Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:500

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX500

Authors:
Capdevila Muñoz, Francesca

Abstract:
OF THE THESIS ENTITLED: DYNAMICS OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE ENERGY INTAKE ALONG THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF LIFE. Francesca Capdevila Muñoz Objectives: To describe which are the changes in energy intake, energy density and food volume that take place in a healthy population, according to age and sex, and to determine the relative role of energy density and food volume in the achievement of the energy intake which is necessary in each stage of life. We also try to see whether the dynamics established between these two factors is comparable between two populations of different genetic, social and cultural characteristics, like the children from Reus (Spain) and the ones from Guadalajara (Mexico).Material and methods: Project that consists of three observational, cross-sectional and prospective studies. A) Study of the food and nutritional intake in a group of 120 children during the dietary diversification age (4 to 12 months old). B) Study of the food and nutritional intake in a sample of the Reus population, aged from 1 to 98 years old. C) Comparison of the food and nutritional intake of a sample of 1 to 4 year-old Mexican children with a sample of the Reus population of the same ages. In the three studies, from the data obtained by means of 24-hour recalls, the mean intakes of the different food groups were calculated and the values of daily energy intake (kcal/day) and macronutrients (g/day of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) were quantified.We also calculated the food volume, the dietary energy density, the percentage of total energy provided by each macronutrient, the energy intake per kg of body weight and the food volume per kg of body weight. Results and conclusions: From infancy to the end of puberty there is a progressive increase of the energy intake, the food vo