Too much fat in Danes's diet

By Nicholas Robinson

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There is still too much fat in Danes's diet
There is still too much fat in Danes's diet
The Danish have increased their intake of fish and vegetables and reduced their consumption of sugary soft drinks, but are still eating too much fat, according to findings from the latest Danish national diet survey.

Danes were the closest to meeting the EU’s dietary recommendations than other European’s, the survey of 4,000 people conducted by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark found.

Survey

Most consumers in Denmark ate vegetables every day, with the overall proportion of vegetables in the daily diet rising by almost 20% since the last diet survey covering 2003–2008, researchers said.

The average consumption of fish among Danish adults had risen and most diets now contained about 14g more fish per day than in the last survey.

Intake had risen

Although vegetable and fish intake had risen, consumption of fruit had reduced by 16% for the same period among adults.

Meanwhile, the average saturated fat content in Danes’s diets exceeded recommendations by 50%, the survey showed. “Unfortunately, we have not seen a decrease in the intake of saturated fat compared with the previous dietary survey from five years ago,”​ researchers said.

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1 comment

Do we know that "too much fat" is harmful?

Posted by Tammy Thomas,

Just wondering if there were any objective measures followed for these folks as well, such as changes in body weight, body fat levels, lipids, BP, markers of inflammation. . .
Without this information, I don't see how judgements can be made regarding the food changes.

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