TY - JFULL AU - M. J. Reis Lima and J. Oliveira and A. C. Sousa Pereira and M. C. Castilho and E. Teixeira-Lemos PY - 2014/8/ TI - Consumption Habits of Low-Fat Plant Sterol-Enriched Yoghurt Enriched with Phytosterols T2 - International Journal of Nutrition and Food Engineering SP - 771 EP - 775 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999389 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 91, 2014 N2 - The increasing interest in plant sterol enriched foods is due to the fact that they reduce blood cholesterol concentrations without adverse side effects. In this context, enriched foods with phytosterols may be helpful in protecting population against atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present work was to evaluate in a population of Viseu, Portugal, the consumption habits low-fat, plant sterol-enriched yoghurt. For this study, 577 inquiries were made and the sample was randomly selected for people shopping in various supermarkets. The preliminary results showed that the biggest consumers of these products were women aged 45 to 65 years old. Most of the people who claimed to buy these products consumed them once a day. Also, most of the consumers under antidyslipidemic therapeutics noticed positive effects on hypercholesterolemia. ER -