Determining children' s food consumption is challenging and requires dietetic methods that provide adequate specificity for describing, but also for quantifying food intake. To help survey respondents indicate food portion sizes, photograph series can be used, but these must be validated in a nationally representative sample of the population. The aim of the present study was to validate photograph series as a portion size measurement aid during dietary assessment of children in Croatia. This study involved 28 mothers of children aged 3 months to 10 years, who were asked to select one of four photographs in a series that best represented the quantity of food served to them. Of the 21 series tested, 17 were found to be appropriate for assessing food portion sizes. Participants were worst at assessing portion sizes of banana (29.3%), porridge (22.8%), hot dogs (20,3%) and plain yoghurt (19.1%). Further studies are needed to determine why these foods are poorly recognized so that photographs can be modified accordingly and validated.

Bolesti srca i krvnih žila glavni su uzrok smrti u Hrvatskoj. Jedan od čimbenika rizika za nastanak kardiovaskularnih bolesti je abdominalna pretilost. U novije vrijeme kao pouzdanija metoda za utvrđivanje te pretilosti primjenjuje se omjer opsega struka i visine, tzv. WHtR kriterij. Prema dosadašnjim istraživanjima problem debljine počinje već od pete godine života. Radovi koji su obuhvaćali i ovu dobnu skupinu primijenili su vrijednosti WHtR ≥ 0,5 kao povišenu za sve dobne skupine i oba spola. No najnovija istraživanja ogra

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neurodevelopmental risk (pulmonary pathology, intracranial haemorrhage) were the cause of death in 15 (19.2%); however, in additional 44 (56.4%) cases causes of death were indirectly associated with neurodevelopmental risk, except 19 (24.4%) deaths caused by congenital malformations.In preterm infants without neurodevelopmental risk factors, the incidence of CS and vaginal delivery were similar. Premature infants with conditions related to neurodevelopmental risk were more frequently delivered by CS as a means to prevent neurological and other impairments and perinatal death.

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