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An Analysis on Dietary and Nutritional Status of Shandong Residents, China
Author(s) -
Zhang Junli
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.866.15
Subject(s) - environmental health , china , rural area , medicine , geography , food science , zoology , biology , archaeology , pathology
To know the dietary and nutritional status of Shandong residents, we used data of the China National Nutrition Survey, 3284 participants (1433 in urban, l185 in rural) from 1285 households (545 in urban, 740 in rural), drawn in Shandong province by using a stratified cluster random sampling method. Dietary data were collected by a combination of weighing method and 3 consecutive 24‐h recalls. Compared to the survey in 1992, intake of cereals and starch tubers decreased while the intake of animal food has increased quickly in 2002. Intakes of milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, and lipids in Shandong residents are obviously higher than the national average. Intake of cereals is 68.6g per day in urban areas, less than in rural areas. Intake of animal foods is 97g per day in urban areas, much higher than in rural areas. Urban residents consumed less energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin C and sodium than their rural peers did. The change of the dietary pattern of Shandong residents lies mainly on decrease in intake of cereals and starch tubers and increase in intake of animal food and high‐fat diet. Residents in urban areas experienced faster shift in diet toward high‐fat diet. The greater consumption of meat, poultry, eggs and milk bring increase in intake of high quality protein, but residents’ diet in Shandong is still unbalanced. More nutritional education should be done to guide reasonable dietary.