Increased Vegetable Consumption,Affordability, and Cultural Traditions: MorePositive Public Health Benefits for Pasta

NunoBorges

FacultyofNutri3onandFoodSciencesUniversityofPorto

nunoborges@fcna.up.pt

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