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A nutrition survey of children from one-parent families in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Sylvia J. Darke ,
Molly M. Disselduff  and
G. P. Try
Sylvia J. Darke
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Security, Alexander Fleming House, Elephant and Castle, London SEI 6BY
Molly M. Disselduff
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Security, Alexander Fleming House, Elephant and Castle, London SEI 6BY
G. P. Try
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Security, Alexander Fleming House, Elephant and Castle, London SEI 6BY
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Abstract

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1 A 7 d total dietary record was kept in 1970 by schoolchildren from one-parent families and by a control sample matched for sex and age who were living with both parents. The children were aged, on average, 14.5 years and were from schools in Newcastle upon Tyne. Medical assessments were made within 2 weeks of the dietary study.

2. Mean daily intakes of food energy and most nutrients were significantly larger (P < 0.05) in the fatherless boys compared with the controls. There was no such difference between the corresponding two groups of girls. The quality of the diet, assessed as nutrients/MJ was similar in all four groups.

3. There was no evidence of undernutrition; a few children were considered to be obese. The findings in a period of relative affluence may serve as a baseline for subsequent dietary studies.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , November 1980 , pp. 237 - 241
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1980

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