Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS)

Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS)

Between-country comparisons of estimated dietary intake are particularly prone to error when different food composition tables are used. The objective of this study was to describe our procedures and rationale for the selection and adaptation of available food composition to a single database to ena...

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Main Authors: Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Ioná Z. Zimberg, Katherine L. Tucker, Berthold Koletzko, Michael Pratt, on behalf of the ELANS Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
nutrition
Latin America
food composition database
standardization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/7/9/5373

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