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luation of the nutrient profiles of foods targeting children posterji | poster presentations
Nina Križnik1, Petra Ožbolt1, Gašper Klemenčič2, Nika Kremić3
1 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Slovene Consumers' Association, Frankopanska ulica 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
With their products and product presentation, food industry has a significant
impact on people's eating habits. Children are a particularly vulnerable group,
as they are often encouraged by food industry to buy and eat food with an un-
healthy nutritional profile. In our study we have analysed the nutritional profile
of randomly selected foods targeting children with packaging, from nine nutri-
tional categories. The nutritional profile of each individual foodstuff was as-
sessed using Nutritional Guidelines to form codes of conduct in protecting chil-
dren against inappropriate advertising and traffic light labelling. Results showed
that less than a fifth of the examined food products are suitable for children's
diet according to the guidelines. Only foods from four categories, which in-
cludes nine meat products, four products from a group of cheeses, two bev-
erages and one dairy spread could be promoted. Our research therefor con-
cludes that mainly foods with high content of sugar, fat or salt (red light on a
traffic light), are targeted to children and are therefore not suitable for daily
consumption. We believe that described problem could be resolved by socially
more responsible behaviour of the industry and by improvement of nutritional
literacy of children and their parents.
Keywords: children, nutritional profile, children’s diet, food industry
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Nina Križnik1, Petra Ožbolt1, Gašper Klemenčič2, Nika Kremić3
1 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Slovene Consumers' Association, Frankopanska ulica 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
With their products and product presentation, food industry has a significant
impact on people's eating habits. Children are a particularly vulnerable group,
as they are often encouraged by food industry to buy and eat food with an un-
healthy nutritional profile. In our study we have analysed the nutritional profile
of randomly selected foods targeting children with packaging, from nine nutri-
tional categories. The nutritional profile of each individual foodstuff was as-
sessed using Nutritional Guidelines to form codes of conduct in protecting chil-
dren against inappropriate advertising and traffic light labelling. Results showed
that less than a fifth of the examined food products are suitable for children's
diet according to the guidelines. Only foods from four categories, which in-
cludes nine meat products, four products from a group of cheeses, two bev-
erages and one dairy spread could be promoted. Our research therefor con-
cludes that mainly foods with high content of sugar, fat or salt (red light on a
traffic light), are targeted to children and are therefore not suitable for daily
consumption. We believe that described problem could be resolved by socially
more responsible behaviour of the industry and by improvement of nutritional
literacy of children and their parents.
Keywords: children, nutritional profile, children’s diet, food industry
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