[Consumption of eggs in Chinese aged 65 and above in 2010-2012]

To analyze the consumption of eggs in Chinese aged 65 years and above.

Data were collected from 2010- 2012 China National Nutrition and Health Surveillance. Information on consumption was collected by using the FFQ. The participants selected were 65 years old and above on 150 counties from 31 provinces in China by using the method of multi-stage stratified cluster randomization sampling. The average consumption of eggs was reported by quartile.

The average daily consumptions of eggs in Chinese aged 65 and above residents were 25. 7 g( P25 9. 2 g / d, P50 25. 7 g / d, P75 50. 4 g / d). In the big city, small and medium-sized city, rural and poor rural areas, those were 36. 9- 50. 0 g / d, 21. 4-28. 6 g / d, 14. 3- 21. 4 g / d and 17. 1-21. 4 g / d, respectively. Percentage of these residents on intake of eggs were 93. 5%. In the big city, small and medium-sized city, rural and poor rural, those were 93. 0%-96. 8%, 87. 6%-95. 2%, 91. 5%-96. 0% and 85. 5%-94. 9%, respectively. The proportion of people whose total amount of eggs intake reached 40 g / d was 35. 5%. Insuch mentioned areas, those were 49. 1%-58. 7%, 29. 4%-37. 9%, 18. 5%-31. 0% and26. 4%-31. 3%, respectively.

The consumption rates of eggs were quite high in Chinese aged 65 years and above, whereas the intake of eggs was inadequate. Compared with recommendation of The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, there was still a large gap.