Udviklingen i Danskernes Foedevareforbrug 1955-1990. Beskrivelse af den Danske Kost pa Grundlag af Foedevarestatistikker og Naeringsberegnede Data (Development of Food Consumption in Denmark 1955-1990. Description of the Danish Diet Based on Food Statisti

摘要

The average life expectancy in Denmark has been prolonged considerably during this century, Only for the past 15 years no further improvement has been made. Along with the prolongation of lifetime, patterns of disease and causes of death have changed. Previously, infectious diseases were the most common cause of death. Today it is cardio-vascular diseases - particularly ischaemic heart disease and cancer - that are responsible of over half of all deaths. Since the beginning of the 1940's mortality caused by these diseases has increased considerably, especially among men. Bottomline, the diet in 1990 is less wholesome for health than the diet in 1955. Despite the fact that no decline in the percentage of energy from fat during the period can be shown, it must be pointed out, that the authors see a series of positive trends in the development of the food consumption pattern.