A weighed dietary survey of women in South Wales

Dietary intakes of 101 women living in a small South Wales town were measured by four day weighed inventory. Variation of nutrient intake with Body Mass Index (Quetelet Index) and age was also studied. Mean total energy was 1760 kcal (7.4 MJ); of this 42.9 per cent came from carbohydrate, 41.2 per cent from fat, 13.9 per cent from protein and 2.0 per cent from alcohol. Only cereal and total fibre intakes showed a gradual increase with age. Quetelet Index also increased with age; however there was a small negative correlation between carbohydrate intake and Quetelet Index. The results are compared with data from Cambridgeshire.