Association of Sociodemographic, Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Characteristics with Low Protein and Energy Intake in the Healthy Swiss Population.

ABSTRACT: A balanced diet has the goal of providing adequate amounts of different nutrients to promote and maintain physical and psychological health. Our aim was to study the association between different sociodemographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors and low energy or protein intake among the Swiss population. This is a cross-sectional cohort study based on the national nutritional survey "MenuCH", which is the first representative, detailed assessment of dietary habits in the adult Swiss population conducted in 2014/2015. We compared the mean protein and caloric intake based on two 24 h recall nutritional assessments with current recommendations based on resting metabolic rate calculation and DACH guidelines. A total of 1919 participants with a median age of 46 years and 53% females were i

SUBMITTER: Wimmer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10181371 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature