Energy and nutrient intakes in relation to National Nutrition Recommendations in a Norwegian population-based sample: the Tromso Study 2015-16.

ABSTRACT: According to the Global Burden of Disease project, unhealthy diet accounts for most of the disease burden in Norway. Current recommendations on nutrient intake in Norway reflect those published in the evidence-based Nordic Nutrition Recommendations from 2012 (NNR2012). To study energy and nutrient intakes and compliance with the NNR2012 among women and men in a population-based study. A total of 15,146 participants (aged 40-99 years) completed a validated food frequency questionnaire (261 questions on food items, meals, and beverages) in the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study in 2015-16; 11,425 participants were eligible for the current analysis. Nutrient intake was estimated by a food and nutrient calculation system at the University of Oslo, Norway. We compared energy, macronutrient, and

SUBMITTER: Lundblad MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007761 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature