title: Sources of information on food consumption in Spain and Europe.
abstract: Estimation of food consumption and nutrient intake is a topic of growing interest. Currently, both in Europe and in Spain, there are numerous sources of information on food consumption, that we provide information on different levels: national, household and individual, all of them are useful, but including some limitations, mainly arising from the lack of accurate data on food purchased but not consumed. The data obtained allow, among other things, meet dietary habits, explore the food quality, study the energy and nutrient intake and / or assessing exposure to food risks. Among the existing sources in Spain can highlight two surveys especially useful: the Household Budget Survey of the National Statistics Institute (INE) and Food Consumption Panel Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA). Both provide for many years food consumption but, lately, only in households. Both European and Spanish would be necessary to improve the usefulness of the data, standardize the type of survey used and could be comparable between them.
authors.affiliation: Fundación Española de la Nutrición. Spain..
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: del Pozo de la Calle
authors.affiliation: Fundación Española de la Nutrición. Spain..
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz Moreno
authors.affiliation: Fundación Española de la Nutrición. Spain..
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valero Gaspar
authors.affiliation: Fundación Española de la Nutrición. Spain..
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Alonso
authors.affiliation: Fundación Española de la Nutrición. Spain.. jmavila@fen.org.es.
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ávila Torres
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005060:Europe; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain