Richtlijnen voor voeding ter ondersteuning van de preventie van hart- en vaatziekten
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An analysis is given of the food pattern in the Netherlands and of the trend of changes in the past two decades. It particularlyregards the contribution of various food groups to the total caloric supply per head of the population. Apart from the majorcontributions to caloric supply from visible fats and from sugar (which is rather stable in recent years) and from bread flour(which is decreasing), there is a markedly increasing supply of calories and fat from foods which serve mainly as ‘convivialcalories’. Although there is an interesting trend to use minor sources of fats which are high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), on theother hand there is a marked counteracting trend of increased consumption of fat from cheese, chocolate and dressing fats.These and the fats used in pastry and fried foods, are high in saturated fatty acids (SFA) and low in PUFA. It is estimated that SFA contribute with 40 pct. to all fats. Only about 17 pct. of the total fats or 7 pct. of total calories are derivedfrom PUFA, which is an amount of 20 grams of linoleic acid per head per day. The majority of those are from margarines, edibleoils and small contributions are from wheat, pork and nuts. More awareness of the population as a whole of the right choice of food would contribute to better fat consumption withoutmuch change in the total food pattern, aiming at more whole-meal bread, cereals, fish, poultry and nuts and refraining fromexcess use of fat and sugar.
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TNO Identifier
31194
Source
Hart Bulletin, 4(2), pp. 43-50.
Pages
43-50
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