COMPARISON OF DIETARY INTAKES IN 4 SELECTED EUROPEAN POPULATIONS

G WINKLER, A DORING, U KEIL, P PIETINEN, D ARVEILER, JP CAMBOU, C NUTTENS, JL RICHARD, A EVANS, R MCCLEAN, E MCCRUM

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    Abstract

    The composition of diet and food intakes in four selected European populations were compared. Dietary data (from the World Health Organization Project on Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease) were measured by record methods and were available for middle-aged men in Finland (n = 653), France (n = 1128), Northern Ireland (n = 356), and southern Germany (Augsburg region; n = 899). Nutritional variables - which are independent of the absolute energy intake, such as the percentage supply of energy from macronutrients and the ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acids - were on the whole similar. However, striking differences were found in food intake and in the percentage supply of fat from different foods. The results indicate that detailed knowledge of consumption figures is necessary to develop prudent and acceptable nutrition intervention programs.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)889-895
    JournalThe Clinical Investigator
    Volume70
    Issue number10
    Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - Oct 1992

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