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. 2023 Apr 27;13(5):1091.
doi: 10.3390/life13051091.

Assessing the per Capita Food Supply Trends of 38 OECD Countries between 2000 and 2019-A Joinpoint Regression Analysis

Tímea Csákvári  1   2 , Diána Elmer  1   2 , Noémi Németh  1 , Márk Komáromy  1 , Luca Fanni Kajos  1   2 , Bettina Kovács  1   2 , Imre Boncz  1   2
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Assessing the per Capita Food Supply Trends of 38 OECD Countries between 2000 and 2019-A Joinpoint Regression Analysis

Tímea Csákvári et al. Life (Basel). .

Abstract

Food supply has an impact on the prevalence of diet-related non-communicable diseases. We aimed to analyze the protein, fat (g/capita/day) and calorie (kcal/capita/day) supply from 2000 to 2019 as derived from the OECD Health Statistics database. A joinpoint regression was used to examine the number and location of breakpoints in the time series. The annual percent change (APC) was calculated using Joinpoint 4.9.0.0. The per capita daily kcal per nutrient was calculated for each country and the resulting percentage distributions were compared to the acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges. Protein, fat and calorie supplies have increased significantly between 2000 and 2019. Each started to show a much steeper, positive change between 2012 and 2014 (APCfat: 1.0; 95%CI: 0.8-1.1; APCprotein: 0.5; 95%CI: 0.3-0.6; APCkcal: 0.4; 95%CI: 0.3-0.5). In terms of the composition of the daily calorie intake per capita, the overall share of fat (+4.9%) and protein (+1.0%) increased between 2000 and 2019. We found significant differences among countries and also an increasing and optimal proportion of consumed protein per total calorie in all countries over the last two decades. We concluded that several countries have access to fat availability above the optimal level, which deserves particular attention from health policy makers in the fight against obesity and diet-related diseases.

Keywords: OECD; calories; fat; food supply; protein; trend.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Fat supply of the 38 OECD countries in 2000 and 2019.
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Protein supply of the 38 OECD countries in 2000 and 2019.
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Calorie supply of the 38 OECD countries in 2000 and 2019.
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