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Application of the WHO nutrient profile model on food product data recorded for the Austrian project “Food in the Spotlight”
- Bettina Meidlinger, Christian Luipersbeck, Melanie U. Bruckmüller, Birgit Dieminger-Schnürch, Bernadette Bürger-Schwaninger, Stefan Spitzbart, Karin Schindler, Klemens Fuchs, Alexandra Wolf-Spitzer
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- Proceedings of the Nutrition Society / Volume 79 / Issue OCE2 / 2020
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- 10 June 2020, E563
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Introduction:
Children are exposed to marketing of foods with a high content of energy, fat, sugar and salt on a daily basis, which can have negative consequences via increasing children's preferences for those foods. An unhealthy diet can promote obesity and other noncommunicable diseases. The objective of this scientific work was to assess the applicability of the nutrient profile model (NPM) for food products available in the Austrian market. The model was developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe to reduce the impact of marketing to children.
Material and Methods:The NPM was applied to food product information, which was recorded for the project “Food in the Spotlight” (www.lebensmittellupe.at). Food products were assigned to food categories made by the WHO and the NPM was applied to identify products, which should not be allowed to be marketed to children. As the WHO NPM is flexible and can be adapted to the national context possible adaptations of the model to the Austrian market were developed.
Results:Among those product groups which were included in Food in the Spotlight 0% of cocoa (n = 89), milk drinks with additional ingredients (e.g. strawberry milk, n = 111), soup pearl croutons (n = 13), ketchups (n = 79) and pestos (n = 119), 0.4% of soft drinks (Cola, lemonade etc., n = 454), 8% of pizza and pizza-like products (n = 274), 13% of yoghurt products with additional ingredients (n = 611), 18% of sugos (n = 193), 28% of fruit and vegetable purees (n = 36) and 33% of breakfast cereals (n = 678) were found to be eligible for marketing to children. Those 0.4% of soft drinks which would be allowed are two waters flavoured with aroma. Pure products such as whole milk and yoghurts with 3.5% fat would not be allowed because they exceed the thresholds for total fat. For those products with a packaging appealing to children and adolescents almost none passed the NPM.
Conclusion:Our results showed, that before the NPM can be implemented in Austria, it is important to adapt the model to national dietary guidelines. Additionally, food categories could be modified to be more suitable for the Austrian market, as some products which are common in Austria could not be easily assigned to the WHO food categories. To adapt the WHO NPM to the national context cooperation between health experts and food manufacturers is necessary.
Study on “Breastfeeding behavior, infant and child nutrition in Austria” (Sukie)
- Bernadette Bürger-Schwaninger, Alexandra Wolf-Spitzer, Tanja Tripolt, Adelheid Weber, Karin Schindler
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- Proceedings of the Nutrition Society / Volume 79 / Issue OCE2 / 2020
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- 10 June 2020, E341
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Introduction
Early childhood nutrition including breastfeeding contributes to child health as well as the prevention of obesity. This study consists of a representative and prospective data recording of breastfeeding and infant nutrition within the first year of life. It also includes a longitudinal survey of the structure of Austrian maternity wards as well as the quality of consultation provided in them.
Materials and MethodsIn a first step, this study used a questionnaire to assess the structure and quality of consultation as well as the setting of maternity wards.
Postpartum women in all of Austria were eligible for participation. Inclusion criteria for participants were delivery during the recruitment period (1st February to 31st March 2019) and aged 18 or above. Excluded were mothers whose newborns were transferred to intensive care. The assessment of breastfeeding behavior and infant nutrition is performed via online questionnaire, including the WHO indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices, for mothers at 4 points of time (14 days, 4, 6 and 12 months postpartum). Additionally, data on factors influencing breastfeeding such as the mindset, information provided on breastfeeding and infant nutrition, help with problems regarding breastfeeding as well as sociodemographic parameters will be collected. To make data recording as simple and easily accessible for mothers, questionnaire is available via mobile application. Arabic and Turkish versions of the questionnaire are available for women with migration background. Maternity wards with the highest amount of monthly deliveries were offered fieldworkers to support with recruitment.
ResultsFrom the 79 maternity wards existing in Austria at study start, all were contacted and 81% (n = 64) agreed to participate in the study. 83% of the included maternity wards completed the questionnaire on the setting. Currently 1653 mothers confirmed their participation and 74% of the sample completed the first questionnaire that was sent out 14 days after delivery. Provisional analysis showed that 96.7% (n = 1025) of participants attempted to breastfeed their newborns. Results of the midway analysis will be available in September 2019.
DiscussionThe results of the present study will allow us to assess the efficiency of past actions on breastfeeding promotion in Austria and create the scientific basis for future improvements for child nutrition and child health. Additional insights on possible implications of this study will be attained after midway analysis.