Borody W L, Brown T E, Boroditsky R S
Department of Nutrition and Food Service, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Menopause. 1998 Winter;5(4):230-5.
The purpose of this retrospective, descriptive study was to assess the baseline dietary intake of fat and calcium in a group of women attending a multidisciplinary menopause clinic.
Dietary fat and calcium intakes of this group were determined with food-frequency questionnaires, food records, and dietary interviews. The dietary fat and calcium intakes of those patients who expressed concern of risk for cardiovascular disease or osteoporosis and those patients using herbal preparations were compared with those who did not.
Of 75 women, the majority of patients exceeded the dietary fat recommendations and had insufficient intakes of calcium. Significantly fewer patients with an expressed concern of risk for cardiovascular disease exceeded the recommendation for total fat and saturated fat (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in calcium intake between those with and those without an expressed concern of risk for osteoporosis or in the diets of patients who did or those who did not take herbal products.
The large proportion of patients not meeting recommendations for fat or calcium intakes confirms that the assessment of baseline dietary habits and nutrition education and intervention should be an essential component of the management of menopausal women.
这项回顾性描述性研究的目的是评估一组前往多学科更年期诊所就诊的女性的脂肪和钙的基线饮食摄入量。
通过食物频率问卷、食物记录和饮食访谈来确定该组女性的膳食脂肪和钙摄入量。将那些对心血管疾病或骨质疏松症风险表示担忧的患者以及使用草药制剂的患者的膳食脂肪和钙摄入量与未表示担忧的患者进行比较。
在75名女性中，大多数患者的膳食脂肪摄入量超过了推荐量，而钙摄入量不足。对心血管疾病风险表示担忧的患者中，超过总脂肪和饱和脂肪推荐量的患者明显较少（p < 0.05）。对骨质疏松症风险表示担忧的患者与未表示担忧的患者之间，以及服用或未服用草药产品的患者的饮食中，钙摄入量没有显著差异。
很大一部分患者未达到脂肪或钙摄入量的推荐标准，这证实了对基线饮食习惯的评估以及营养教育和干预应成为更年期女性管理的重要组成部分。
