Why and How Meet n-3 PUFA Dietary Recommendations?

Table 1

Daily fatty acids supplies in municipal and hospital catering.

		FA
		Total g (% LDRI)	SFA g (% LDRI)	MUFA g (% LDRI)	PUFA g (% LDRI)
Lille municipal catering	Children 4–6 y	28,3 (141%)	8,5 (139%)	8,4 (91%)	10,3 (381%)
	LDRI min-max	16,5–23,8	^a5,5–6,8	6,6–11,9	1,3–4,1
	Children 6–10 y	30,0 (117%)	9,1 (116%)	9,0 (76%)	10,7 (310%)
	LDRI min-max	20,9–30,2	^a7,0–8,6	8,4–15,1	1,7–5,2
	Adults	32,6 (117%)	10,0 (149%)	9,9 (59%)	11,3 (265%)
	LDRI min-max	23,1–32,4	^a5,6–7,8	14,0–19,6	3,5–5,0
St. Luc Hospital, Brussels	Classic	48,28 (66%)	18,38 (104%)	16,79 (38%)	13,10 (116%)
					^b11,90 (105%)
	Diabetic	54,15 (74%)	20,16 (114%)	17,52 (39%)	16,47 (146%)
					^b15,27 (135%)
	Low-fat	35,36 (48%)	12,64 (71%)	12,07 (27%)	10,64 (95%)
					^b9,44 (84%)
	DRI women-men	66–81	^a16,0–19,5	40,0–49,0	10,0–12,5
		PUFA
		n-6 PUFA g (% DRI)	n-3 PUFA g (% DRI)	EPA+DHA g (% DRI)	n-6/n-3 ratio (% DRI)
Lille municipal catering	Children 4–6 y	9,9 (441%)	0,4 (91%)	0,16	24,1 (482%)
	LDRI min-max	1,1–3,4	0,2–0,7		5,00
	Children 6–10 y	10,2 (359%)	0,5 (82%)	0,22	20,8 (415%)
	LDRI min-max	1,4–4,3	0,3–0,9		5,00
	Adults	10,8 (316%)	0,6 (68%)	0,27 (130%)	18,6 (466%)
	LDRI min-max	2,8–4,0	0,7–1,0	0,20	4,00
St. Luc Hospital, Brussels	Classic	11,24 (125%)	1,92 (85%)	0,46 (93%)	5,86 (147%)
			^b0,72 (32%)	^b0,26 (53%)	^b15,61 (390%)
	Diabetic	14,66 (163%)	1,85 (82%)	0,46 (92%)	7,91 (198%)
			^b0,65 (29%)	^b0,26 (52%)	^b22,55 (563%)
	Low-fat	8,90 (99%)	1,79 (80%)	0,46 (93%)	4,96 (124%)
			^b0,59 (26%)	^b0,26 (53%)	^b15,08 (377%)
	DRI women-men	8,0–10,0	2,0–2,5	0,50	4,00

LDRI: lunch daily recommended intakes [91]; numbers in brackets correspond to the % of average DRI/LDRI; ^aFor SFA, values represent the range of 35% of the maximum intakes for women and 40% of the maximum intakes for men; ^bValues without enriched margarine.