Nutrient intakes in North Glasgow: results from the Scottish MONICA studies of 1986 and 1989

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As part of the World Health Organisation MONICA project the nutrient intakes of more than 2000 men and women (aged 25–64) were assessed in two cross‐sectional surveys carried out in North Glasgow in 1986 and 1989. Mean energy and nutrient intakes were calculated from food frequency questionnaires and results are reported for each survey year for men and women who received only a school education and those who claimed to have completed further education. Mean energy intakes were lower in all groups in 1989 compared with 1986. Men with only a school education had higher mean intakes of energy, starch, total fat, saturated fat, retinol and cholesterol than men who went on to further education. Men and women who had only a school education had lower mean total fibre and vitamin C intakes than those educated beyond school. The percentage contribution of total fat to energy was higher than recent government recommendations in women but was within the guidelines for both groups of men. However alcohol consumption was generally high in both groups of men and this will have contributed to the comparatively low percentage of energy from fat.Although the quality of the diet was generally better in those who had received further education, the only evidence of an improvement in diet from 1986 to 1989 was in a lower percentage of energy from total fat and saturated fat.