title: Dietary changes in Finland--success stories and future challenges.
abstract: The paper describes dietary changes and related nutrition policies and interventions in Finland since the 1960s. Dietary changes are interpreted from the lifestyle perspective, in which food consumption patterns are assumed to be formed by the interplay of individual choices and structural chances, such as socioeconomic and cultural conditions. Finland can demonstrate a success story when it comes to decreased use of dairy fats and increased use of vegetables and fruit. However, the prevalence of overweight has increased. Nutrition policies and interventions together with sociocultural factors have supported the shift towards healthy nutrition. The same factors have promoted overweight, as well.
authors.affiliation: National Public Health Institute (KTL), Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland. ritva.prattala@ktl.fi
authors.forename: Ritva
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prättälä
mesh_terms: D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005387:Finland; D005518:Food Preferences; D005638:Fruit; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats