关键词: 日本, 食物消费, 营养素, 启示

Abstract: Food consumption structure of Japan and China belong to “dual-purpose type of plants and animals”, and the consumption concepts in these 2 countries are based on grain. The living standard of Japanese people have entered into the very wealth stage since the early 1980s. And its food consumption structure has verged to stable and reasonable. Therefore, analyzing the changing course of food consumption structure in Japan has a referential significance for guiding the improvement of food consumption structure in China. The food consumption structure in Japan and the intake changes of energy, protein and fat) were analyzed using FAO food balance sheets (from 1961-2013). This paper also compared the phases developmental rule of food consumption structure and nutrient intake quantity between Chinese and Japanese people, and put forward policy suggestions for further optimization of food consumption structure in China, stabilizing food consumption structure as soon as possible, keeping on taking plant-based food as main staple and popularizing more nutrition related knowledge to the general public.

Key words: Japan, food consumption, nutrients, enlightenment