U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Nutrition and Your Health:
Dietary Guidelines for Americans

 U.S. Department of Agriculture

PART E: TRANSLATING THE SCIENCE INTO DIETARY GUIDANCE

Table E-15. Dietary Sources of Saturated Fat Listed in Decreasing Order

  Saturated Fat 1994–1996
(mean = 25.5 g)
Food Group Ranking Percent Total Percent Cumulative
Cheese
 1 13.1 13.1
Beef
 2 11.7 24.8
Milk
 3 7.8 32.6
Oils
 4 4.9 37.5
Ice cream/sherbet/
frozen yogurt
 5 4.7 42.2
Cakes/cookies/
quick breads/
doughnuts
 6 4.7 46.9
Butter
 7 4.6 51.5
Other fats*
 8 4.4 55.9
Salad dressings/
mayonnaise
 9 3.7 59.6
Poultry
 10 3.6 63.2
Margarine
 11 3.2 66.4
Sausage
 12 3.1 69.5
Potato chips/corn chips/popcorn
 13 2.9 72.4
Yeast bread
 14 2.6 75.0
Eggs
 15 2.3 77.3

*Shortening and animal fats

Adapted from Cotton PA, Subar AF, Friday JE, Cook A. Dietary Sources of Nutrients among U.S. Adults, 1994–1996. JADA 104:921-931; 2004.

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Table of Contents

A. Executive Summary

B. Introduction

C. Methodology

D. Science Base
  •  
    		•  Section 1. Aiming To Meet Nutrient Intake Recommendations
     
  •  
    • Text
     
  •  
    • Tables
  •  
    		•  Section 2. Energy
  •  
    		•  Section 3. Discretionary Calories
  •  
    		•  Section 4. Fats
  •  
    		•  Section 5. Carbohydrates
  •  
    		•  Section 6. Selected Food Groups
  •  
    		•  Section 7. Fluid and Electrolytes
  •  
    		•  Section 8. Ethanol
  •  
    		•  Section 9. Food Safety
  •  
    		•  Section 10. Major Conclusions

    E.  Translating the Science into Dietary Guidance
        
  • Text
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  • Tables and Figures
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    F.  Research Recommendations

    G. Appendices
  •  
    		•  Glossary
  •  
    		•  Description of USDA Analyses
  •  
    		•  Summary Tables from Systematic Review
  •  
    		•  IOM Tables
    (Institute of Medicine tables referenced in the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report are available at http://www.nap.edu)
  •  
    		•  History of Dietary Guidelines
  •  
    		•  Summary of Recommendations
  •  
    		•  Biographical Sketches of DGAC Members
  •  
    		•  Acknowledgements

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