Hygienic assessment of choline intake with food products in the adult population of the Omsk Region

The article presents the results of a hygienic assessment of choline intake with food products by the adult population of the Omsk region. An assessment of the actual nutrition of a representative sample of 506 adult residents of the region was carried out using a standard food frequency questionnaire. The data obtained indicate that 38.9±2.2 % of the adult population of the Omsk region have an insufficient level of choline intake with food products. The median choline intake with food products is 376.58 mg/day. The minimum recorded value of the average daily choline intake is 48.37 mg/day, the maximum is 2234.5 mg/day. No choline intake of more than 3500 mg/day was detected in the study group of individuals. There were no significant differences between choline consumption in different age and sex groups, with the exception of the 18–29 age group, where men consumed more choline than women (p=0.044). The main food groups that supplied choline were meat and meat products (29.1 %), chicken eggs (15.3 %), and vegetables (15.2 %). The main food products that supplied choline in the population of the Omsk region were chicken eggs (15.3 %), animal liver (11.2 %), dairy products, and white bread.