Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8922554 | EndocrinologÃa, Diabetes y Nutrición | 2018 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Food composition tables and databases (FCTs or FCDBs) provide the necessary information to estimate intake of nutrients and other food components. In Spain, the lack of a reference database has resulted in use of different FCTs/FCDBs in nutritional surveys and research studies, as well as for development of dietetic for diet analysis. As a result, biased, non-comparable results are obtained, and healthcare professionals are rarely aware of these limitations. AECOSAN and the BEDCA association developed a FCDB following European standards, the Spanish Food Composition Database Network (RedBEDCA).The current database has a limited number of foods and food components and barely contains processed foods, which limits its use in epidemiological studies and in the daily practice of healthcare professionals.
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Authors
Ascension Lupiañez-Barbero, Cintia González Blanco, Alberto de Leiva Hidalgo,