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The third Italian National Food Consumption Survey, INRAN-SCAI 2005–06 – Part 1: Nutrient intakes in Italy
- Source :
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 21:922-932
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2011.
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Abstract
- Background and aims Italian National Food Consumption Survey, INRAN-SCAI 2005–06, is the third national food consumption survey performed in Italy. This study describes energy and nutrient intakes in Italy. Methods and results A national cross-sectional food consumption survey was conducted using consecutive 3-day food records between October 2005 and December 2006. A sample of 3323 males and females aged 0.1–97.7 years living in private households was investigated. Individual food records were converted into energy and nutrient intakes with the use of recently updated national food composition databases. For each subject, intakes of energy and of 27 nutrients were calculated, including six minerals (i.e., iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and zinc) and 10 vitamins (i.e., thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin C, vitamin B 6 , retinol, β-carotene, vitamin A as retinol equivalents (REs), vitamin E, vitamin D and vitamin B 12 ). On average, 36% of calories appeared to derive from fat (11% from saturated fatty acids) and 45% from available carbohydrates (15% from soluble carbohydrates). Conclusions The results of the INRAN-SCAI 2005–06 survey in terms of nutrient intakes provide an important piece of information for nutrition surveillance of the population and may also be used to identify priorities for further research.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Vitamin
Adolescent
Databases, Factual
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
medicine.medical_treatment
Population
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Riboflavin
Nutrition facts label
Diet Records
chemistry.chemical_compound
Environmental health
Dietary Carbohydrates
medicine
Humans
Micronutrients
Food science
Child
education
Aged
education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Vitamin E
Retinol
Infant
Nutrition Surveys
Micronutrient
Dietary Fats
Diet
Cross-Sectional Studies
Italy
chemistry
Dietary Supplements
Female
Energy Intake
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09394753
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7043b417381d0c5ef975697bb6ded44b