| Abstract: | In 101 healthy middle-aged persons of both sexes, changes in dietary were followed up for 11 years 1974 to 1984. As dietary indicators, the food consumption pattern, 8 factors obtained by factor analysis, was used. The factors were evaluated for changes with age in each person and each sex. Changes with age were observed for the food consumption patterns: There was a general tendency in the group for the staple food factor to change in the direction of a Westernized food the same time, the group generally changed in the direction of less intake of sweets and of animal fats. From the standpoint of nutrients, the changes over this period were a decrease in the energy intake, in the percentage of energy from carbohydrate, of energy from alcohol, which caused a slight increase in the percentage of energy from protein and fat. The main factors in the changes was physiological changes that accompany the process of aging, changes in the consciousness of health, and changes in the food environment. |
