Assessment of dietary pattern of residents in Guangxi with Chinese balance dietary pagoda

Objective To assess the dietary pattern of residents in Guangxi for reference to the strategy of the dietary pattern improvement. Methods 4 268 households included 17 104 residents were selected from Guangxi through multistage stratified randomized cluster sampling. Household condiment data were collected by weighting method,individual intakes by 3 consecutive 24-hour recalls were obtained.Assessment of dietary pattern of residents in Guangxi with Chinese balance dietary pagoda was conducted.Results The intakes of cereals,vegetables,fruits,fish and shrimp,eggs,milk and dairy products,legumes and legumes products were lack and meat and poultry,fat and oil,salt were surfeit of residents in Guangxi. The intakes of meat and poultry,fish and shrimp,milk and dairy products,vegetables,fruits,eggs,fat and oil were provincial capital general citythe second kind of villagesthe forth kind of villages,which showed the direct proportion relation to economic developing level.The intakes of meat and poultry,fish and shrimp,milk and dairy products,eggs,vegetables,fruits were high income group middle income group low income group,which showed the direct proportion relation to income level. The intakes of eggs,milk and dairy products,legumes and legumes products,fruits increased and the intake of salt decreased year by year,which was close to the rational dietary pattern. The intakes of meat and poultry,fat and oil increased and cereals,vegetables,fish and shrimp decreased year by year,which deviated from the rational dietary pattern. The trend of animal food intake was slow-motion in city and was sped up in rural areas,which had relation to economic developing level. Guangxi residents had a trend from low fat diet to high fat diet. Conclusion The dietary pattern of residents in Guangxi has already entered a quick transition stage and has been to a very important interfered phase.