Saturated fat intake across the EU, Norway and the United Kingdom

Overview of saturated fat intake across the EU, Norway and the United Kingdom

Reported intake^a is based on publicly available data compiled by Prof. I. Elmadfa and Dr. Alexa Meyer (University of Vienna), except where cited otherwise

Saturated fat intake (in E%/day ± SD), unless otherwise indicated. E%/day: percentage of total daily energy, SD: standard deviation
Belgium - Enquête nationale de consommation alimentaire^b2014-2015 (2x24 h recall, FFQ)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
3-5	13.3 (12.8-13.7)	13.3 (13.0-13.8)
6-9	13.1 (12.8-13.3)	13.3 (13.0-13.6)
10-13	12.9 (12.6-13.1)	13.3 (13.0-13.5)
14-17	12.8 (12.4-13.0)	13.3 (13.0-13.5)
18-39	12.4 (12.1-12.8)	13.3 (12.9-13.6)
40-64	13.0 (12.5-13.4)	13.4 (13.0-13.8)
Denmark - Danskernes kostvaner 2011-2013 (7d food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
4-5	14±2.2	14±2.7
6-9	14±2.2	14±2.2
10-13	14±2.4	14±2.3
14-17	14±2.4	14±2.3
18-24	14±3.0	13±2.6
25-34	14±2.6	14±2.4
35-44	14±2.5	14±2.5
45-54	15±2.7	14±2.8
55-64	15±3.1	14±2.9
65-75	15±3.1	14±3.1
Ireland - NCFS 2003-2004 (7d weighed food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
5-8	14.6±2.6	15.1±2.5
9-12	14.3±2.4	14.6±2.3
Ireland -NTFS 2005-2006 (7d semi-weighed food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
13-14	14.7±2.8	14.4±2.3
15-17	14.4±2.9	14.0±2.7
Ireland -NSIFCS 1997-1999 (7d food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
18-35	13.7±2.9	14.4±3.1
36-50	14.1±3.2	14.3±2.9
51-64	13.3±3.4	14.0±3.1
Spain - NIBES study 2013 (3d record) ( Ruiz et al. 2016 )
Age groups (years)	Males (g/day ± SD)	Females (g/day ± SD)
9-12	29.6±9.3	27.5±7.5
13-17	30.0±9.6	25.2±9.0
18-64	25.7±10.1	22.5±8.8
65-75	20.8±7.6	17.9±7.1
Greece - EPIC cohort 1994-1999 (FFQ+24 h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
19-64	12.7±2.5	13.2±2.6
France - INCA 3, ANSES (pdf) 2014-2015 (24h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
0-11m	15.7±2.1
1-3	14.8±2.2
4-6	15.1±3.0
7-10	15.0±3.2
11-17	14.1±3.1	13.6±2.7
18-44	14.4±3.0
45-64	14.0±3.4
65-79	14.1±4.2
Italy - INRAN-SCAI 2005-2006 (3d food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
0-2.9	14.4±4.9
3-9.9	11.9±2.5
10-17.9	11.5±2.2	11.5±2.0
18-64.9	11.1±2.4	11.3±2.5
≥65	10.5±2.4	10.8±2.6
Hungary - HFSO National Dietary Survey 2009 (3d food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
19-30	11.3±2.3	10.8±2.3
31-60	11.5±2.5	10.8±2.2
>60	11.4±2.4	10.9±2.4
Netherlands - DNFCS^e2007-2010 (2x24 h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
7-8	12.2	12.5
9-13	12.3	12.5
14-18	12.3	12.6
19-30	12.5	12.6
31-50	12.7	12.8
51-69	13.0	13.0
Netherlands - DNFCS Older adults 2010-2012 (2x24 h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
70-94	13.0	13.5
Austria - ASNS 2010-2012 (2x24 h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
7-9	15.7±3.2	15.4±3.1
10-12	14.3±2.6	14.8±3.4
13-14	15.1±3.0	16.2±2.8
18-24	14.2±2.8	14.5±3.5
25-50	16.3±3.7	15.4±4.4
51-64	16.1±3.3	14.7±2.7
65-80	14.9±3.6	15.7±3.7
Finland - FINDIET^d2012 (48 h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
25-64	13.9±4.2	13.7±4.2
65-74	13.0±3.5	12.7±4.1
Portugal- IAN-AF survey 2015-2016 (2x24 h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
<10	15.3
10-17	14.4
18-64	12.3
65-84	10.3
Sweden - Riksmaten Adults 2010-2011 (4d food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
18-30	13.2±3.4	13.1±2.8
31-44	13.2±3.2	13.3±3.1
45-64	13.0±3.2	13.2±3.7
65-80	12.8±3.2	12.8±2.9
UK - National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008-2010 (4d food record)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
4-10	13.1±2.6	13.3±2.8
11-18	12.6±2.6	12.3±2.7
19-64	11.9±3.3	12.1±3.3
≥65	13.2±3.3	13.5±3.7
Norway - Norkost 3 2010-2011 (2x24h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males (E%/day ± SD)	Females (E%/day ± SD)
18-29	13±3	13±3
30-39	13±3	13±3
40-49	13±3	14±3
50-59	13±3	13±3
60-70	13±4	14±4

^aNote that, due to different calculation methods (e.g. inclusion of fibre or alcohol in the total energy intake) among the reported countries, the total fat intake values may not be directly comparable

^bMean (95% CI)

^c Mean ± standard error

^d Based on energy values including dietary fibre

^eMedian

Originally published	11 Feb 2021
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Saturated fat intake across the EU, Norway and the United Kingdom

Overview of saturated fat intake across the EU, Norway and the United Kingdom

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