Nutrient intakes calculated from T‐day, weighed, intake records obtained from a representative community sample of 98 men in 1990 were compared with those obtained from 665 men in the same community in 1980–83. The total energy intake decreased by 8 and this was accounted for by a fall in the intakes of fat, carbohydrate and alcohol. The percentage of total energy from fat fell from 37.3 to 35.5 and the percentage of food energy from fat fell from 39.5 to 35.5. The percentages of total energy from saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids decreased from 17.3 to 15.3 and from 15.0 to 13.S, respectively, and polyunsaturated fatty acids increased from 5.0 to 6.2. The ratio of polyunsaturated: saturated fatty acids increased from 0.31 to 0.43. There was also a small increase in dietary fibre and vitamin C intakes (2 g/d and 11 mg/d respectively). The increased age of the cohort was found to account for approximately half of the fall in energy intake, but age did not account for some of the other dietary changes obser
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