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Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies
PURPOSE: To review the seafood dietary recommendations of European countries and compare them to national seafood supplies. METHODS: Current seafood dietary recommendations were collated from national health authorities across Europe. Food balance sheets were downloaded from the FAO, and appropriate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572203/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33999272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02580-6 |
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author | Lofstedt, Anneli de Roos, Baukje Fernandes, Paul G. |
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description | PURPOSE: To review the seafood dietary recommendations of European countries and compare them to national seafood supplies. METHODS: Current seafood dietary recommendations were collated from national health authorities across Europe. Food balance sheets were downloaded from the FAO, and appropriate conversion factors were applied to each seafood commodity. Average net per capita seafood supplies from 2007 to 2017 were derived from data on imports and production for food from both capture fisheries and aquaculture, accounting for exports. RESULTS: Both national dietary recommendations and seafood supplies varied considerably throughout Europe. At a national level, on a per capita basis, only 13 out of the 31 of European dietary recommendations for fish consumption were satisfied by national seafood supplies. Most of the countries with coastal access, as well as those with traditional fish-eating cultures, such as France and countries in Northern Europe, had adequate seafood supplies to meet their recommendations. The landlocked countries of Central and Eastern Europe did not have enough seafood supplies to satisfy their recommendations. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings emphasise the need to not only consider consumer health outcomes when developing and advocating dietary recommendations, but also the sustainability of food production systems. As many foods are not necessarily locally sourced but traded as part of global production and distribution systems, it is important to consider greater consistency between national dietary recommendations to facilitate more sustainable marine food systems. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00394-021-02580-6. |
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spelling | pubmed-85722032021-11-15 Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies Lofstedt, Anneli de Roos, Baukje Fernandes, Paul G. Eur J Nutr Original Contribution PURPOSE: To review the seafood dietary recommendations of European countries and compare them to national seafood supplies. METHODS: Current seafood dietary recommendations were collated from national health authorities across Europe. Food balance sheets were downloaded from the FAO, and appropriate conversion factors were applied to each seafood commodity. Average net per capita seafood supplies from 2007 to 2017 were derived from data on imports and production for food from both capture fisheries and aquaculture, accounting for exports. RESULTS: Both national dietary recommendations and seafood supplies varied considerably throughout Europe. At a national level, on a per capita basis, only 13 out of the 31 of European dietary recommendations for fish consumption were satisfied by national seafood supplies. Most of the countries with coastal access, as well as those with traditional fish-eating cultures, such as France and countries in Northern Europe, had adequate seafood supplies to meet their recommendations. The landlocked countries of Central and Eastern Europe did not have enough seafood supplies to satisfy their recommendations. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings emphasise the need to not only consider consumer health outcomes when developing and advocating dietary recommendations, but also the sustainability of food production systems. As many foods are not necessarily locally sourced but traded as part of global production and distribution systems, it is important to consider greater consistency between national dietary recommendations to facilitate more sustainable marine food systems. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00394-021-02580-6. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-05-17 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8572203/ /pubmed/33999272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02580-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Contribution Lofstedt, Anneli de Roos, Baukje Fernandes, Paul G. Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
title | Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
title_full | Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
title_fullStr | Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
title_full_unstemmed | Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
title_short | Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
title_sort | less than half of the european dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies |
topic | Original Contribution |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572203/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33999272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02580-6 |
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