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We evaluated how well the diet of Norwegian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes fulfils the Nordic and European dietary recommendations, focusing on parameters affecting prevention of atherosclerosis. We also compared the diet of this patient group with that of healthy same-age control subjects.

A total of 177 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (9–10-year-olds, 12–13-year-olds) and 1,809 healthy same-age control subjects recorded their food intake for 4 days in precoded food diaries.

In children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes the percentage of energy (E%) from fat (33–35 E%) and saturated fat (14–15 E%) was higher than recommended for that group. Furthermore their intake of fibre was lower (16–19 g/day) than current recommendations …