Nutritional Challenges in Ghana: How nutrient profiling (NP) can help shape nutrition choices

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Profiling

scholarly journals Prospective associations of four nutrient profiles with weigh gain, overweight and obesity risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Egnell ◽  
B Neal ◽  
C Ni Mhurchu ◽  
M Rayner ◽  
A Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Nutrition Policies ◽  
Food Standards ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Dietary Indices

Abstract Background Nutrient Profiling Systems (NPSs), including the UK Food Standards Agency NPS and its variants are used to classify foods according to their nutritional composition for nutrition policies. The prospective validity of these NPSs requires however further investigation. The study investigates the associations of the original Food Standards Agency (FSA)-NPS and three variants - the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC), the Health Star Rating (HSR) system NPS and the French NPS (HCSP-NPS) -, which are used as a basis for nutrition policies, with weight status. Methods Dietary indices based on each of the four investigated NPSs applied at the food level were computed at the individual level to characterize the diet quality of 71,178 French individuals from the NutriNet-Santé cohort. Associations of these Dietary Indices (DIs) (as tertiles) with weight gain were assessed using multivariable mixed models, and with overweight and obesity risks using multivariable Cox models. Results For the four NPSs, participants with a lower diet nutritional quality were more likely to have an increase in body mass index over time (median follow-up of 3.14 ± 2.76 years, beta coefficients positive, all p ≤ 0.0001), and an increased risk of overweight (HRT3vs.T1=1.27 [1.17-1.37] for the HCSP-DI, followed by the original FSA-DI with HRT3vs.T1=1.18 [1.09-1.28], the NPSC-DI with HRT3vs.T1=1.14 [1.06-1.24] and the HSR-DI, HRT3vs.T1=1.12 [1.04-1.21]). Whilst differences were small, the HCSP-DI appeared to show significantly greater association with risk of overweight compared to other NPS. Conclusions Less healthy diets defined using the Food Standards Agency-NPS and related systems were all associated with weight gain and overweight risk. Demonstrating this association with health outcomes is an important indicator of one validity dimension of NPSs and supports their use in public policies for the prevention of diet-related chronic diseases. Key messages Nutrient profile models of foods and beverages allow capturing the nutritional quality of diets and are prospectively associated with weight gain and obesity. The French NPS which underpins the front-of-pack Nutri-Score appeared to have a small but significant higher performance.

scholarly journals A nutrient profiling system for the (re)formulation of a global food and beverage portfolio

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 1105-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonis Vlassopoulos ◽  
Gabriel Masset ◽  
Veronique Rheiner Charles ◽  
Cassandra Hoover ◽  
Caroline Chesneau-Guillemont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Global Food

Enhancing the efficacy of yeast biocontrol agents against postharvest pathogens through nutrient profiling and the use of other additives

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betina R. Gramisci ◽  
M. Cecilia Lutz ◽  
Christian A. Lopes ◽  
Marcela P. Sangorrín
Keyword(s):  
Biocontrol Agents ◽  
Nutrient Profiling

scholarly journals Nutrient profiling as a tool to improve diet quality: Impact on energy and nutrient intakes and diet quality using an NHANES‐based segmentation model

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva M.R. Kovacs ◽  
Leila M. Barraj ◽  
Mary Murphy ◽  
Xiaoyu Bi ◽  
Douglas A. Balentine
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Nutrient Intakes ◽  
Nutrient Profiling

scholarly journals Assessing the construct validity of five nutrient profiling systems using diet modeling with linear programming

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 1003-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Clerfeuille ◽  
F Vieux ◽  
A Lluch ◽  
N Darmon ◽  
N Rolf-Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Nutrient Profiling

Plant ionomics: toward high-throughput nutrient profiling

2022 ◽  
pp. 227-254
Author(s):  
Anshuman Singh ◽  
Ayushi Jaiswal ◽  
Ashutosh Singh ◽  
Ram Sewak Tomar ◽  
Anil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
Nutrient Profiling

The long-term effectiveness and acceptability of the retailer-led removal of unhealthy drinks from display in a self-service café

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1832-1837
Author(s):  
Angela Ryan ◽  
Oliver Huse ◽  
Miranda R Blake ◽  
Tara Boelsen-Robinson ◽  
Kia Noble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Population Health ◽  
State Government ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Initial Evaluation ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Self Service

AbstractObjective:In 2015, beverages were removed from display at a self-service café within a major health service, resulting in fewer purchases of unhealthy beverages. This initiative was continued following initial evaluation of the results. The current study aimed to determine customer acceptability of the initiative, and whether healthier purchases had continued, at 18 months following implementation.Design:Drinks were categorised as ‘green’ (best choices), ‘amber’ (choose carefully) and ‘red’ (limit), based on the state government nutrient profiling system, for intervention and analysis purposes. In 2015, unhealthy ‘red’ drinks were removed from display. In 2017, weekly beverage sales were counted, through stock-taking, for 6 weeks, and customer surveys were conducted over 2 days.Setting:A café located within a major Victorian health service.Participants:Café customers (hospital staff, patients and visitors).Results:Eighteen months after the implementation of the initiative, the proportion of ‘red’ beverages sold was 7 % of total drink sales (compared with 33 % before the removal of unhealthy beverages from display in 2015 (P < 0·001), and 10 % immediately following the removal of unhealthy beverages from display). Customer surveys revealed high levels of acceptability for the initiative and low levels of awareness of the initiative.Conclusions:The removal of unhealthy beverages from display can result in customers making healthier purchases, and this appears to continue over the long-term. Such interventions have the potential to contribute to the sustained shift in population purchases and consumption needed to make meaningful improvements to population health.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Three Carbohydrate Metrics of Nutritional Quality for Packaged Foods and Beverages in Australia and Southeast Asia

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2771
Author(s):  
Denise Tan ◽  
Andrea Nicole Olden ◽  
Audrey Orengo ◽  
Célia Francey ◽  
Vanessa Caroline Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Fibre ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Cholesterol Content ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Aetiological Factor ◽  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Carbohydrate Quality ◽  
Packaged Foods

Carbohydrate quality is an aetiological factor of diet-related disease. Indices of carbohydrate quality featuring various ratios of carbohydrates-to-dietary fibre-to-sugar have been associated with improved product and/or diet quality in westernised countries. Carbohydrate intake is especially high in Asia Pacific. Thus, this study evaluated the ability of such carbohydrate metrics to discriminate the nutritional quality of carbohydrate-rich packaged foods and beverages in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, with an additional focus on beverages. This evaluation was conducted by comparing product nutritional composition and assessing products against three national nutrient profiling models. Results showed that Australia had the highest proportion of products meeting all metrics, compared to the Southeast Asian countries. Beverages had a low adherence to all metrics compared to solid foods. Across the five countries, both processed food and beverages meeting the metrics generally contained higher dietary fibre, protein, and certain vitamins and minerals whilst having lower energy, total sugars, free sugars, trans fat and cholesterol content compared to products not meeting the metrics. The metrics were also aligned with national nutrient profiling models to identify nutritious products. In conclusion, these metrics allowed us to discriminate product nutritional quality in the countries assessed and are applicable to beverages.

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