Table 6 Special diet of the children
Questions | N (%) | |||
Croatia | North Macedonia | Serbia | Total | |
Is your child on some special diet (gluten free, lactose free, intermittent fasting, keto diet etc.)? | ||||
Yes | 34 (9.4) | 22 (13) | 42 (25) | 98 (14) |
No | 327 (91) | 147 (87) | 125 (75) | 599 (86) |
On what special diet is your child (multiple answer were allowed)? (N = 98) | ||||
Gluten-free diet | 14 (41) | 12 (55) | 33 (79) | 59 (60) |
Lactose-free diet | 9 (26) | 20 (91) | 21 (50) | 20 (20) |
Diet without dairy products | 9 (26) | 10 (45) | 27 (64) | 46 (47) |
Diet without eggs | 5 (15) | 2 (9.1) | 6 (14) | 13 (13) |
Hypoallergenic diet | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (2.0) |
Vegetarian diet | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (2.0) |
Vegan diet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Rotational diet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.4) | 1 (1.0) |
Elementary diet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Intermittent fasting | 1 (2.9) | 1 (4.6) | 1 (2.4) | 3 (3.0) |
Keto diet | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Macrobiotic nutrition | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Something else | 18 (53) | 5 (23) | 6 (14) | 29 (30) |
Who prescribed that special diet? | ||||
Physician | 17 (50) | 11 (50) | 15 (36) | 43 (44) |
Nutritionist | 6 (18) | 3 (14) | 5 (12) | 14 (14) |
Nurse | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
No one prescribed a diet, we decided alone to use this type of diet | 5 (15) | 6 (27) | 11 (26) | 22 (22) |
Someone else recommended this type of diet to you | 6 (18) | 2 (9.1) | 11 (26) | 19 (19) |
Someone else: | ||||
Provider of alternative medicine services (homeopath) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) |
Psychologist | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |
Speech therapist | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |
Other special diets that are fed to the childdren (open-ended responses for the answer “Something else”) | ||||
Response | Croatia N (%) | North Macedonia N (%) | Serbia N (%) | All N (%) |
Diet without sugar | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.9) | 4 (0.4) |
Low-calorie diet (LCHF) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (0.3) |
Milk substitutes | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) |
Mediterranean diet | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) |
Low-protein diet | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) |
Purine-free diet | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) |
Peptamen diet | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |
Pediasure supplement | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |
MM nutrition | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |
Elementary formula | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |
Raw food diet | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |