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. 2020 Jun 19:94:e202006057.

[Spanish update of the Kidmed questionnaire, a mediterranean diet quality index in children and adolescents]

[Article in Spanish]
Cesare Altavilla  1   2 , José Miguel Comeche  2 , Iris Comino Comino  2 , Pablo Caballero Pérez  2
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[Spanish update of the Kidmed questionnaire, a mediterranean diet quality index in children and adolescents]

[Article in Spanish]
Cesare Altavilla et al. Rev Esp Salud Publica. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Since 2004 the KIDMED questionnaire has been used to evaluate adherence to the mediterranean diet in children and adolescents. During the last decade, there was a paradigm shift about the daily consumption of fruit juice and whole grains. These changes have led to an update of the KIDMED questionnaire in English. We propose an update of the spanish version of the KIDMED questionnaire. We propose deleting 'or fruit juice' from the first question. In the eighth question we propose adding 'whole-grain' to the daily consumption of pasta and rice. In the ninth question, we propose adding 'whole cereals or whole grains' to the consumption of cereals or grain over breakfast. The twelfth question is reformulated as: "Skips breakfast". We propose some modifications to the spanish version KIDMED questionnaire to provide a tool according to the new recommendations for a healthy diet in children and adolescents.

El cuestionario KIDMED ha sido utilizado desde 2004 para evaluar la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea de niños y adolescentes. Desde entonces, ha habido un cambio de paradigma en referencia al consumo diario de zumos de fruta y al consumo de cereales integrales. Proponemos una actualización del cuestionario KIDMED en lengua española. En la primera pregunta se propone quitar la expresión “o un zumo natural”. En la octava pregunta se añade el término “integral” al consumo diario de pasta y arroz. En la novena pregunta se añade el término “integral” al consumo de cereales y derivados en el desayuno. En la duodécima pregunta se propone la siguiente reformulación: “Salta el desayuno”. Con este trabajo se proponen algunas modificaciones al cuestionario KIDMED en lengua española, con el fin de suministrar una herramienta conforme a las nuevas recomendaciones que se han ido implementando en los últimos años para poder considerar si una dieta es correcta en niños y adolescentes.

Keywords: Adherence to the diet; Adolescents; Children; Fruit juice; KIDMED; Mediterranean diet; Questionnaire; Spain; Whole grains.

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Los autores declaran que no existe conflicto de intereses.

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