American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 46, 790-797, Copyright © 1987 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Dietary fiber intake in the US population

E Lanza, DY Jones, G Block and L Kessler
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCI, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Twenty-four hour recall data from adults interviewed in the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES II, were used as the basis to estimate total dietary fiber intake in the United States. Food fiber values were calculated for the 2500 foods in NHANES II in two ways: 1) using fiber values compiled from the literature by NCI and 2) values based on the Southgate methodology. Mean dietary fiber intake in the US adult population (greater than 19 y of age) is 11.1 g/d using the first set of values and 13.3 g/d according to Southgate values. On a per 1000 kcal basis, women consume more dietary fiber (6.5 g/1000 kcal) than men (5.5 g/1000 kcal) at every age. Fiber intake by geographic region, age, race, and sex is discussed. Our study indicates that dietary fiber intake in the United States is considerably lower than that previously reported.

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