Nutrition survey methods and food composition database update of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study.

ABSTRACT: This study presents the nutrition survey methods and the updated food composition database for the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). The KoGES, which is the largest and longest cohort study in Korea, aims to identify genetic and environmental factors associated with chronic diseases. This study has collected dietary data using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and/or the 24-hour recall method. However, these dietary survey methods use different food composition databases, and their nutritional values are out of date. Therefore, it became necessary to update the food composition database by revising nutrient analysis values to reflect improvements in the performance of food ingredient analysis equipment, revising international values to analysis values o

SUBMITTER: Park SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417449 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature