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A Sodium Loaded Trap? What Should Schools Tell Students About Cheese?

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avondale-bepress.abstract<p>This study evaluates the sodium and calcium content of convenience cheese products available for use in school lunches and the classification of such products using traffic light approaches designed to guide food selection for healthy eating. Thirty-eight convenience cheese products from NSW supermarkets were studied. Nutrition information panels provided sodium content for all products and calcium content for 35 products. It was found that a 40g serve of convenience cheese products can contribute a substantial proportion of children’s calcium Estimated Average Requirements (EARs). However, the accompanying sodium levels create difficulty for keeping daily sodium intake within the Adequate Intake (AI) range for school children of all ages, particularly, younger children (4–8 year olds). Due to the sodium content, many of the cheese products, especially processed cheeses, need to be classified as ‘red’ foods—to be avoided or only eaten occasionally. The categorisation of the convenience cheese products as ‘green’, every day foods, to provide calcium conflicts with messages to choose foods low in sodium when promoting healthy eating.</p>
avondale-bepress.articleid1112
avondale-bepress.authorsRobyn Pearce
avondale-bepress.context-key3470015
avondale-bepress.coverpage-urlhttps://research.avondale.edu.au/teach/vol3/iss2/10
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avondale-bepress.field.custom_citationPearce, R. (2009). A sodium loaded trap? What should schools tell students about cheese? <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 3</em>(2), 46-51. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1112
avondale-bepress.field.doi10.55254/1835-1492.1112
avondale-bepress.field.embargo_date2012-11-14T00:00:00Z
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avondale-bepress.field.publisherAvondale Academic Press
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avondale-bepress.field.short_titleA Sodium Loaded Trap?
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avondale-bepress.keywordsprocessed cheese
avondale-bepress.keywordschesse - calcium and sodium levels
avondale-bepress.keywordsschool lunches
avondale-bepress.keywordsconvenience food
avondale-bepress.keywordschild nutrition
avondale-bepress.keywordschild health promotion
avondale-bepress.keywordsschool canteen guidelines
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avondale-bepress.publication-date2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
avondale-bepress.publication-titleTEACH Journal of Christian Education
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avondale-bepress.submission-date2012-11-14T20:25:38Z
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avondale-bepress.titleA Sodium Loaded Trap? What Should Schools Tell Students About Cheese?
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dc.contributor.authorPearce, Robyn
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:36:34Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:36:34Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.date.submitted2012-11-14T20:25:38Z
dc.description.abstract<p>This study evaluates the sodium and calcium content of convenience cheese products available for use in school lunches and the classification of such products using traffic light approaches designed to guide food selection for healthy eating. Thirty-eight convenience cheese products from NSW supermarkets were studied. Nutrition information panels provided sodium content for all products and calcium content for 35 products. It was found that a 40g serve of convenience cheese products can contribute a substantial proportion of children’s calcium Estimated Average Requirements (EARs). However, the accompanying sodium levels create difficulty for keeping daily sodium intake within the Adequate Intake (AI) range for school children of all ages, particularly, younger children (4–8 year olds). Due to the sodium content, many of the cheese products, especially processed cheeses, need to be classified as ‘red’ foods—to be avoided or only eaten occasionally. The categorisation of the convenience cheese products as ‘green’, every day foods, to provide calcium conflicts with messages to choose foods low in sodium when promoting healthy eating.</p>
dc.identifier.citationPearce, R. (2009). A sodium loaded trap? What should schools tell students about cheese? <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 3</em>(2), 46-51. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1112
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1112
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/03470015
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.publisherAvondale Academic Press
dc.subjectprocessed cheese
dc.subjectchesse - calcium and sodium levels
dc.subjectschool lunches
dc.subjectconvenience food
dc.subjectchild nutrition
dc.subjectchild health promotion
dc.subjectschool canteen guidelines
dc.titleA Sodium Loaded Trap? What Should Schools Tell Students About Cheese?
dc.title.alternativeA Sodium Loaded Trap?
dc.typeJournal Article
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