Global, regional, and national consumption of animal-source foods between 1990 and 2018: findings from the Global Dietary Database

Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity

“…Changes in scores between 1990 and 2018 were calculated using all 4,000 posterior predictions for each stratum to account for the full spectrum of uncertainty and standardized to the proportion of individuals within each stratum in 2018 to account for changes in demographics over time 42 . Given the Bayesian nature of the analysis, formal statistical significance was not appropriate, and the 95% UIs should be used as a guide 42 . The absolute difference by time was computed as the difference at the stratum-level and aggregated to the global and regional mean differences using weighted population proportions for 2018.…”

Regional Living Conditions and Individual Dietary Characteristics of the Russian Population

“…Furthermore, Russia is characterized by frequent consumption of dairy products and fruit juices [34]. In addition, Russia has the highest cumulative intake of animal products among the most populous countries (5.8 servings daily) [35]. E.g., there is traditionally high intake of unprocessed red meat (70-79 g/day, grade 8), processed meat (30-34 g/day, grade 7), and fish and seafood (30-34 g/day, grade 6) in Russia [1].…”

Desirable Diet to Lower the Japanese Nitrogen Footprint: Analysis of the Saitama Prefecture Nutrition Survey 2017

“…However, from the 1950s to the 1970s, dietary changes, including an increase in meat consumption, led to an increase in energy, protein and fat intake and a decrease in carbohydrate. However, meat intake has doubled in the past 50 y; Japan has been reported to be one of the countries where red meat intake increased remarkably (24). In contrast, fish intake did not change since the 1970s and began to decline around 2000.…”