Using national dietary data to measure dietary changes

Catherine M Champagne; Margaret L Bogle; William H Karge

doi:10.1079/phn2002375

Using national dietary data to measure dietary changes

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1079/phn2002375 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 5 (6a) ◽

pp. 985-989 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Catherine M Champagne ◽

Margaret L Bogle ◽

William H Karge

Keyword(s):

Mississippi Delta ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Food Composition ◽

Nutrition Intervention ◽

Distributed Data ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Nutrition Research ◽

Research Task ◽

Dietary Data

AbstractObjective:To demonstrate that dietary datasets from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals, a US population survey, allow comparisons with national data and provide food composition datasets that can be used to generate similar dietary data.Design:Two studies are described: the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI), which used a 24-hour recall, and a Department of Defense Military Nutrition Research Task, which used 3-day dietary records. Both studies used the same food composition tables.Setting:Rural Lower Mississippi Delta and an Army post.Subjects:Four hundred and nine residents (adults and children) from the rural Delta region of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and 74 career soldiers from the Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, Texas.Results:The Delta NIRI study found that fruit and vegetable consumption for these rural residents was lower than that found nationally. Additionally, the quality of vegetable servings is of concern since a large percentage came from french fries and potato chips. In the Sergeants Major Academy study, the national survey food composition tables allowed for easy analysis of intake data and comparisons with dietary recommendations.Conclusions:Strategies similar to those used for the Delta NIRI and Military Nutrition Research Task can be used widely, allowing comparisons of ‘defined populations’ with nationally distributed data. Additionally, measurement of dietary change is more efficient when the same protocol is used subsequently to collect more data, a method similar to that used by the US Department of Agriculture to describe food consumption patterns from one survey to another.

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Micronutrient Intake in a Cohort of Italian Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: Adherence to Dietary Recommendations

Journal of Diabetes Research ◽

10.1155/2017/2682319 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marisa Giorgini ◽

Marilena Vitale ◽

Lutgarda Bozzetto ◽

Ornella Ciano ◽

Angela Giacco ◽

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Keyword(s):

Type 1 Diabetes ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Food Composition ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Adequate Intake ◽

Food Records ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Micronutrient Intake ◽

Diabetes Center

Micronutrients are of fundamental importance in maintaining health status. However, data on their dietary intake are few particularly in persons with diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) attending a tertiary-level diabetes center in Southern Italy the intake of micronutrients (both vitamins and minerals) and the adherence to recommendations. Seven-day food records of 60 T1DM patients were analyzed. Micronutrient intake was evaluated based on the Italian food composition tables and expressed as amount per 1000 kcal of energy intake to adjust for possible underreporting. Adherence to recommendations for vitamins A, B6, B12, and C and niacin was acceptable in both sexes (ranging from 77% to 100%). Half of the patients did not adhere to folate recommendation, even less to vitamin E, and no patient reached the recommended intake for vitamin D. As for minerals, adherence was low for potassium and selenium (0–23%); intermediate for zinc, copper, and magnesium; low and intermediate for calcium in men and women, respectively; and low for iron in women. In conclusion, the diet followed by T1DM patients may not have a sufficient content of different micronutrients. Therefore, an adequate intake of low-fat dairy products, fish, legumes, and vegetables should be encouraged as components of a healthier dietary pattern.

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Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114516003706 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 116 (10) ◽

pp. 1709-1719 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Julia de Bruyn ◽

Elaine Ferguson ◽

Margaret Allman-Farinelli ◽

Ian Darnton-Hill ◽

Wende Maulaga ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Compositional Data ◽

Food Composition ◽

High Income ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Animal Source Foods ◽

Animal Source ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Resource Poor ◽

Sub Saharan

AbstractAnimal-source foods (ASF) have the potential to enhance the nutritional adequacy of cereal-based diets in low- and middle-income countries, through the provision of high-quality protein and bioavailable micronutrients. The development of guidelines for including ASF in local diets requires an understanding of the nutrient content of available resources. This article reviews food composition tables (FCT) used in sub-Saharan Africa, examining the spectrum of ASF reported and exploring data sources for each reference. Compositional data are shown to be derived from a small number of existing data sets from analyses conducted largely in high-income nations, often many decades previously. There are limitations in using such values, which represent the products of intensively raised animals of commercial breeds, as a reference in resource-poor settings where indigenous breed livestock are commonly reared in low-input production systems, on mineral-deficient soils and not receiving nutritionally balanced feed. The FCT examined also revealed a lack of data on the full spectrum of ASF, including offal and wild foods, which correspond to local food preferences and represent valuable dietary resources in food-deficient settings. Using poultry products as an example, comparisons are made between compositional data from three high-income nations, and potential implications of differences in the published values for micronutrients of public health significance, including Fe, folate and vitamin A, are discussed. It is important that those working on nutritional interventions and on developing dietary recommendations for resource-poor settings understand the limitations of current food composition data and that opportunities to improve existing resources are more actively explored and supported.

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Thiamin intake, erythrocyte transketolase (EC 2.2.1.1) activity and total erythrocyte thiamin in adolescents

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1079/bjn19940014 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 72 (1) ◽

pp. 111-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Angela L. Bailey ◽

P. M. Finglas ◽

A. J. A. Wright ◽

Susan Southon

Keyword(s):

Activity Coefficient ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Direct Analysis ◽

Food Composition ◽

Food Groups ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Thiamin Deficiency ◽

Department Of Health ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Duplicate Diets

The relationships between thiamin intake, erythrocyte transketolase (EC 2.2.1.1) activity coefficient (ETK-AC) and total erythrocyte thiamin were investigated in a group of adolescents (13 to 14 years old; nineteen boys, thirty-five girls). Thiamin intakes were calculated from 7 d weighed records, using food composition tables, and compared with those obtained by direct analysis of duplicate diets. Average 7 d calculated thiamin intakes were significantly lower than analysed intakes for both sexes. On an individual basis, calculated intakes ranged from 30 to 143 % of corresponding analysed values. Analysed and calculated intakes were significantly correlated when expressed as mg/d; however, when expressed in terms of energy intake, the correlation was significant for males only. Thiamin intake appeared largely adequate when compared with current UK dietary recommendations (Department of Health, 1991), but the limitations of such comparisons are considered. The major food groups contributing to thiamin intake were examined and showed breakfast cereals to contribute more than 25% of dietary thiamin. A proportion of the subjects had ETK-AC values in ranges usually associated with marginal or severe thiamin deficiency. There was, however, no statistically significant relationship between erythrocyte thiamin and basal or stimulated transketolase activity, or between thiamin intake and either of the methods used to assess status. The need to re-evaluate indices of thiamin status is discussed.

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Biomarkers of the intake of dietary polyphenols: strengths, limitations and application in nutrition research

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114507798938 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 99 (1) ◽

pp. 12-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 239

Author(s):

Jeremy P. E. Spencer ◽

Manal M. Abd El Mohsen ◽

Ann-Marie Minihane ◽

John C. Mathers

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Information ◽

Food Composition ◽

Dietary Intakes ◽

Dietary Polyphenols ◽

Food Records ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Nutrition Research ◽

Polyphenol Intake ◽

The Relationship ◽

Firm Evidence

In order to establish firm evidence for the health effects of dietary polyphenol consumption, it is essential to have quantitative information regarding their dietary intake. The usefulness of the current methods, which rely mainly on the assessment of polyphenol intake using food records and food composition tables, is limited as they fail to assess total intake accurately. This review highlights the problems associated with such methods with regard to polyphenol-intake predictions. We suggest that the development of biological biomarkers, measured in both blood and urine, are essential for making accurate estimates of polyphenol intake. However, the relationship between dietary intakes and nutritional biomarkers are often highly complex. This review identifies the criteria that must be considered in the development of such biomarkers. In addition, we provide an assessment of the limited number of potential biomarkers of polyphenol intake currently available.

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National Standard Food Composition Tables Provide the Infrastructure for Food and Nutrition Research According to Policy and Industry

The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition ◽

10.9799/ksfan.2013.26.4.886 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 886-894 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Sung-Hee Lim ◽

Jung-Bong Kim ◽

Young-Sook Cho ◽

YoungMin Choi ◽

Hong-Ju Park ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Composition ◽

National Standard ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Nutrition Research ◽

Food And Nutrition

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Update of the Moroccan food composition tables: Towards a more reliable tool for nutrition research

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis ◽

10.1016/j.jfca.2019.103397 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 87 ◽

pp. 103397

Author(s):

Mohamed Khalis ◽

Vanessa Garcia-Larsen ◽

Hafida Charaka ◽

Meimouna Mint Sidi Deoula ◽

Khaoula El Kinany ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Composition ◽

Reliable Tool ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Nutrition Research

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Development of an Unified Food Composition Database for the European Project “Stance4Health”

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13124206 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 4206

Author(s):

Daniel Hinojosa-Nogueira ◽

Sergio Pérez-Burillo ◽

Beatriz Navajas-Porras ◽

Bartolomé Ortiz-Viso ◽

Silvia Pastoriza de la Cueva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Bioactive Compounds ◽

Missing Values ◽

Control Method ◽

Food Composition ◽

Nutrition Intervention ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

European Project ◽

Critical Control Points ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Nutrition Service

The European Commission funded project Stance4Health (S4H) aims to develop a complete personalised nutrition service. In order to succeed, sources of information on nutritional composition and other characteristics of foods need to be as comprehensive as possible. Food composition tables or databases (FCT/FCDB) are the most commonly used tools for this purpose. The aim of this study is to describe the harmonisation efforts carried out to obtain the Stance4Health FCDB. A total of 10 FCT/FCDB were selected from different countries and organizations. Data were classified using FoodEx2 and INFOODS tagnames to harmonise the information. Hazard analysis and critical control points analysis was applied as the quality control method. Data were processed by spreadsheets and MySQL. S4H’s FCDB is composed of 880 elements, including nutrients and bioactive compounds. A total of 2648 unified foods were used to complete the missing values of the national FCDB used. Recipes and dishes were estimated following EuroFIR standards via linked tables. S4H’s FCDB will be part of the smartphone app developed in the framework of the Stance4Health European project, which will be used in different personalized nutrition intervention studies. S4H FCDB has great perspectives, being one of the most complete in terms of number of harmonized foods, nutrients and bioactive compounds included.

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Efficacy of Adding Folic Acid to Foods

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research ◽

10.1024/0300-9831/a000109 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 82 (3) ◽

pp. 177-186 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Violeta Fajardo ◽

Gregorio Varela-Moreiras

Keyword(s):

Folic Acid ◽

Age Groups ◽

Nutritional Deficiencies ◽

Physiological Status ◽

Food Fortification ◽

Limited Information ◽

Dietary Recommendations ◽

Nutritional Education ◽

Food Composition Tables ◽

Staple Foods

In the past, food fortification along with nutritional education and the decrease in food costs relative to income have proven successful in eliminating common nutritional deficiencies. These deficiencies such as goiter, rickets, beriberi, and pellagra have been replaced with an entirely new set of emergent deficiencies that were not previously considered a problem [e.g., folate and neural tube defects (NTDs)]. In addition, the different nutrition surveys in so-called affluent countries have identified shortfalls of nutrients specific to various age groups and/or physiological status. Complex, multiple-etiology diseases, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, and obesity have emerged. Food fortification has proven an effective tool for tackling nutritional deficiencies in populations; but today a more reasonable approach is to use food fortification as a means to support but not replace dietary improvement strategies (i. e. nutritional education campaigns). Folic acid (FA) is a potential relevant factor in the prevention of a number of pathologies. The evidence linking FA to NTD prevention led to the introduction of public health strategies to increase folate intakes: pharmacological supplementation, mandatory or voluntary fortification of staple foods with FA, and the advice to increase the intake of folate-rich foods. It is quite contradictory to observe that, regardless of these findings, there is only limited information on food folate and FA content. Data in Food Composition Tables and Databases are scarce or incomplete. Fortification of staple foods with FA has added difficulty to this task. Globally, the decision to fortify products is left up to individual food manufacturers. Voluntary fortification is a common practice in many countries. Therefore, the worldwide map of vitamin fortification may be analyzed. It is important to examine if fortification today really answers to vitamin requirements at different ages and/or physiological states. The real impact of vitamin fortification on some key biomarkers is also discussed. An important question also to be addressed: how much is too much? It is becoming more evident that chronic excessive intakes may be harmful and a wide margin of safety seems to be a mandatory practice in dietary recommendations. Finally, the risk/benefit dilemma is also considered in the new FA-fortified world.

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