Table 1.
Comparison of daily nutrient intake between Japanese and the US population.
| Energy | Protein g (E%) | Lipids g (E%) | Carbohydrate | SFA | MUFA | PUFA g (E%) | Chol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (kcal) | Total | Animal | Total | Animal | g (E%) | g (E%) | g (E%) | n-6 | n-3 | mg | |
| Japan | 1930 | 71.8 | 39.3 | 61.0 | 31.8 | 254.0 | 17.59 | 22.80 | 10.75 | 2.51 | 340 |
| (14.9) | (28.4) | (52.6) | (8.20) | (10.6) | (5.01) | (1.17) | |||||
| USA | 2155 | 81.9 | 52.4 | 88.2 | 49.9 | 248 | 28.7 | 30.2 | 18.6 | 2.2 | 307 |
| (15.2) | (36.8) | 46.0 | (12.0) | (12.6) | (8.69) | (0.92) | |||||
Data are males and females age ≥20 from the Japan National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2018 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan) and US National Health and Nutrition Examination (National Center for Health Statisitics, USA). Survey, 2017–2018. Proportions of the animal source of protein and lipids are 54.7% and 52.1% for Japanese and 64.0 and 56.6 for the US population, respectively. Dietary fiber intake is 15.0 g (Soluble 3.5 g and insoluble 10.8 g) and 16.9 g for Japanese and the US population, respectively. The ratio of n-6/n-3 PUFAs is 4.3 and approximately 10 for Japanese and the US population, respectively, reflecting the large difference in fish intake, which is 70.1 and 18.0 g/day, respectively.