1. EURRECA—Evidence-Based Methodology for Deriving Micronutrient Recommendations
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Olga W. Souverein, Pieter van 't Veer, Fanny Rollin, Rachel Collings, Rachel Hurst, Lluis Serra-Majem, Mirjana Gurinovic, Bas Kremer, Maria Hermoso, Rosalie A. M. Dhonukshe-Rutten, Jildau Bouwman, Monique M. Raats, Joy Ngo, Lada Timotijevic, Adrienne E J M Cavelaars, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Linda J. Harvey, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot, Kerry Brown, and Romana Novakovic
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Gerontology ,Process management ,Nutrition and Disease ,030309 nutrition & dietetics ,Recommended Dietary Allowances ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Nutrition Policy ,0302 clinical medicine ,systematic review ,Reference Values ,Voeding en Ziekte ,Micronutrients ,Meta-Analysis as Topic ,Dietary Reference Values ,Human Nutrition & Health ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,2. Zero hunger ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,Evidence-Based Medicine ,Humane Voeding & Gezondheid ,health ,General Medicine ,Variance (accounting) ,dietary reference values ,3. Good health ,Europe ,Observational Studies as Topic ,Work (electrical) ,europe ,pregnant-women ,consumption surveys ,Evidence-based practice ,Process (engineering) ,Decision Making ,Population ,Nutritional Status ,intake values ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Context (language use) ,Biology ,Models, Biological ,Risk Assessment ,03 medical and health sciences ,framework ,Humans ,patterns ,education ,dietary assessment methods ,EURRECA ,VLAG ,nutrition policy ,Global Nutrition ,Wereldvoeding ,food ,Diet ,Nutrition Assessment ,Socioeconomic Factors ,nutrient intake adequacy ,Energy Intake ,Biomarkers ,Food Science - Abstract
The EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned (EURRECA) Network of Excellence explored the process of setting micronutrient recommendations to address the variance in recommendations across Europe. Work centered upon the transparent assessment of nutritional requirements via a series of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. In addition, the necessity of assessing nutritional requirements and the policy context of setting micronutrient recommendations was investigated. Findings have been presented in a framework that covers nine activities clustered into four stages: stage one Defining the problem describes Activities 1 and 2: Identifying the nutrition-related health problem and Defining the process; stage two Monitoring and evaluating describes Activities 3 and 7: Establishing appropriate methods, and Nutrient intake and status of population groups; stage three Deriving dietary reference values describes Activities 4, 5, and 6: Collating sources of evidence, Appraisal of the evidence, and Integrating the evidence; stage four Using dietary reference values in policy making describes Activities 8 and 9: Identifying policy options, and Evaluating policy implementation. These activities provide guidance on how to resolve various issues when deriving micronutrient requirements and address the methodological and policy decisions, which may explain the current variation in recommendations across Europe. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition for the following free supplemental files: Additional text, tables, and figures.] This is the peer-reviewed version of the article: Dhonukshe-Rutten Rosalie, Bouwman Jildau, Brown Kerry A., Cavelaars Adrienne E., Collings Rachel, Grammatikaki Evangelia, de Groot Lisette, Gurinović Mirjana A., Harvey Linda, Hermoso Maria, Hurst Rachel, Kremer Bas, Ngo Joy, Novaković Romana, Raats Monique M., Rollin Fanny, Serra-Majem Lluis, Souverein Olga W., Timotijević Lada, van't Veer Pieter, "EURRECA-Evidence-Based Methodology for Deriving Micronutrient Recommendations" 53, no. 10 (2013):999-1040, [https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2012.749209]
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- 2013