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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 122, No. 1: 27-40
Copyright © 1985 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health


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NUTRIENT SOURCES IN THE AMERICAN DIET: QUANTITATIVE DATA FROM THE NHANES II SURVEY

II. MACRONUTRIENTS AND FATS

GLADYS BLOCK1,, CONNIE M. DRESSER2, ANNE M. HARTMAN1 and MARGARET D. CARROLL2

1Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
2Nutrition Statistics Branch, Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics Hyattsville, MD

Reprint requests to Dr. Gladys Block, National Cancer Institute, DCPC, Blair Building, 9000 Rock-ville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20205

Dietary data from 11,658 adult respondents in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to provide quantitative information regarding the contribution of specific foods to the total population intake of the following nutrients: calories, protein, carbohydrate, total fat, saturated fat, oleic acid, linoleic add, and cholesterol. The percentage of total nutrient intake which each food provides is presented for the top 50 contributors of each of these nutrients, as well as the proportion of the population consuming them. These data may provide a basis for the selection of foods to be included in dietary assessment instruments. They may also be useful to health care planners or nutrition educators.

cholesterol; diet; epidemiologic methods; food; nutrition


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