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. 2019 Jan 7;22(10):1858–1871. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018003609

Table 5.

Most recent fat, sugar and salt intake estimates and dietary assessment method used

Country Year Intake (g/d) Dietary assessment method
Fat intake
FSM 2005 62·6 24H-FR
Fiji 2017 97·1 95 % CI 96·0, 98·2 24H-FR
Guam 2015 98·9 sd 67·7 FFQ
Solomon Islands 2017 25·4 sd 13·2 24H-FR
Tonga 2011 107·0 M 88·0 F sd 21·0 sd 20·0 24H-FR
Vanuatu 2015 75·0 Dietary modelling
Sugar intake
Guam 2011 47·3 sd 42·2 24H-FR
Salt intake
FSM 2013 6·5 95 % CI 5·5, 7·7 Dietary modelling
Fiji 2017 10·3 se 0·5 24H-UNa
Guam 2015 10·1 sd 6·6 FFQ
Kiribati 2013 5·6 95 % CI 4·6, 6·8 Dietary modelling
Papua New Guinea 2013 6·2 95 % CI 5·3, 7·3 Dietary modelling
RMI 2013 6·5 95 % CI 5·5, 7·7 Dietary modelling
Samoa 2017 7·5 se 0·2 24H-UNa
Solomon Islands 2013 5·9 95 % CI 5·0, 7·0 Dietary modelling
Tonga 2013 6·9 95 % CI 5·8, 8·1 Dietary modelling
Vanuatu 2017 7·2 sd 2·3 Spot urine collection

FSM, Federated States of Micronesia; RMI, Republic of the Marshall Islands; M, males; F, females; 24H-FR, 24 hour food recall; 24H-UNa, 24 h urine collection.