Nutrient intake and adherence to dietary recommendations among US workers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Kachan, Diana ; Lewis, John E. ; Davila, Evelyn P. ; Arheart, Kristopher L. ; LeBlanc, William G. ; Fleming, Lora E. ; Cabán-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Lee, David J.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Assess nutrient intake according to dietary guidelines among US worker groups.
  
  Methods
  
  Participants of 1999–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey completed two 24-hour recall dietary interviews to assess daily intake of protein, carbohydrate, fat, cholesterol, calcium, sodium, and fiber. Employed participants (n=8,987) were classified as: (1) white collar, (2) service worker, (3) farmer, and (4) blue collar.
  
  Results
  
  Nutrient intake varied by occupational group, particularly for fiber, sodium, calories, and percentage of calories from protein, saturated fat, and carbohydrate. Adherence to recommendations was noted for saturated fat and cholesterol, but workers were poorly adherent to recommendations for all other nutrients, particularly fiber.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Workers display differences in nutrient intake across occupational groups with poor eating behaviors evident across all groups. Fiber is particularly poorly consumed, with less than 5% of all US workers meeting the recommendations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Diet Dietary Carbohydrates Dietary Fats Dietary Fiber Eating Female Guideline Adherence Humans Male Micronutrients Middle Aged Nutrition Surveys Patient Compliance Sodium, Dietary United States Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 54(1):101-105
• Pubmed ID:
  22193114
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3258352
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH03915/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 OH003915/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 OH003915-06A1/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; F30 AG040886/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; OH003915-06A1/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; OH003915/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:49f41ffb8731ef5a3b5adf040ee7f2e6d1b583bab8f008ae3fc18c0e280023a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33296/cdc_33296_DS1.pdf
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