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Nutritional objectives for the Spanish population. Consensus from the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2001

Lluís Serra-Majem  and
Javier Aranceta
Lluís Serra-Majem*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Chairman, Spanish Society of Community Nutrition, Community Nutrition Research Center, Science Park of the University of Barcelona, C/Baldiri Reixac 4–6, Torre D, 4A1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Javier Aranceta
Affiliation:
Community Nutrition Unit, Municipality of Bilbao, Spain Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Navarra, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Email senc@pcb.ub.es
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Abstract

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The objective of this paper is to present the development of the Nutritional objectives for the Spanish Population. Preparation of draft documents contributed by different working groups was followed by a consensus meeting held in Bilbao on 5–7 October 2000, hosted by the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition and sponsored by the World Health Organisation.

Establishing nutritional guidelines was conducted by: (1) analysing current food and nutritional data from nutritional surveys, for intermediate objectives; and (2) reviewing current scientific knowledge for final objectives. The objectives include intermediate and ultimate figures, and comprise percentage of energy from macronutrients and fatty acids, fruit and vegetable consumption, frequency of sweets, physical activity and body mass index, folate, calcium, sodium, fluoride and iodine intake, dietary fibre, cholesterol, alcohol and duration of breastfeeding.

The nutritional objectives for the Spanish population create a rational framework for the development of dietary guidelines and nutritional policies in Spain, within a Mediterranean context.

Keywords

Nutritional objectivesSpainNutrition policyMediterranean diet
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 4 , Issue 6a , December 2001 , pp. 1409 - 1413
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2001

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