title: Changes in food consumption patterns in Bahrain.
abstract: Changes in food consumption in Bahrain can be identified particularly in the second half of seventies with the wake of oil boom. The consumption of traditional foods such as fish and dates have declined, while that of processed foods, fat, eggs, meat, poultry and milk products have risen. The daily per capita intake of animal protein and fat have increased at the expense of carbohydrates. Some factors responsible for this change are increasing income and literacy, food price fluctuations, food subsidy policy, the influence of immigrant food habits, influence of mass media and the changing structure of households. The change in dietary intake has associated with change in health and nutritional problems in the country.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Musaiger
mesh_terms: D001445:Bahrain; D004032:Diet / Q000639:trends*; D004435:Eating; D005518:Food Preferences; D005523:Food Supply; D006304:Health Status; D009752:Nutritional Status