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Dietary fibre and health in children and adolescents

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Edwards, Christine A., Xie, Chengru, Garcia, Ada L.·2015·Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

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The role of dietary fibre in promoting sustained health has been studied for several decades and in adults there is good evidence that diets rich in high-fibre foods reduce the risk of chronic diseases, including CVD and cancer. Research in this area, however, has been hampered by uncertainties about the definition of dietary fibre which has resulted in many studies measuring fibre in different ways. There is also a wide range of properties and actions of different fibres in the human body, depending on their solubility, viscosity and fermentability by the colonic microbiota. This review considers the epidemiological evidence for dietary fibre and health in children and the current dietary recommendations and measured intakes in several countries using national surveys. In children and adolescents, there is a particular lack of relevant research on which to formulate appropriate dietary fibre recommendations and these are often based on extrapolation from adult data. However, children are not little adults and have differing physiology and nutritional needs as they grow. The dietary recommendations in different countries are based on varying premises and daily amounts. Intakes vary from country to country and on the whole do not meet recommendations. Much more research is needed in children to fully understand the impact of dietary fibre on growth and health in the young to allow more appropriate recommendations to be made.

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  • Increased intake of dietary fiber reduces the risk for developing metabolic diseases, possibly by changing gut microbiome composition and diversity with increased production of SCFAs.

    “Further, epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated that increased intake of dietary fiber reduces the risk for developing metabolic diseases (188–190), possibly by changing gut microbiome composition and diversity with increased production of SCFAs (187–189).”

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    The ‘Dietary fibre intake and metabolic syndrome’ section reports an association between higher fibre intake and lower metabolic-syndrome risk in two cross-sectional studies of US adolescents, but calls the evidence limited; it does not establish that increased intake prevents metabolic diseases generally. The introductory discussion says some fibre effects may be mediated by colonic SCFA production, but does not establish the claimed changes in gut-microbiome composition or diversity as the mechanism. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. [17]17. Edwards CA (1995) The physiological effects of dietary fibre. In Dietary Fibre, pp. 58-71 [
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Authors
Edwards, C. A., Xie, C., & Garcia, A. L.
Affiliations
University of Glasgow (GB)
Corresponding author
Edwards, Christine A.
Venue
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Published
2015-07-17
Volume
74
Issue
3
Pages
292-302
ISSN
  • 0029-6651 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2719
OpenAlex
W2139365340
Cited by
59
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6
FWCI
0.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Food composition and properties
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
dietary fiber, children, adolescents, fibre intake, fiber solubility, colonic fermentation, chronic disease prevention, growth, paediatric nutrition
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child Development, Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Diet, Dietary Fiber, Health Promotion, Health Surveys, Humans, Recommended Dietary Allowances

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