The Role of Black Tea and Berbere-spiced Food Consumption on Appetite and Energy Intake of Pre-school Children in an Orphanage in Addis Ababa
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa,University
Abstract
The effect of drinking habitual concentration of black tea or habitual consumption of red
pepper on appetite and food intake of children remains unknown.
The obwctive of this study was to determine the role of habitually consumed bl<lck tea or
berbefc -spiced food on the appetite and energy intake of children less than five years of aBf' in
an orph<lnage in Ethiopia.
With•in subject crossover design was used to which 21 preschool children (24- 54 months)
PiHticipated. The effect of black tea or berbere-spiced food on energy intake and appetite was
investigated by evaluating intake of the test meats. Anthropometric measurements, caffeme
and ca l echin analysis in tea, and proximate composition of the test meals were also
deterrnined .
Al thoul1h fewer children (n= 5) had anthropometric values of <~ 2 SD, more than half of the
ch ildren were at the border of Z score for stunting, underweight, and wasting. The con sumption
of habit llal co ncentrations of black tea had no significant effect on satiation (P=O.07) and satiety
(P=O.22) Similarly, the consumption of berbere-spiced foods had no significant effect on
sat iation (P=O.55). This suggests that both the consumption of berbere-spiced foods and black
tea had no effect on food/energy intake (P> 0.05) . In contrast, increasing portion size had a
significant effect on appetite and energy intake (P< 0.001). Therefore age-dependent increase
in portion size may be required to improve the nutritional status of the children.
Black tea, berbere, food/energy intake (E I), appetite, Satiety, satiation, portion size
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Black tea, berbere, food/energy intake (E I), appetite, Satiety, satiation, portion size