title: [Nutrient intake and dietary habit in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult kidney transplant recipients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dietary advice by dietitians based on various factors of nutrient intake and dietary habit is important for preventing postoperative complications in adult kidney transplant recipients, but little is known about whether such advice is also important for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult kidney transplant recipients. The purpose of this study was to examine the nutrient intake profiles and dietary habits of these recipients and to ascertain the need for dietary advice by dietitians.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study involved 22 kidney transplant recipients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate> or =60 mL/min/1.73 m2 with no dietary restrictions. Nutrient intake was measured using a food frequency questionnaire based on food groups and evaluated using the reference values given in the Dietary Reference Intakes for Japanese (DRIs-J)for 2010 and the daily average intake of the National Health and Nutrition Survey Japan, 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients at the time of enrollment was 17.6+/-4.4 years(8.7 28.5 years). Energy and carbohydrate intakes were below the DRIs-J reference value in 18 patients(81.8 %), and the ratio of total fat to total energy was above the DRIs-J reference value in 20 patients(90.9 %). Vitamin B, vitamin B6, magnesium, and zinc intakes were below the DRIs-J reference value in all patients (100 %). Food group intakes that were less than 75 % of the values reported in the National Health and Nutrition Survey Japan were pulses and algae in 18 patients(81.8 %), green and yellow vegetables in 14 patients(63.6 %), other vegetables in 19 patients(86.4 %), and nuts and seeds in 16 patients(72.7 %).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that dietary advice by dietitians is necessary for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult kidney transplant recipients to improve their nutrient intake and dietary habits.
authors.affiliation: Research Student(National Registered Dietitian), School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otsu
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamatani
authors.forename: Motoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hattori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult