Food intake in Finland

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Question

What is intake of different food items (especially fish) in Finland in age groups 0-64 years?

Answer

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Rationale

Data

The data contains:

a) Main food groups (ingredient level, classification used in EPIC)

b) Nutrients

c) Nutrient supplements

d) Fish and other seafood by species


Age groups are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64,

The data here is generated from the DIPP study, a Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) project in Finland, where the cohort of 5993 children (77 % of those invited) participated in the main study, and 117 randomly selected infants in the validation study. [1] [2] This was carried out in the university hospitals of Turku, Tampere and Oulu.[3]


Unit

g/day AMONG THOSE WHO USE THIS PRODUCT

Calculations

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See also

References

  1. Virtanen SM, Aro A. Dietary factors in the aetiology of diabetes. Ann Med 1994;26:469-478. Virtanen et al 1994
  2. Virtanen SM, Knip M. Nutritional risk predictors of beta-cell autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes at a young age. Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:1053-67. Virtanen et al 2003
  3. DIPP study
  4. File is also in N:\YTOS\Projects\BENERIS\WP2\Datat pyydetyssa muodossa\Food consumption_FINLAND.xls (original data accessible only for the THL))
  5. D18 Subpopulation intakes. The Excel data file is in N:\YMTO\PROJECTS\BENERIS\Admin\Deliverables\D18 Subpopulation intakes\Beneris_D18_subpopulation_intakes_Finland_th.xls.