Consumption of milk and dairy products in Iranian population; barriers and facilitators

Abstract

Summary: Background & objectives: Despite all health benefits of dairy products consumption, there is a sharp reduction trend in these food group intake in the last decades in the world. Despite the fact that Iran dairy industries company is the biggest dairy products factory in the Middle East, the per capita consumption of dairy products was 60 kg in the year 2014 that is extremely low and half of the world average. Since eating habits are creating in children and adolescents and will carry into adulthood, pay attention to these age groups dietary patterns is very important. The patterns and predictors of dairy products consumption might be different in children and adolescent from different populations. Result: There are some different factors affecting on food choices and intake. For example, it seems that economic status has major effects on the price of foods, and food selection, especially in vulnerable groups. Regard to the lack of updated evidences about effective factors on dairy intake, especially in children and adolescents in Iran, the current review investigated the consumption of milk and dairy products, barriers to and facilitators of their intake in Iranian population in 2019, comparing with the world status.

Keywords

• Dairy
• Milk
• Iran
• Barriers
• Facilitators