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Developing nutrient profile models: a systematic approach.
- Source :
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Public Health Nutrition . Apr2007, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p330-336. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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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