.
  • Analyzed 10-day menus and inventory reports for beverage verification.
  • Included 720 preschools in the study sample.

Main Results:

  • Cocoa, milk coffee substitute, and compote were widely served (95%, 92%).
  • Sugar was commonly added to tea, cocoa, coffee substitute (86%), and compote (74%).
  • Water was the primary beverage offered between meals in 93% of DCCs.

Conclusions:

  • Most preschools offer beverages not recommended for children's health.
  • The prevalent sweetening of drinks significantly increases added sugar intake.
  • Urgent need for nutrition education and regulatory changes in preschool beverage offerings.
Abstract

Keywords:
beveragesdietary preventionnutrition recommendationpreschoolpreschool childrensugars

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