Data Collections:
- 24-hour dietary recalls with questionnaires on child eating behavior, parents’ feeding practices, etc.
Key Findings:
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Children’s food preferences (% of surveyed children) [top 2 items] |
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Parents’ feeding behavior |
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Authors’ Conclusions:
- The study showed that diet quality among children in Hong Kong needs improvement, and the results may be useful to develop nutrition interventions for improving children’s diet quality
WYE-EM-050-MAR-17
Yip PS, et al. Diet quality and eating behavioral patterns in preschool children in Hong Kong. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2017;26(2):298-307. Link to PubMed