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1 Data Sources, Key Nutrients, and Selection of Targets for Change
1 Data Sources, Key Nutrients, and Selection of Targets for Change
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The food supply data (per capita disappearance) measure the amount of food available for consumption in the United States, based on annual estimates of production of food products adjusted for imports, exports, and stock exchanges.
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A companion series, the Nutrient Content of the Food Supply, is derived by calculating the nutritive value of the total amount of foods available for national consumption (Marston and Raper, 1987~. In using these data bases, the committee found the term apparent consumption confusing and elected to use per capita disappearance or food supply data instead throughout the report.
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The per capita disappearance data are primarily designed to measure gross trends in food nutrient availability. They are valuable for determining the contribution of specific animal products to total nutrients in the food supply because they measure distinct commodities.
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The private studies, based largely on the federal dietary surveys, evaluate trends in the dietary intake of animal fat and red meat. IDENTIFICATION OF KEY FOOD COMPONENTS In July 1986, the Joint Nutrition Monitoring Evaluation Committee aNMEC)
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TARGET LEVELS FOR CALORIC INTAKE AND SELECTED NUTRIENTS Dietary recommendations issued by the major national health organizations in the United States, as summarized in Table 11, acknowledge the importance of eating a varied diet; achieving and maintaining ideal body weight; and limiting intake of total fat, saturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cholesterol as positive health measures for optimal nutritional status. The advice given is similar for all these organi
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· Ten percent or less of calories frolic saturated fatty acids for adults (American Heart Association, 1986; National Institutes of Health, 1984~. Data from the 1985 CSFII indicated that about 10 percent of women ht'TiO.~ OF TARt':~ AXIS 15 ages 193 to 50 years and 4 percent off children ages 1 to 5 years had diets that met the target level fUr percentage of Bakeries from saturated f;attv acids.
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The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council is currently conducting a major study of diet and health issues, and a new National Research Council report may eventually be issued dealing with specific recommendations for these guidelines. For the purpose of assessing target levels of various food components in the diet, the committee has followed the basic recommendations that have been made by other organizations.
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Nationwide Food Consumption Survey, Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals, Report 85-3, Human Nutrition Information Service. Hyattsville, Md.: U
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