Dietary intake, life-style and anthropometry of 18-year-old men in The Netherlands
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In the initial stage of preparing a nutritional surveillance system in The Netherlands a study was carried out with a population consisting of 185 randomly selected 18-year-old men. The aim of the study was to gain an insight into their food consumption, dietary habits, life-style and anthropometry and to establish relations with socioeconomic and other background variables. About 72% of the subjects had not yet finished school education, 15% were employed and 13% unemployed. Food consumption data were obtained by a dietary history with cross check. The mean daily energy intake was 14.3 MJ. Total protein supplied 11.8%, fat 37.8%, carbohydrates 47.5% and alcohol 2.8% of the energy consumption. The alcohol consumption of students was considerably lower than of employed and unemployed men. Men with a lower socioeconomic status (SES) consumed smaller amounts of vegetable protein, polysaccharides, dietary fiber, iron, thiamin and pyridoxin than those with a higher SES. Moreover they were physically less active and had a higher prevalence of smokers than men with a higher SES. With increasing age especially men with a lower SES and a lower education may be considered to run a higher risk of developing conditions and diseases occurring in affluent societies.
Chemicals/CAS: alcohol, 64-17-5; pyridoxine, 12001-77-3, 58-56-0, 65-23-6, 8059-24-3; thiamine, 59-43-8, 67-03-8
Chemicals/CAS: alcohol, 64-17-5; pyridoxine, 12001-77-3, 58-56-0, 65-23-6, 8059-24-3; thiamine, 59-43-8, 67-03-8
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TNO Identifier
230579
ISSN
00296635
Source
Nutrition Reports International, 37(4), pp. 755-765.
Pages
755-765
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