長期追蹤臺灣不同出生體重兒童 1-10 歲飲食攝取與生長發展

To explore whether dietary nutrient intakes were different in children with different birth weights and how nutrition status affects growth development from 1 to 10 years old. Methods: The newborns were divided into three groups according to the 25th and 75th percentile cut points: relative low birth weight (rLBW), relative adequate birth weight (rABW) and relative high birth weight (rHBW). We collected the 24-hour dietary recalls, anthropometric measures every year by telephone interviews from 1 to 10 years old. Results: From birth to 10 years old, the anthropometric measurements including weight, height and BMI were significantly different (p < 0.05) among the three birth weight groups; the rHBW group was always with highest and the rLBW group with the lowest mean. Although energy per kilogram of body weight and the energy nutrient intakes per kilogram of body weight intake decreased year by year, the protein intake per kilogram of body weight was higher than the recommended dietary allowance (1.8 g/kg at 10 years old). The results showed that energy and nutrient intakes were not significantly different among the three birth weight groups (p > 0.05). In addition, the results found the higher intakes of energy per kilogram of body weight and the energy related nutrients per kilogram of body weight, the body weight, height and BMI were lower at the age of 10 years. Conclusions: Although the birth weight still had influence on body size at 10 years old, this study found that the energy per kilogram of body weight and energy providing nutrients per kilogram of body weight intakes were important indicators of growth status for children.