Resultaten van de voedselconsumptiepeiling 2003

Consumption of vegetables and fruits among Dutch young adults is grossly inadequate. With regard to dietary fat intake, intake of saturated fats is still too high, whereas average intake of trans fatty acids stands almost at the recommended level. A great gain in public health can be achieved by improving dietary habits to meet with recommendation levels, for example, by increasing vegetable and fruit consumption and improving the fatty acid profile in the diet. Food consumption was assessed in 750 Dutch adults 19-30 years of age. Given the recommendation of 150-200 g vegetables per day, only 2% of the research population consumed 150 g daily and none of the 750 adults assessed consumed 200 g daily. Less than 10% of the population consumed the recommended 200 g of fruit per day. Over half the respondents (53% of the women and 58% of the men) consumed a diet containing less than 35% energy fat. The recommendation to use a diet with less than 10% energy saturated fatty acids was met by few: 11% of the men and 6% of the women. Almost 60% of the men and 28% of the women used a diet that contained less than 1% energy from trans fatty acids. Based on these results we recommend that nutrition policy remain focused on increasing vegetable and fruit consumption, and decreasing intake of saturated fatty acids