Nutritional quality of a selection of children’s packaged food available in Australia

Nina Meloncelli; Fiona Pelly; Sheri Cooper

doi:10.1111/1747-0080.12231

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Nutritional quality of a selection of children’s packaged food available in Australia

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Nutritional quality of a selection of children’s packaged food available in Australia

Nina Meloncelli, Fiona Pelly and Sheri Cooper

Nutrition & dietetics, Vol.73(1), pp.88-94

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12231

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Abstract

food composition

guidelines

nutrient profiling

nutritional quality

obesity

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

Aim: To assess the nutritional quality of a selection of children's packaged food products available in Australiansupermarkets that were not clear discretionary choices.Methods: Packaged food products targeted towards children were purchased from three Australian regionalsupermarkets in July 2013. Products that made reference to a core food group ingredient on the product label or didnot meet the criteria of a discretionary food were included for analysis. Two methods were used to assess thenutritional quality of the products. These methods involved the Food Standards Australia New Zealand nutrientproï¬ling scoring criterion and a core food group method developed by the researchers. Nutrient composition andingredients were obtained from the product labels. Products were classiï¬ed as 'healthy' or 'less healthy' and the levelof agreement between the two methods was compared.Results: Of the 156 children's food products assessed, 62.2% (n = 97) were classiï¬ed as 'less healthy' using theFood Standards Australia New Zealand nutrient proï¬ling scoring criterion. Using the alternative core food groupingmethod 66.7% (n = 104) of products surveyed were classiï¬ed as 'less healthy'.Conclusions: Many children's food products available in Australian supermarkets should be considered discretion-ary choices.

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Title: Nutritional quality of a selection of children’s packaged food available in Australia
Authors: Nina Meloncelli (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Fiona Pelly (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Sheri Cooper (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Nutrition & dietetics, Vol.73(1), pp.88-94
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12231
ISSN: 1446-6368
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449310802621
Output Type: Journal article

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