Food composition database development for between country comparisons
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Food composition database development for between country comparisons
Nutritional assessment by diet analysis is a two-stepped process consisting of evaluation of food consumption, and conversion of food into nutrient intake by using a food composition database, which lists the mean nutritional values for a given food portion. Most reports in the literature focus on minimizing errors in estimation of food consumption but the selection of a specific food compositi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-5-2