Trend in Vitamin Intake, 1975 to 2012, in Japan
Vitamin intake of Japanese people is decreasing. The national nutrition survey conducted by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reveals its trend.
The following figures and table present the changes in daily vitamin intake of a Japanese person.
Table : Trend in Vitamin Intake per day per capita, 1975 to 2012, in Japan
Vitamin | |||||
Year | A (IU) | A (micrograms RE) | B1 (mg) | B2 (mg) | C (mg) |
1975 | 1,602 | ― | 1.11 | 0.96 | 117 |
1980 | 1,576 | ― | 1.16 | 1.01 | 107 |
1985 | 2,188 | ― | 1.34 | 1.25 | 128 |
1990 | 2,567 | ― | 1.23 | 1.33 | 120 |
1995 | 2,840 | ― | 1.22 | 1.47 | 135 |
2000 | 2,654 | ― | 1.17 | 1.40 | 128 |
2001 | ― | 981 | 0.89 | 1.22 | 106 |
2002 | ― | 939 | 0.87 | 1.21 | 101 |
2003 | ― | 922 | 0.85 | 1.18 | 100 |
2004 | ― | 879 | 0.86 | 1.17 | 99 |
2005 | ― | 604 | 0.87 | 1.18 | 106 |
2006 | ― | 596 | 0.87 | 1.18 | 98 |
2007 | ― | 615 | 0.87 | 1.17 | 96 |
2008 | ― | 597 | 0.83 | 1.14 | 100 |
2009 | ― | 536 | 0.83 | 1.14 | 100 |
2010 | ― | 529 | 0.83 | 1.13 | 90 |
2011 | ― | 532 | 0.82 | 1.14 | 94 |
2012 | ― | 527 | 0.88 | 1.17 | 96 |
Since 2001, the unit of vitamin A was changed.
Figure 1 : Trend in Vitamin A Intake per day per capita, 2001 to 2012, in Japan
Figure 2 : Trend in Vitamin B1 Intake per day per capita, 1975 to 2012, in Japan
Figure 3 : Trend in Vitamin B2 Intake per day per capita, 1975 to 2012, in Japan
Figure 4 : Trend in Vitamin C Intake per day per capita, 1975 to 2012, in Japan
In 2001, each data was dramatically changed. I thought the ministry changed the survey method or something. I checked the site of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, but it seems they did not change the method at that time. I could not figure out what was going on.
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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