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The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) seven-day food diary 2000/01 suggested that the percentage of food energy derived from fat was around 36% in men and 35% in women (compared to COMA’s recommendation of 35%), and was just over 13% from saturated fat for men and women (compared to the recommendation of 11%). Both men and women consumed fewer than three portions of fruit and vegetables a day. 13% of men and 15% of women consumed the recommended five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Consumption increased with age: none of the men and just 4% of the women aged 19 to 24 years surveyed in the NDNS consumed five or more portions of fruit and vegetables, compared with 24% of men and 22% of women aged 50 to 64 years.

Data from 2000/01 suggest that the average daily salt intake was 11.0g for men and 8.1g for women (exceeding the SACN target of no more than 6g a day). More recent data from 2006 suggest that daily salt intake levels have decreased to around 10g for men and 7.5g for women. The more recent results should be viewed with caution due to the small sample sizes and low response rates that the surveys achieved.

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* Consumption of selected nutrients and fruit and vegetables by age, men aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
Sources: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2002, 2003); Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2003); Department of Health (2004).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of selected nutrients and fruit and vegetables by age, men aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
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* Consumption of selected nutrients and fruit and vegetables by age, women aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
Sources: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2002, 2003); Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2003); Department of Health (2004).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of selected nutrients and fruit and vegetables by age, women aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
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* Percentage difference between recommended and actual intake by sex and nutrient, adults aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)
Sources: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2002, 2003); Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2003); Department of Health (2004).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Percentage difference between recommended and actual intake by sex and nutrient, adults aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation - Percentage difference between recommended and actual intake by sex and nutrient, adults aged 19-64, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)
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* Consumption of total fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar, fibre and fruit and vegetables, adults aged 16 and over, 1975 to 2006, Great Britain (Table)
Source: Family Food in 2006 (2008) ONS; National Food Survey 2000 (2003) and previous years.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of total fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar, fibre and fruit and vegetables, adults aged 16 and over, 1975 to 2006, Great Britain (Table)
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* Food energy from fat and saturated fat, and consumption of fruit and vegetables, by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
Source: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2003) ONS.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Food energy from fat and saturated fat, and consumption of fruit and vegetables, by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
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* Consumption of fruit and vegetable portions by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
Source: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2003) ONS.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of fruit and vegetable portions by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
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* Fruit and vegetable consumption by age and sex, 2001, England (Table)
Source: Health Survey for England 2001(2003).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Fruit and vegetable consumption by age and sex, 2001, England (Table)
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* Daily salt consumption estimated from total urinary sodium by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
Source: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2003) ONS.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Daily salt consumption estimated from total urinary sodium by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
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* Percentage of adults exceeding daily recommended consumption of salt by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)
Source: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2003) ONS.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Percentage of adults exceeding daily recommended consumption of salt by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation - Percentage of adults exceeding daily recommended consumption of salt by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)
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* Consumption of fruit and vegetables by sex and age, 2003/04, Wales (Table)
Source: Welsh Health Survey (2004).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of fruit and vegetables by sex and age, 2003/04, Wales (Table)
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* Consumption of selected nutrients, adults aged 19 to 64, 1986/87 and 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
Source: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2002 and 1990)		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of selected nutrients, adults aged 19 to 64, 1986/87 and 2000/01, Great Britain (Table)
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* Percentage of adults failing to meet daily recommended consumption targets for fruit and vegetables and saturated fat by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)
Source: The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2003) ONS.		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Percentage of adults failing to meet daily recommended consumption targets for fruit and vegetables and saturated fat by sex and age, 2000/01, Great Britain (Figure)
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* Consumption of salt, adults aged 16 and over, 2000/01, Great Britain, and 2006, England, Scotland and Wales (Table)
Source: ONS (2003); Joint Health Surveys Unit (2006) (2007).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Consumption of salt, adults aged 16 and over, 2000/01, Great Britain, and 2006, England, Scotland and Wales (Table)
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