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Benefits For Potatoes

Potatoes and Childhood Nutrition

Potatoes can be an optimal first food for infants. As children grow, potatoes continue to be an affordable and accessible source of essential nutrients, helping to improve children’s overall nutrient intake and diet quality.

Potatoes and Women of Childbearing Age

Potatoes can help to improve the nutrient intake and diet quality of women of childbearing age.

Potatoes and Physical Performance

Potatoes provide the energy, high-quality carbohydrate and potassium that can fuel optimal performance in athletes.

Recent Research

March 2020

Males and Females Exhibit Similar Muscle Glycogen Recovery with Varied Recovery Food Sources

Shannon Flynn, Alejandro Rosales, Walter Hailes and Brent Ruby

October 2019

Potato Ingestion is as Effective as Carbohydrate Gels to Support Prolonged Cycling Performance

Amadeo F. Salvador, Colleen F. McKenna, Rafael A. Alamilla, Ryan M. T. Cloud, Alexander R. Keeble, Adriana Miltko, Susannah E. Scaroni, Joseph W. Beals, Alexander V. Ulanov, Ryan N. Dilger, Laura L. Bauer, Elizabeth M. Broad, and Nicholas A. Burd

July 2019

Effects of White Potatoes Consumed With Eggs on Satiety, Food Intake, and Glycemic Response in Children and Adolescents

Jennifer J. Lee, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, Neil R. Brett, PhD, Jennifer T. Chang, RD, Julia O. Totosy de Zepetnek, PhD, Nick Bellissimo, PhD

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