Agricultural implications of the results of the Irish National Nutrition Survey.
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS '950 calories in any of the groups surveyed. The very satisfactory figures for iron, vitamin B,, and nicotinic acid are to be attributed to the use of high-extraction (8j-90 yo) flour. The consumption of vitamin C was also satisfactory in all groups except the poorer families in the Dublin slums. The principal source in Irish diets is the potato and it is likely that the restriction of cooking facilities in slum rooms is the explanation for the deficiencies noted. Riboflavin intake was also somewhat below the requirement figure in the lower-income groups of towns. There is evidence of more widespread defects for calcium and vitamin A. As might be expected, the position with calcium was most serious amongst the lower-income groups of towns, particularly Dublin, where the full requirement was not satisfied until the income reached 30s./head/week. This is related to the low intake of milk and the position would have been even worse were it not for the addition of acid calciumphosphate to baker's flour at the rate of 24 oz./sack about half-way through the Dublin survey. This practice is still in operation but at the reduced rate of 14 oz./sack, so that the calcium intake in Dublin is probably somewhat higher now than the average figures for the survey suggest but the difference cannot be very great. Neither for this nutrient nor for iron was any allowance made for factors that might affect availability. The unsatisfactory intake of calcium is interesting in view of the high incidence of rickets in Dublin at, and for a few years before, the time of the Dublin survey. The various instances of deficiency in vitamin A intake were due to the small consumption of green vegetables. REFERENCES
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of nutrition
دوره 4 2-3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1950