| Food consumption of Sri Lankan adults: an appraisal of serving characteristics. | |
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PMID: 22784794 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: The main aim of the present study was to identify food consumption in Sri Lankan adults based on serving characteristics. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. Fruits, vegetables, starch, meat, pulses, dairy products and added sugars in the diet were assessed with portion sizes estimated using standard methods. SETTING: Twelve randomly selected clusters from the Sri Lanka Diabetes and Cardiovascular Study. SUBJECTS: Six hundred non-institutionalized adults. RESULTS: The daily intake of fruit (0·43), vegetable (1·73) and dairy (0·39) portions were well below national recommendations. Only 3·5 % of adults consumed the recommended 5 portions of fruits and vegetables/d; over a third of the population consumed no dairy products and fewer than 1 % of adults consumed 2 portions/d. In contrast, Sri Lankan adults consumed over 14 portions of starch and 3·5 portions of added sugars daily. Almost 70 % of those studied exceeded the upper limit of the recommendations for starch intake. The total daily number of meat and pulse portions was 2·78. CONCLUSIONS: Dietary guidelines emphasize the importance of a balanced and varied diet; however, a substantial proportion of the Sri Lankan population studied failed to achieve such a recommendation. Nutrition-related diseases in the country may be closely correlated with unhealthy eating habits. |
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Ranil Jayawardena; Nuala M Byrne; Mario J Soares; Prasad Katulanda; Andrew P Hills |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-12 |
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Title: Public health nutrition Volume: - ISSN: 1475-2727 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9808463 Medline TA: Public Health Nutr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-6 Citation Subset: - |
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1 Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia. |
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