Development of a Tool for Determining the Equivalence of Nutritional Supplements to Diabetic Food Exchanges.

ABSTRACT: Malnutrition is a prevalent issue in hospitals, nursing homes and the community setting. Nutritional products can be used by dietitians to supplement people's diet by adding energy, macronutrients and other constituents. The aim of the present work was (i) to create a database of nutritional products with information on their energy and macronutrient content, (ii) to estimate the food exchanges of each product and assist in diet plan development for malnourished persons and (iii) to provide a tool for calculation of food exchanges of newly developed products not included in the database. We searched the web for nutritional supplements, and an electronic database with 461 products was generated with data regarding the contained energy and macronutrients of each entry. The following companie

SUBMITTER: Detopoulou P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9414760 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature