Abstract

LORIA-KOHEN, Viviana et al. Recommended egg intake in children: past, present, and future. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2022, vol.39, n.spe3, pp.44-51.  Epub Nov 21, 2022. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.04311.

The consumption of high nutritional quality foods is a key for proper growth and development during childhood. This work aimed to review and analyse the current recommended egg intake in children by different national organisations. Likewise, it intended to standardise a procedure to propose new recommendations for this food.

A search of available national online guidelines or recommendations was performed. The Healthy Eating Guide of the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition (SENC), 2018 and the energy requirements of the European Food Safety Authority (2017) for children and adolescents were contemplated, considering a contribution of 15 % of energy as proteins to propose the new recommended egg intake. Two scenarios according to the level of physical activity and three age groups were considered.

Based on the current data and evidence, we believe that egg intake recommendations should be reassessed, proposing broader recommendations, especially for children over 13 years old with average energy requirements as well as children over seven years old who perform high physical activity or are in a brief period of growth. It will contribute to breaking down old myths associated with egg consumption and promote the development of coordinated and updated recommendations.

Keywords : Egg; Recommendation; Proteins; Guides.

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