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Developing an online food composition database for an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
OBJECTIVE: To develop an online food composition database of locally consumed foods among an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda. DESIGN: Using a community-based approach and collaboration with local nutritionists, ...
Development of DietSys: A comprehensive food and nutrient database for dietary surveys
(2021-09-01)
Background: Databases composed by nutrient composition tables, food groups, food processing categories, and servings and portion sizes adjusted for local population food habits or specific study aims are paramount to diet ...
Progress with a global branded food composition database
(2013)
Excess energy, saturated fat, sugar and salt from processed and fast foods are a major cause of chronic disease worldwide. In 2010 The Food Monitoring Group established a global branded food composition database to track ...
A community-based approach to integrating socio, cultural and environmental contexts in the development of a food database for indigenous and rural populations: The case of the batwa and bakiga in south-western Uganda
(MDPI, 2021)
Comprehensive food lists and databases are a critical input for programs aiming to alleviate undernutrition. However, standard methods for developing them may produce databases that are irrelevant for marginalised groups ...
International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods
(2012)
Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the world with
over-nutrition a primary cause of diet-related ill health. Excess quantities of energy, saturated fat, sugar and ...
Brazilian Network of Food Data Systems and LATINFOODS Regional Technical Compilation Committee: Food composition activities (2006-2009)
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2011)
The Brazilian Network of Food Data Systems (BRASILFOODS) has been keeping the Brazilian Food Composition Database-USP (TBCA-USP) (http://www.fcf.usp.br/tabela) since 1998. Besides the constant compilation, analysis and ...
International collaborative project to compare and monitor the nutritional composition of processed foods
(2012)
Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the world with overnutrition a primary cause of diet-related ill health. Excess energy intake, saturated fat, sugar, and salt derived ...
Brazilian flavonoid database: Application of quality evaluation system
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2011)
Much information on flavonoid content of Brazilian foods has already been obtained; however, this information is spread in scientific publications and non-published data. The objectives of this work were to compile and ...
Latin foo ds activities and challenges during the period of 2009-2012
(Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutricion, 2014)
The Latin American Network of Food Composition Data System (LATINFOODS) is the regional data center of the global network "International Network on Food Data Systems" (INFOODS) co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture ...
Updated Brazilian database on food carotenoids: Factors affecting carotenoid composition
(Academic Press Inc. Elsevier B.V., 2008-09-01)
This article updates the Brazilian database on food carotenoids. Emphasis is on carotenoids that have been demonstrated important to human health: alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein and ...