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Increased Vegetable Consumption,Affordability, and Cultural Traditions: MorePositive Public Health Benefits for Pasta
NunoBorges
FacultyofNutri3onandFoodSciencesUniversityofPorto
TheaffordabilityofPasta
Economics…
Results:Onceperceivedenvironmentalvariableswereconsidered,theassocia?onsbetweenSEPanddietwereweakandnon‐significant,sugges?ngthatsocioeconomicdifferencesindietwerealmostwhollyexplainedbypercep?onsoffoodavailability,accessibilityandaffordability.
JEpidemiolCommunityHealth2008;62:191–197
Uma causa:
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação EDP e SIC
Apoio:
Associação Portuguesa dos Nutricionistas e DECO
Apoio à divulgação:
Jornal Metro e Correio da Manhã
Coordenação científica:
Profª Isabel do Carmo
Ementas a 1 euro por pessoa
Modos de confecção
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Uma causa:
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação EDP e SIC
Apoio:
Associação Portuguesa dos Nutricionistas e DECO
Apoio à divulgação:
Jornal Metro e Correio da Manhã
Coordenação científica:
Profª Isabel do Carmo
Ementas a 1 euro por pessoa
Modos de confecção
3
Uma causa:
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação EDP e SIC
Apoio:
Associação Portuguesa dos Nutricionistas e DECO
Apoio à divulgação:
Jornal Metro e Correio da Manhã
Coordenação científica:
Profª Isabel do Carmo
Ementas a 1 euro por pessoa
Modos de confecção
3
AprogrammadebythePortugueseAssocia?onofNutri?onists,aimingtotackletheeconomiccrisisbysugges?ngnutrient‐richandaffordablemeals.
Sevenrecipes,eachofthemfocusedinonenutrient,cos?ng1€perperson;Onewasapastameal.
Threeaddi?onalsugges?onsforthereuseofleVovers;Twowerepastameals.
Pasta,vegetableconsump?onandhealth.
“Healthy paXern, followed by 12% of white girls andcharacterized by a high intake of fruits, vegetables,dairy, grains without added fats, mixed dishes andsoups, and a low intake of sweetened drinks, othersweets, fried foods, burgers, and pizza, was related tomore favorable nutrient intakes and a smaller increaseinwaistcircumference.”
Studyresultsdifferedbysex,andoverallshowedliXlesupportforthestudyhypoth‐esesthathigheradherencetodietarypaXernscharacterisedbyvegetablesandfruitswouldbeassociatedwithalowerriskofbeingoverweightorobese,andthattheoppositewouldbetrueforpaXernscharacterisedbysnackfoodsandfastfood.
Pastaworldwide
Inconclusion:
‐Pastaisanaffordablefoodformostoftheworld’spopula?on;
‐Pastamealsarepresentinmanyregionsofourplanetaspartoftheirtradi?onaldiets;
‐Scien?ficdatasuggeststhatea?ngpastaisassociatedwithhealthierfoodpaXerns,thatalsoincludeahigheramountofvegetablesandlegumes;
‐Promo?ngpastamealsmayyieldlongtermhealthimprovementsinpopula?onswithmore“Westernized”foodpaXerns.
‐WholegrainpastamayprovideevenbeXernutri?onalprofilestopastameals