减少包装食品和饮料中的糖分有助于保护儿童未来的健康。需要明确的方法来开发可行但有影响力的降糖计划目标。
概述开发程序目标的方法,20%,儿童通常食用的包装食品和饮料的总糖含量。新西兰(NZ)被用作案例研究。
糖含量和包装尺寸目标是使用英国糖和盐减少计划提供的6步过程开发的。使用国家饮食调查数据确定了对儿童总糖摄入量贡献≥2%的食物组。消耗量,含糖量,和包装大小是从与包装食品成分数据库链接的家庭面板数据中获得的。特定类别的目标设定为根据可行性调整后的销售加权手段减少20%,即,已经达到目标的产品有1/3,并与现有的对齐,相关目标。
22种食物被确定为新西兰儿童总糖摄入量的主要贡献者。为了达到目标,糖含量和包装尺寸所需的平均减少量为5.2g/100g/mL(26%)和61.2g/mL/包(23%),分别。已经达到糖目标的产品百分比范围从电解质饮料和调味牛奶的14%到谷物棒的50%,包装尺寸目标的合规性范围从巧克力糖果的32%到果汁和饮料的62%。如果达到食糖和包装尺寸目标,估计每年家庭食糖购买量的减少量分别为1459克(23%)和286克(6%)。分别。
介绍了糖和包装尺寸减小目标的开发方法,提供一个强大的,各国遵循的循序渐进的过程。案例研究的结果为新西兰潜在的国家降糖计划提供了建议的基准。
Reducing sugar in packaged foods and beverages could help protect children\'s future health. Clear methods for the development of feasible yet impactful sugar reduction program targets are needed.
To outline methods for the development of program targets that would reduce, by 20%, the total sugar content of packaged foods and beverages commonly consumed by children. New Zealand (NZ) is used as a
case study.
Sugar content and pack size targets were developed using a 6-step process informed by the UK sugar and salt reduction programs. Food groups contributing ≥2% to children\'s total sugar intake were identified using national dietary survey data. Consumption volume, sugar content, and pack size were obtained from household panel data linked with a packaged food composition database. Category-specific targets were set as 20% reductions in sales-weighted means adjusted for feasibility, i.e., ∼1/3 of products already meeting the target, and alignment with existing, relevant targets.
Twenty-two food groups were identified as major contributors to NZ children\'s total sugar intake. Mean reductions required in sugar content and pack size to meet the targets were 5.2 g per 100 g/mL (26%) and 61.2 g/mL/pack (23%), respectively. The percentage of products already meeting the sugar targets ranged from 14% for electrolyte drinks and flavored dairy milk to 50% for cereal bars, and for pack size targets compliance ranged from 32% for chocolate confectionary to 62% for fruit juices and drinks. Estimated reductions in annual household sugar purchases if the sugar and pack size targets were met were 1459 g (23%) and 286 g (6%), respectively.
Methods for the development of sugar and pack size reduction targets are presented, providing a robust, step-by-step process for countries to follow. The results of the
case study provide a suggested benchmark for a potential national sugar reduction program in NZ.