Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July | Volume: 7 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 364-370
The Contribution of Food Taken at-Home and Away-from-Home to Children’s Diet and Nutrition
MdShahedul Islam1, Oumma Halima1, Nahian Rahman1, Md. Sayedul Islam2, Fariya Monir Tonni1, Mst. Umme Habiba3
1Department of Food Technology & Nutrition Science, Noakhali Science & Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh.
2Department of Microbiology & Public Health, Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman Agricultural University,Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh.
3Department of Environmental Science and Technology, JashoreUniversity of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh.
Corresponding Author: Oumma Halima
ABSTRACT
Recent studies have started to pay attention on several factors on the eating habits of children with the increasing concern of childhood nutritional status. Research has shown that eating habits for children are increasingly affected by advances in science and technology, changes in lifestyle, dietary transformation, and vice versa. Children are more likely to eat available and easily accessible foods, and they generally tend to eat huge quantity whilst larger portions are given. The objectives of this study were to illustrate the contribution of at-home and away-from-home food intake to the diet and nutrition of children as well as their scenario of intake by children and comparative nutritional quality. By following proper criteria, applicable secondary data, and records from extraordinary electronic databases have been included in this paper for accomplishing the review article. According to the aforementioned literature, the majority of children's daily energy demands are provided by the food taken at home and this form of food also contributes to most children's macro-nutrient and micro-nutrient requirements. Yet, away-from-home food intake is rising every day around the world. Away-from-home foods have been reported to be of lower nutritional quality and greater portion sizes compared with other home-made foods. The results of the study suggest that out-of-home foods tend to have high energy density; other findings of the study indicate that out-of-home foods can be a source of staple foods as well as snack-type foods and sugar-sweetened beverages. As the children's eating behavior changes smoothly, an appropriate study should be carried on food taken at home and away from home to cover the correct diet and nutrition for the children.
Keywords: At-home eaten food; away-from-home food; child diet; child nutrition
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