School Children's Salt Intake Is Correlated with Salty Taste Preference Assessed by Their Mothers

• Matsuzuki Hiroe

  Faculty of Home Economics, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine

• Muto Takashi

  Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine

• Haruyama Yasuo

  Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine

抄録

Salt intake in childhood is a risk factor for developing hypertension later in life. As health education for children to decrease salt intake, it is important for them to know the relationship between salty taste preference and salt intake. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between children's salty taste preference and their salt intake. We employed a cross-sectional study design, and the subjects were 199 elementary school children (5th or 6th grade) and their mothers. The amount of salt intake was estimated by the amount of urinary sodium excretion. Children's salty taste preference was assessed 1) by asking children about their own salty taste preference as well as measuring their threshold level of salty taste, and 2) by their mothers' observation of their salt intake behavior using a questionnaire. The salt intake and salt taste threshold of children who liked a salty taste were similar to those in children who disliked it. No association was found between the threshold level of salty taste and sodium intake. Regarding the relationship between children's salt intake and their salt intake behavior score, assessed by their mothers using a questionnaire, the high score group had a higher estimated salt intake than the low score group. In conclusion, children's salt intake may be accurately assessed by their mother's observation rather than children's own salty taste preference. This study suggests the importance of a mother's role in salt restriction education for children.

収録刊行物

• The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

  The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 215 (1), 71-77, 2008

  東北ジャーナル刊行会

キーワード

• salty taste preference
• salt intake
• sodium excretion
• health education
• mothers' roles

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282679217567872
• NII論文ID: 10024167959
• NII書誌ID: AA00863920
• DOI: 10.1620/tjem.215.71
• ISSN: 13493329
• ISSN: 00408727
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tjem/215/1/215_1_71/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2008327170
• 本文言語コード: en
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