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Developing nutrient profile models: a systematic approach.

Authors :
Scarborough P
Rayner M
Stockley L
Scarborough, Peter
Rayner, Mike
Stockley, Lynn
Source :
Public Health Nutrition. Apr2007, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p330-336. 7p.
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

<bold>Objective: </bold>Nutrient profiling can be defined as the 'the science of categorising foods according to their nutritional composition'. The purpose of the present paper is to describe a systematic and logical approach to nutrient profiling.<bold>Design: </bold>A seven-stage decision-making process is proposed and, as an illustration of how the approach might operate in practice, the development of a nutrient profiling model for the purpose of highlighting breakfast cereals that are 'high in fat, sugar or salt' is described.<bold>Results: </bold>The nutrient profile model developed for this paper calculates scores for foods using a simple equation. It enables breakfast cereals to be compared with each other and with other foods eaten at breakfast.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Nutrient profiling is not new, but hitherto most nutrient profiling models have been developed in an unsystematic and illogical fashion. Different nutrient profiling models are needed for different purposes but a key requirement should be that they are developed using a systematic, transparent and logical process. This paper provides an example of such a process; approaches to validating nutrient profiling models are described elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13689800
Volume :
10
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Public Health Nutrition
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
105994564
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980007223870