4-7岁儿童中超加工食品消费与认知功能的关联:一个横截面数据分析
Shun Liu1, Caimei Mo2, Lidi Lei2
1Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Frontiers in nutrition
|October 26, 2023
概括
经常食用糖果和甜的面包制品与中国学龄前儿童的认知分数较低有关. 这凸显了超加工食品对儿童早期发育和智力的潜在风险.
科学领域:
- 儿童营养学 儿童营养学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 食品科学与技术 食品科学与技术
背景情况:
- 含糖饮料 (SSB) 的消费与学龄前儿童的认知功能有关.
- 对其他超加工食品对中国儿童认知功能影响的研究是有限的.
- 超加工食品 (UPF) 在现代饮食中很常见,需要对其影响进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查超加工食品消费与中国学龄前儿童认知功能之间的关系.
- 评估特定的UPF (糖果,甜制品) 对智商 (IQ) 和认知领域的影响.
- 为了确定与频繁的UPF摄入相关的认知缺陷风险.
主要方法:
- 在中国广西,研究了一组325名4-7岁的儿童.
- 使用食物频率问卷 (FFQ) 的家长采访评估了七个UPF的消费.
- 认知功能使用韦克斯勒学前和初级智力量表 (WPPSI-IV) 进行评估.
主要成果:
- 经常食用糖果和甜的面包制品与较低的全尺度智商系数 (FSIQ) 分数相关.
- 糖果消费与认知缺陷风险增加有显著关联.
- 摄入多种UPF (超过两种类型) 的较高摄入量与Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) 评分的下降有关.
结论:
- 经常食用糖果和甜制品等单个UPF可能会对认知功能产生负面影响.
- 多种UPF的消费会导致VCI得分降低,影响幼儿的整体认知能力.
- 这些发现强调了监测和潜在地限制幼儿时期的UPF摄入量对于最佳认知发育的重要性.
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