[Fat intake from pre-packaged foods among Chinese residents of 16 provinces in 2018]

Objective: To investigate the impact of prepackaged food consumption on fat intake in 16 provinces of China in 2018.

Methods: Data used in present study was derived from the eleventh round of China Health and Nutrition Survey(CHNS), 17312 residents aged 6 and over were selected and their consumed information of pre-packaged food was collected. The consumption of pre-packaged food and fat intake from pre-packaged food in urban and rural areas, different age groups, different regions and different genders were calculated and compared.

Results: The median intake of fat from pre-packaged food among subjects and consumers were 33.6 g/d and 34.7 g/d, respectively.73.5% of the intake of fat from pre-packaged food comes from vegetable oil.

Conclusion: Vegetable oil was the main source of fat from pre-packaged food for Chinese residents.