TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of energy intake of infants exclusively fed with infant formulae available on the European market
AU - Pandelova, Marchela E.
AU - Lopez, Walkiria Levy
AU - Kasham, Subrina
AU - Leclercq, Catherine
AU - Piccinelli, Raffaela
AU - Schramm, Karl Werner
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank all CASCADE partners assisting with the information research and shopping of baby food products, namely Ingemar Pongratz, Lars-Arne Haldosen, Nicolas Olea and Jean-Pierre Cravedi. The study was financially supported by the European Union network CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) within the frame of WP19 projects (bread project and babyfood project).
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - The aim of the present study was to assess the total daily energy intake of infants (aged 0-4 months) exclusively fed with infant formulae available on the European Union market. All of the products were identified from the European market share data of the year 2007 covering 22 countries. The calculated daily energy intake based on the instructions labelled on these products was compared with the energy requirements based on World Health Organization recommendations, considering the standard body weight established by the Food and Agriculture Organization. In addition, the daily energy intake was also calculated based on direct measurements of the amount of formulae contained in the spoon provided by the supplier. It was found that the kcal/day intakes provided by the supplier were higher than the values recommended by international organizations. The energy intake values calculated based on the direct spoon measurements were even higher.
AB - The aim of the present study was to assess the total daily energy intake of infants (aged 0-4 months) exclusively fed with infant formulae available on the European Union market. All of the products were identified from the European market share data of the year 2007 covering 22 countries. The calculated daily energy intake based on the instructions labelled on these products was compared with the energy requirements based on World Health Organization recommendations, considering the standard body weight established by the Food and Agriculture Organization. In addition, the daily energy intake was also calculated based on direct measurements of the amount of formulae contained in the spoon provided by the supplier. It was found that the kcal/day intakes provided by the supplier were higher than the values recommended by international organizations. The energy intake values calculated based on the direct spoon measurements were even higher.
KW - Baby food
KW - Energy content
KW - European Union
KW - Infant formulae
KW - Obesity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951457729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09637480903183495
DO - 10.1080/09637480903183495
M3 - Article
C2 - 19757250
AN - SCOPUS:77951457729
SN - 0963-7486
VL - 60
SP - 212
EP - 219
JO - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
JF - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
IS - SUPPL. 5
ER -
