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F Fidanza

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PubMed1980

Changing patterns of food consumption in Italy.

Italy is perhaps unique in that data spanning more than a century are available on food consumption. During that period, the country was unified and evolved from an agricultural economy to one of an industrial society. Analysis shows that the greatest changes have occurred within the last twenty years. Excesses of fat and energy have shown up. Whereas the nutrient levels of the Italian population were formerly only borderline, today they are substantialy above energy recomendations, but fat and sugar account for much of the increase. Protein intake has remained substantially stable. Food expenditures represent more than 40 per cent of total income. Positive aspects of the Italian diet remain its richness in complex carbohydrates, fresh fruits, vegetables, olive and seed oils, with relatively low saturated fat and cholesterol. Significant North-South differences persist.

Diet↗
PubMed1975

Food and nutrient consumption of two rural population groups of Italy followed for ten years.

Two groups of men, 40 through 59 years old, from two rural areas of Italy (one in the north and one in the centre) were subjects of dietary surveys on three occasions over 10 years, using the individual weighing technique. Over the 10 years, changes in the consumption of some foods were observed; these were most striking in respect to cereals and legumes, which decreased, and to animal protein and fats, which increased. The decrease of energy was much greater than expected (partly explained by the current mechanization in agriculture in Italy). In one area a low intake of riboflavin was observed, but otherwise the diets could be considered to be nutritionally good. There was no correlation between some dietary variables and anthropometric and blood lipid data, as observed previously. This was probably because the population groups examined were practically homogeneous in regard to habits.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Vitamin c intake and biochemical status in 25 children of a school in Perugia.

In 25 schoolchildren (7-15 years old) a survey has been carried out in spring and fall on vitamin C intake by chemical analysis and plasma level of ascorbic acid. The inter-variation in the intake was very great and correspondingly the standard deviation was large. The values obtained by computation with food composition tables agreed with those by chemical analysis. There was no correlation between plasma ascorbic acid and vitamin C intake expressed also per kg body weight. But the values obtained with this study, together with those of other studies, indicate that in children a higher intake of vitamin C is necessary than in adults to achieve a certain plasma ascorbic acid concentration.

Adolescent↗