Per capita consumption of milk and dairy products in Iran is about 60 kg which, unfortunately, is extremely low compared to regional countries like Pakistan (159kg), Turkey (138 kg), Armenia (136 kg), Azerbaijan Republic (119 kg), several of them having quite lower GDP than ours. It is supposed that 90% of the people of the country have calcium deficiency, with mean age of low bone density at 30 years old. The problem would become more serious when we consider that this low consumption rate of dairy products is not only due to the public nutritional habits, but according to the health authorities, dairy consumption has experiences a rapid fall down after austerity measures have been put to the country’s economy resulting in a rapid increase in the price... (Read more...)
