Test yourself: Do you know the dietary guidelines?

Most Danes do not follow the official dietary guidelines.

Not a single one of the 4,000 participants adhered to all of them, according to a new study. Photo: Colourbox

By Laurits Buck Madsen ([email protected]) 56 minutes ago

Eat varied and plant-based. Less meat, more greens. Quench your thirst with water.

Most Danes have undoubtedly heard the official dietary guidelines before, but very few actually follow them.

This is shown by a new study from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where none of the 4,000 participants followed all seven dietary guidelines. (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/ikke-en-eneste-dansker-spiste-i-stor-undersoegelse-efter-kostraadene)

Read also: Not a single Dane eats according to dietary guidelines, large study shows (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/ikke-en-eneste-dansker-spiste-i-stor-undersoegelse-efter-kostraadene)

"We know very well what we should eat according to the dietary guidelines. But the focus has been on eating less meat and more greens and legumes. And it’s incredibly difficult for the population to change our habits," says Sisse Fagt, senior advisor at DTU Food Institute, about the study, which was published on Tuesday—15 years after the last comparable study.

But do we know that now?

In the quiz below, you can test how well you know the official dietary guidelines from the Danish Food and Agriculture Authority.

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