Nutritional behavior in Italian and immigrant children

Collo, Alessandro; Ferro, Arianna; Belci, Paola; Cerutti, Fránco; Rabbone, Ivana; Ignaccolo, Maria G; Carletto, Giulia; Vallini, Camilla; Cadario, Francesco; Savastio, Silvia; Carrera, Deborah; Gruden, Gabriella; Siliquini, Roberta; Traversi, Deborah; Durazzo, Marilena

doi:10.23736/s0026-4946.19.05654-8

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“…However, differences in obesity prevalence by immigrant status is not fully explained by immigrants having lower SES [18, 19]. Others have indicated that the high prevalence of obesity among immigrant children can be explained, to some or a large extent, by differences in lifestyle, such as screen time, frequent visits to fast food restaurants, high consumption of soft drinks and snacks, low physical activity, alone or in combination with parental SES [3, 5, 6, 18, 21]. Differences in fetal growth by mother’s region of origin [22] and large weight gains in the first months of life have also been highlighted as possible contributors to high prevalence of obesity among immigrant children [20, 23].…”

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“…Most studies from high income countries categorise children by the parents’ country of origin, but do not distinguish between children with and without a migration experience. These studies, which have generally focused on one or a just a few conditions, suggest that children of immigrants are at increased risk of overweight and obesity [3–6], type 1 diabetes [7], vitamin D deficiency [8], skin diseases [9, 10] and tuberculosis [11] compared with other children. The incidence of cancer among children with immigrant background relative to other children varies with the type of cancer, but there are indications of higher mortality [12].…”

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Variation in disease in children according to immigrant background

Kjøllesdal

Labberton

Reneflot

et al. 2021

Scand J Public Health

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Background: A growing proportion of children born in Europe are born to immigrant parents. Knowledge about their health is essential for preventive and curative medicine and health services planning. Objective: To investigate differences in diagnoses given in secondary and tertiary healthcare between Norwegian-born children to immigrant and non-immigrant parents. Methods: Data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, the Norwegian Patient Registry and Statistics Norway were linked by the national personal identification number. The study population included children born in Norway aged 0–10 years between 2008 and 2018 ( N=1,015,267). Diagnostic categories from three main domains of physical health, given in secondary or tertiary care; infections, non-infectious medical conditions and non-infectious neurological conditions were included from 2008 onwards. Hazards of diagnoses by immigrant background were assessed by Cox regressions adjusted for sex and birth year. Results: Children of immigrants generally had higher hazards than children with Norwegian background of some types of infections, obesity, nutrition-related disorders, skin diseases, blood disease and genital disease. Children of immigrants from Africa also had higher hazards of cerebral palsy, cerebrovascular diseases and epilepsy. Conversely, most groups of children of immigrants had lower hazards of acute lower respiratory tract infections, infections of the musculoskeletal system, infections of the central nervous system, diseases of the circulatory system, hearing impairment, immune system disorders, chronic lower respiratory disease and headache conditions. Conclusions: Children of immigrants did not present with overall worse health than children without immigrant background, but the distribution of health problems varied between groups.

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Variation in disease in children according to immigrant background

Kjøllesdal

Labberton

Reneflot

et al. 2021

Scand J Public Health

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“…In Italy, a cohort was established in 2007 to investigate energy and nutrient intakes from a FFQ in 2–10-year-old children from the Lombardy region, in the north of Italy [ 32 ]; two time points were available for the description of dietary habits of primary school children (i.e., 8 and 10 years). Other dietary assessments have been carried out in Italian primary school children using 24-h recalls or dietary records too [ 24 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. Among all the Italian studies, four [ 32 , 34 , 35 , 36 ] compared nutrient intakes with the corresponding Italian Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) [ 38 ].…”

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“…Other dietary assessments have been carried out in Italian primary school children using 24-h recalls or dietary records too [ 24 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. Among all the Italian studies, four [ 32 , 34 , 35 , 36 ] compared nutrient intakes with the corresponding Italian Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) [ 38 ]. The standard approach followed for each nutrient included: 1. comparison of observed mean/median intakes and DRVs; 2. calculation of the percentage of subjects meeting the DRV requirement.…”

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Adherence to Dietary Recommendations of 7-Year-Old Children from a Birth Cohort in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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Few Italian and European studies have assessed adherence to dietary recommendations in primary school children using dietary records. No Italian studies have provided an index-based nutritional adequacy assessment. We provided a comprehensive overview of dietary intake in 381 7-year-old children from NAC-II cohort study, Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy). Energy, macro-, and micronutrient intakes were derived from 3-day dietary records. Standard (median and percentage) and index-based (Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR) and Mean Adequacy Ratio (MAR)) approaches were used to evaluate adequacy to Italian dietary reference values at nutrient- and overall-diet-level. Percentage contribution of macronutrients to energy intake (%En) was unbalanced towards total fats and protein. In 25% of children, total fats intake exceeded the reference intake upper limit. In ~63% of children, protein intake was at least doubled in their child-specific population reference intake. Median intakes of sodium (1.7 g/day), saturated fatty acids (12.2 %En), and soluble carbohydrates (19.4 %En) exceeded the suggested dietary target in most (65–84%) children. Inadequacy was also observed for micronutrients, with median NARs ranging from 0.11 (vitamin D) to 0.90 (zinc). The median MAR was 0.75 (0.69–0.79), with 1 indicating optimal overall dietary intake. In conclusion, the enrolled children showed suboptimal intakes of several macro- and micronutrients, in line with Italian and European studies on primary school children. Based on the current findings, public health interventions may be targeted to specific nutrients or subpopulations.

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Nutritional behavior in Italian and immigrant children

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Variation in disease in children according to immigrant background

Variation in disease in children according to immigrant background

Adherence to Dietary Recommendations of 7-Year-Old Children from a Birth Cohort in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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