Replacing the nutrients in dairy foods with non-dairy foods will increase cost, energy intake and require large amounts of food: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The US Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends increased consumption of the dairy group to three daily servings for ages 9+ years to help achieve adequate intakes of prominent shortfall nutrients. Identifying affordable, consumer-acceptable foods to replace dairy's shortfall nutrients is important especially for people who avoid dairy.

Design

Linear programming identified food combinations to replace dairy's protein and shortfall nutrients. We examined cost, energy and dietary implications of replacing dairy with food combinations optimised for lowest cost, fewest kJ or the smallest amount of food by weight.

Setting

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2014).

Participants

Nationally representative sample of US population; 2 years

SUBMITTER: Cifelli CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8883599 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature