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  • What is the cost of a healthy diet in terms of achieving RDAs?

  • Piero Conforti, Amleto D'Amicis
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 3 / Issue 3 / September 2000
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 January 2007, pp. 367-373
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  • Objective

    Assessing how the Italian average food pattern would be affected in terms of consumption structure and expenditure by the adoption of nutritional prescriptions.

    Design

    A linear programming model with nutritional and food habits constraints was employed to generate a pattern following recommended daily allowances (RDAs) and nutritional guidelines provided for the Italian population.

    Setting

    Food consumption data from ISTAT Household Budget Survey of Italian population.

    Subjects

    Italian families investigated by the Family Budget Survey of the National Institute of Statistics.

    Results

    Compared to actual behaviour, the pattern generated by the model implies an increased consumption of vegetables, pasta, rice and fresh fish, and a decreased consumption of meats, bread, sugars and cakes, and especially fats and oils. At given prices, total expenditure is lower than actual expenditure.

    Conclusions

    Differences between actual behaviour and the generated pattern are consistent with long-term trends in food consumption. The adoption of RDAs is unlikely to result in an increased food expenditure.