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Nutrient Profiles of Dishes Consumed by the Adequate and High-Salt Groups in the 2014–2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
- Source :
- Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 2591, p 2591 (2021), Nutrients, Volume 13, Issue 8
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Dish-based nutrient profile analyses are essential for setting goals to achieve a balanced diet. In 2014, the Japanese government proposed the “Healthy Meal” criteria, which requires a salt content of 3 g/650 kcal per meal. To examine the current intake status of a nationally representative sample, we conducted a series of secondary analyses of the 2014–2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey data. Participants (aged 18–74 years) were grouped as “high-salt” consumers if their salt intake was 3 g/650 kcal or higher and “adequate” consumers if they consumed less than 3 g/650 kcal. A total of 13,615 participants were identified as “adequate” consumers and 22,300 as “high-salt” consumers. The median salt intake in the “high-salt” group was 11.3 g/day, while that in the “adequate” group was 7.5 g/day. Almost all dishes consumed by the “adequate” group had significantly high energy and fat content but low salt content, compared with those consumed by the “high-salt” group. For example, the median energy, fat, and salt contents in the main dishes consumed by the “adequate” group were 173 kcal, 10.4 g, and 0.9 g/dish, respectively, while those in the main dishes consumed by the “high-salt” group were 159 kcal, 8.9 g, and 1.1 g/dish, respectively. Examples of balanced dishes that are low in both salt and fat content can be proposed to help improve the Japanese consumers’ dietary behavior.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
High energy
Adolescent
Fat content
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Biology
Article
Eating
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Animal science
Nutrient
Japan
Humans
Nutrition survey
TX341-641
Sodium Chloride, Dietary
Salt intake
sodium
Aged
dietary survey
National health
Meal
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
dish
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Feeding Behavior
Nutrients
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Diet
Human nutrition
Female
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2591
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....409ce10d79342deca03faad96b848612