title: Compliance with the 2010 nutritional objectives for the Spanish population in the Balearic Islands' adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess compliance with the 2010 nutritional objectives for the Spanish population in the Balearic Islands' adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional nutrition survey was carried out in adolescents (n = 1,231). Dietary habits were assessed by means of 2 nonconsecutive 24-hour recalls and a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Differences in the percentage of compliers with the 2010 nutritional objectives and differences in food consumption patterns between genders and high or low consumers of fat, saturated fatty acids (SFA), fiber, and fruits and vegetables were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  None of the nutritional objectives were achieved by the Balearic Islands' adolescents, and less than 25% of them met the dietary fiber, folate, iodine, total fat, SFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), total carbohydrate, and fruit and vegetable requirements. Gender differences were observed in terms of energy, nutrients, and food item consumption. Low fat/SFA and high fruit and vegetable/fiber consumers kept a diet in line with current food group pyramids and the traditional Mediterranean diet. Adolescents need to decrease their meat and increase pulse, fish, and fruit and vegetable consumption.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nutritional objectives for the Spanish population could be achieved through maintenance of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the Balearic Islands' adolescents. This dietary model could be used to develop food-based dietary guidelines relevant to this population.
authors.affiliation: Research Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Llull
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Mar Bibiloni
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: Josep A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005638:Fruit; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005227:Fatty Acids