Abstract
Objectives: To compare nutrient and food intakes in a group of meat eating women who ate beef with those who did not eat beef.
Design: Analysis of preliminary data from the UK Women's Cohort Study, a national study of women aged 35–69 y.
Subjects: Three thousand and eighty-six beef meat eaters from the cohort were compared with 593 non-beef meat eaters.
Results: The non-beef eaters had lower energy, protein, zinc, fat, percentage of energy from fat and body mass index and higher fibre and vitamin C intakes than the beef eaters. There was no difference between the groups in consumption of carbohydrate, sugar or iron.
Conclusion: There were differences in nutrient intake between the groups, which if reflected long term in the general population have implications for health and food policy following media revelations.
Sponsorship: World Cancer Research Fund.
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Cade, J., Calvert, C. & Barrett, J. How could the BSE crisis affect nutrient intake? Comparison of beef and non-beef eating meat eaters from the UK Women's Cohort Study. Eur J Clin Nutr 52, 151–152 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600495
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600495
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