US dietary guidelines: is saturated fat a nutrient of concern?

Dietary patterns among British adults: compatibility with dietary guidelines for salt/sodium, fat, saturated fat and sugars.

OBJECTIVE To examine dietary patterns among British adults, associations with Na and macronutrient intakes, and implications for dietary advice. DESIGN Principal component analysis of 7 d weighed dietary records. SUBJECTS Adults aged 19-64 years (n 1724). SETTING National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2000/2001). RESULTS High Na intake was associated with more energy-dense diets, higher in...

The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total Dietary Fat.

Comparison of children's dietary intake patterns with US dietary guidelines.

Monitoring dietary intake patterns among children is important in order to explore and prevent the onset of adult health problems. The aim of the present study was to compare children's dietary intakes with national recommendations and to determine whether sex or ethnic differences were evident. This was done using a methodology that allows assessment of intake from the major components of the ...

Dietary saturated fat intake is inversely associated with bone density in humans: analysis of NHANES III.

Mounting evidence indicates that the amount and type of fat in the diet can have important effects on bone health. Most of this evidence is derived from animal studies. Of the few human studies that have been conducted, relatively small numbers of subjects and/or primarily female subjects were included. The present study assessed the relation of dietary fat to hip bone mineral density (BMD) in ...

Endothelial Function in Healthy Young Individuals Is Associated with Dietary Consumption of Saturated Fat

Background: A diet rich in fat, in particular saturated fat (SF), may be linked to cardiovascular disease development, possibly due to a detrimental effect of fat on endothelial function (EF). Objective: We aimed to determine whether the habitual SF intake [as a ratio to total fat (the sum of saturated, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated fat)] might influence endothelial function in young, ov...