Dietary Fibre intakes and the main food sources of fibre in New Zealand adolescents

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Dietary Fibre intakes and the main food sources of fibre in New Zealand adolescents

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Background: The mean fibre intakes for 15-18-year old females from the last national nutrition survey (2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey) was 16.0 grams/day, well below the Adequate Intake (AI) for this age group of 22.0 grams/day. Adolescent male’s fibre was at 21.9 g/day, which was also below the AI for their age group of 28 g/day. Given the role of dietary fibre in optimal health promotion, an update on the dietary fibre intakes of New Zealand adolescents is justified as it is unk...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2021

Creator

Costa, Vincenzo

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/10707

Related subjects

Dietary / Fibre / NewZealand

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