Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS).

ABSTRACT: Between-country comparisons of estimated dietary intake are particularly prone to error when different food composition tables are used. The objective of this study was to describe our procedures and rationale for the selection and adaptation of available food composition to a single database to enable cross-country nutritional intake comparisons. Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) is a multicenter cross-sectional study of representative samples from eight Latin American countries. A standard study protocol was designed to investigate dietary intake of 9000 participants enrolled. Two 24-h recalls using the Multiple Pass Method were applied among the individuals of all countries. Data from 24-h dietary recalls were entered into the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R

SUBMITTER: Kovalskys I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4586568 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature