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Risk-benefit assessment of cereal-based foods consumed by Portuguese children aged 6 to 36 months : a case study under the RiskBenefit4EU project

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorAssunção, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorBoué, Géraldine
dc.contributor.authorAlvito, Paula
dc.contributor.authorBrazão, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorCarmona, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Catarina
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Carla
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Carla
dc.contributor.authorMembré, Jeanne-Marie
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Sarogini
dc.contributor.authorNabais, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorThomsen, Sofie T.
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Duarte
dc.contributor.authorPires, Sara M.
dc.contributor.authorJakobsen, Lea S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-13T15:31:22Z
dc.date.available2025-10-13T15:31:22Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractCereal-based foods, including breakfast (BC) and infant cereals (IC), are among the first solid foods introduced to infants. BC and IC are sources of macro and micronutrients that have beneficial effects on health, but can also be sources of harmful chemical and microbiological contaminants and nutrients that may lead to adverse health effects at high consumption levels. This study was performed under the RiskBenefit4EU project with the aim of assessing the health impact associated with consumption of BC and IC by Portuguese children under 35 months. Adverse effects associated with the presence of aflatoxins, Bacillus cereus, sodium and free sugars were assessed against the benefits of fiber intake. We applied a risk–benefit assessment approach, and quantified the health impact of changes in consumption of BC and IC from current to various alternative consumption scenarios. Health impact was assessed in terms of disability-adjusted life years. Results showed that moving from the current consumption scenario to considered alternative scenarios results in a gain of healthy life years. Portuguese children can benefit from exchanging intake of IC to BC, if the BC consumed has an adequate nutritional profile in terms of fiber, sodium and free sugars, with levels of aflatoxins reduced as much as possible.eng
dc.identifier.citationAssunção R, Boué G, Alvito P, Brazão R, Carmona P, Carvalho C, Correia D, Fernandes P, Lopes C, Martins C, et al. Risk-Benefit Assessment of Cereal-Based Foods Consumed by Portuguese Children Aged 6 to 36 Months—A Case Study under the RiskBenefit4EU Project. Nutrients. 2021; 13(9):3127. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093127
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu13093127
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/59193
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093127
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectrisk–benefit assessment
dc.subjectcereal-based foods
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectmycotoxins
dc.subjectBacillus cereus
dc.subjectsodium
dc.subjectfiber
dc.subjectfree sugars
dc.titleRisk-benefit assessment of cereal-based foods consumed by Portuguese children aged 6 to 36 months : a case study under the RiskBenefit4EU projecteng
dc.typecontribution to journal
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue9
oaire.citation.startPage3127
oaire.citation.titleNutrients
oaire.citation.volume13
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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