Estimación de la ingesta diaria de carotenoides en adolescentes españoles (10-17 años)

Zusammenfassung

Background: Carotenoids are liposoluble molecules responsible for the color of plant foods that have been attributed important beneficial effects for health. Of all the carotenoids found in the diet, only 6 of them, lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene, a-carotene, ß-carotene and ß-cryptoxanthin, are the most consumed in the diet. The objective of this study was to quantify the intake of carotenoids in Spanish children aged 10 to 17 years. Methods: We selected foods consumed by Spaniards collected in the national survey of food consumption of the child and adolescent population (ENALIA) published by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition of 2017. As a basis for effective theoretical estimation of the national average intake of carotenoids has been employed the Spanish carotenoid database Results: The average intake of total carotenoids per day and person was 6074.3 µg / day, the carotenoid being the most ingested lycopene followed by ß-carotene, ß-cryptoxanthin, lutein, a-carotene and zeaxanthin. Conclusions: Comparing this value with those obtained by other authors it can be affirmed that Spanish children ingest a greater amount of carotenoids in their diet than those of other countries in the Mediterranean count.