营养援助计划和儿科体重结果:系统性审查
Dan Ferris1, Genevieve Davison2, Tyler Frank3
1Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Nutrients
|February 13, 2026
概括
联邦营养援助计划 (FNAPs) 与儿童体重结果有着复杂的关系. 证据不支持广泛的不良影响,政策变化可能会改善健康.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
背景情况:
- 美国粮食不安全和儿童肥胖症的同时增加,引发了对营养援助计划的质疑.
- 联邦营养援助计划 (FNAPs) 对许多美国儿童的粮食安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查FNAP参与与儿科体重结果之间的关系的证据.
- 综合有关不同类型的FNAP和政策变化如何影响儿童体重的研究结果.
主要方法:
- 在2024年7月之前发表的基于美国的同行评审研究的系统审查.
- 搜索了六个数据库,寻找评估FNAP参与和儿科体重结果的研究.
- 包括定量和以政策为重点的研究,根据计划类型和研究设计分析结果.
主要成果:
- 包括75项研究;没有一个FNAP持续影响儿童体重. 20项研究显示了有益的关系,32项报告混合发现,16项没有发现任何关联.
- 负面的体重关系在质量较低的研究中更常见. 政策变化,比如"健康无饥饿儿童法案",显示了与体重结果的关联.
- 八项政策评估表明了有利的效果,而九项报告报告了混合的结果.
结论:
- 在FNAP参与和儿科体重之间存在复杂的非因果关系,根据人口,计划和研究设计而异.
- 证据不支持FNAP的广泛负面权重效应.
- 政策中强化营养标准可能会促进儿童更健康的体重结果.
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