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Food, energy and macronutrient intake of postmenopausal women from a menopause program

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dc.creator Schoppen, S.
dc.creator Carbajal, A.
dc.creator Pérez Granados, Ana M.
dc.creator Vivas, F.
dc.creator Vaquero, M. Pilar
dc.date 2007-11-12T12:09:23Z
dc.date 2007-11-12T12:09:23Z
dc.date 2005-04
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:58:17Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:58:17Z
dc.identifier Nutr. Hosp. 2005, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 101-109
dc.identifier 0212-1611 (versión impresa)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/1983
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/1983
dc.description Objective: This study aimed to analyse the food, energy and macronutrient intake of a group of postmenopausal women participating in a health-care-program.-- Methods: Subjects included were 38 healthy postmenopausal women aged between 46 and 60 years, recruited from the Menopause Program of the Madrid City Council. Physical activity, some anthropometric data and dietary information was obtained using a modified version of the dietary history method, which contained a 24-hour-recall and a food frequency questionnaire covering the preceding month as reference period. Dietary quality indexes, including those of the energy provided by macronutrients, alcohol and fatty acids and PUFA + MUFA/SFA and PUFA/SFA ratios were calculated.-- Results: This group consumed a diet very similar to the traditional Mediterranean diet. Intake of vegetables (415 ± 165 g/d), fruits (396 ± 178 g/d) and fish (131 ± 69 g/d) was high and a wide variety of these products was consumed. Potato and cereal (157 ± 76 g/d) intake was low. Dairy products, meat, poultry and eggs were only a modest part of this diet. The fat quality (PUFA + MUFA/SFA = 2.26) was satisfactory.-- Conclusion: The diet of this group of postmenopausal women attending a prevention program closely conforms to current nutritional guidelines. Physical activity, body weight and intake of vegetable foods are adequate and may be very useful to counterbalance the increased risk of several pathologies after menopause. However, consumption of carbohydrate rich foods is lower than recommended. Participation in the menopause healthcare-program is useful for weight control and dietary advice.
dc.description This work was supported by Vichy Catalan, SA, and a fellowship from the "DAAD" (Germany).
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Aula Médica Ediciones
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Postmenopausal women
dc.subject Food intake
dc.subject Nutrient intake
dc.subject Anthropometry
dc.subject Physical activity
dc.subject Health-care program
dc.title Food, energy and macronutrient intake of postmenopausal women from a menopause program
dc.title Consumo de alimentos, energía y macronutrientes en mujeres postmenopáusicas de un programa de menopausia
dc.type Artículo


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