Use of fat-modified food products to change dietary fat intake of young people.
Food purchasing and preparation practices were modified in two boarding high schools to increase the polyunsaturated-to-saturated fat ratio (P/S) of the diet of students by changing food products rather than attempting to change eating behaviors. During years when fat-modified products were served, the P/S of males increased by 75 percent, versus a decrease of 6 percent during control years. For females, P/S increased by 53 percent during intervention years, versus an increase of 6 percent during control years.
Ellison
R C
RC
Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
Goldberg
R J
RJ
Witschi
J C
JC
Capper
A L
AL
Puleo
E M
EM
Stare
F J
FJ
D000293:Adolescent; D015930:Diet Records; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools
D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated