Study on the dietary nutrition intake level in Zhejiang Province

Objective This study was conducted to find out the status of the dietary nutrition intake of urban and rural residents in Zhejiang Province. Method The dietary data was collected by the 3-day 24-hour retrospective method, 3 d weigh method and food frequency survey. Results A total of 8 904 residents were surveyed in the investigation. The energy could meet the requirement basically. Corns were still the main diet, while there was evidently increase of the intake of animal food and the high-grade protein intake was enhancing with a relatively high proportion of pork and a relatively lower proportion of milk. The calcium intake was improved but was still below the recommended standard. Conclusion The dietary structure of the urban and rural residents in Zhejiang Province was relatively reasonable, but there have already been the tendency of high-protein and high-lipid intake and the lack of the intake of certain nutriments. Therefore, the public education on nutrition knowledge should be strengthened, and the reasonable diet and healthy life styles should be strongly advocated.