The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published its first-ever scientific dietary recommendations for teenagers and older children (aged 9-18) in Ireland.<\/p>\n
A new, key recommendation put forward by the report is that plant-based dairy-replacement foods and beverages are not recommended for teens \u201cas they are not nutritionally equivalent to dairy in terms of key nutrients\u201d such as protein and calcium.<\/p>\n
In cases where dairy cannot be consumed, a calcium-fortified soya beverage represents the best choice for males, and calcium- and iodine-fortified brands are the best choice for females, according to the FSAI.<\/p>\n
Number of servings<\/p>\n
The new guidelines recommend four to five servings per day from the milk, yoghurt and cheese food group to fulfil calcium requirements, with four recommended for sedentary to low-active teens. Five servings per day are recommended for moderately active to very active teens.<\/p>\n
The FSAI noted that teenagers with very high calorie requirements, who are very physically active, may require more servings from this group to meet their energy needs.<\/p>\n
Dairy products are sources of protein, calcium, iodine, vitamin D, zinc and some B vitamins.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the recommendations say that protein powders, shakes and supplementary drinks are not required to meet protein goals. <\/p>\n
\u201cProtein requirements were easily achieved, despite the reduction in the amounts and frequency of meat consumption,\u201d the FSAI states.<\/p>\n
Energy requirements<\/p>\n
The guidelines also highlight that teenagers have high-energy requirements, and carbohydrate foods such as cereals and breads, potatoes, pasta and rice are the most important food group for fuelling physical activity.<\/p>\n
Average requirements can range from six to 10 servings, with requirements reaching up to 13 servings for some adolescents.<\/p>\n
It is also recommended that all teenagers take a vitamin D supplement, with the amount required dependent on the individual\u2019s age, ethnicity and the time of year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published its first-ever scientific dietary recommendations for teenagers and older…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14527,58626,21459,426,31413,241672,103,61,60,43,2682,13448],"class_list":["post-657432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-calcium","tag-cheese","tag-dairy","tag-food","tag-food-safety-authority-of-ireland","tag-hannah-furlong","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-protein","tag-vitamins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}