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The Changing Trend of Dietary Fat Intake of Chinese Population–An Eight Provinces Case Study in China

Wang, Huijun; Zhai, Feng-ying; Du, Shufa; Ge, Keyou; & Popkin, Barry M. (2003). The Changing Trend of Dietary Fat Intake of Chinese Population–An Eight Provinces Case Study in China. Acta Nutrimenta Sinica, 25(1), 234-238.

Wang, Huijun; Zhai, Feng-ying; Du, Shufa; Ge, Keyou; & Popkin, Barry M. (2003). The Changing Trend of Dietary Fat Intake of Chinese Population–An Eight Provinces Case Study in China. Acta Nutrimenta Sinica, 25(1), 234-238.

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Objective: To investigate the changing trend of dietary fat intake and fatty acid intake of Chinese population.Methods: The data were collected in 1991,1993 and 1997 from China Health and Nutrition Survey, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The sample was 18-65 years old health man and woman.Results and Conclusion: The results showed that, in 1991-1997, the dietary fats, mean percentage of energy from total fat and the intake of cholesterol increased in the people who lived in urban, suburb and town. The consumption of animal food, especially meat, and vegetable oil increased, and this was the main cause of the increase of dietary fat intake. The mean percentage of energy from saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acid were all increased. Fatty acid intake of rural people was not changed.




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Wang, Huijun
Zhai, Feng-ying
Du, Shufa
Ge, Keyou
Popkin, Barry M.



2003


Acta Nutrimenta Sinica

25

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234-238










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