Measuring food provision in Western Australian long day care (LDC) services: a weighed food record method/protocol at a service level.
Childcare
Food provision
Long daycare
Measurement
Nutrition
Study protocol
Journal
Nutrition journal
ISSN: 1475-2891
Titre abrégé: Nutr J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101152213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 07 2019
16 07 2019
Historique:
received:
18
12
2018
accepted:
25
06
2019
entrez:
18
7
2019
pubmed:
18
7
2019
medline:
5
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
There are currently 1.3 million children utilising Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services in Australia. Long day care (LDC), family day care and out of school hours care currently provide this service in different environments. This research reports findings from a LDC perspective. Children can consume 40-67% of their food intake whilst at LDC services, this highlights the importance of monitoring food provision at a service level. There are several methods to measure food provision which typically focus on intake at an individual level. There is limited evidence of measuring food provision accurately at a service level and for young children. Accurate and consistent dietary assessment methods are required to determine compliance with dietary guidelines and to provide rigour for comparison between studies. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 30 LDC services and food provision assessed over two consecutive days. To ensure consistency, trained researchers weighed raw food ingredients used in food preparation at each service. Food and food weights were allocated to food groups to determine average serves of food group provision at morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea per child. All data were entered into Foodworks for dietary analysis and compliance with dietary guidelines was assessed using Wilcoxon signed-rank and one-sample t-tests (SPSS). This paper outlines the process of data collection for the measurement and auditing of food provision and food waste at a service level. There is an urgent need to ensure that food provision at a service level complies with current dietary guidelines and is accurately assessed. Following a standard method of data collection will allow a more accurate comparison between studies and allow change to be monitored more accurately over time to guide decision makers. As this research project is conducted at a service level and not a clinical trial, registration was not required.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
There are currently 1.3 million children utilising Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services in Australia. Long day care (LDC), family day care and out of school hours care currently provide this service in different environments. This research reports findings from a LDC perspective. Children can consume 40-67% of their food intake whilst at LDC services, this highlights the importance of monitoring food provision at a service level. There are several methods to measure food provision which typically focus on intake at an individual level. There is limited evidence of measuring food provision accurately at a service level and for young children. Accurate and consistent dietary assessment methods are required to determine compliance with dietary guidelines and to provide rigour for comparison between studies.
METHODS
Convenience sampling was used to recruit 30 LDC services and food provision assessed over two consecutive days. To ensure consistency, trained researchers weighed raw food ingredients used in food preparation at each service. Food and food weights were allocated to food groups to determine average serves of food group provision at morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea per child. All data were entered into Foodworks for dietary analysis and compliance with dietary guidelines was assessed using Wilcoxon signed-rank and one-sample t-tests (SPSS).
DISCUSSION
This paper outlines the process of data collection for the measurement and auditing of food provision and food waste at a service level. There is an urgent need to ensure that food provision at a service level complies with current dietary guidelines and is accurately assessed. Following a standard method of data collection will allow a more accurate comparison between studies and allow change to be monitored more accurately over time to guide decision makers.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
As this research project is conducted at a service level and not a clinical trial, registration was not required.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31311569
doi: 10.1186/s12937-019-0462-2
pii: 10.1186/s12937-019-0462-2
pmc: PMC6636161
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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