A Disaggregation Methodology to Estimate Intake of Added Sugars and Free Sugars: An Illustration from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey

This paper describes a new method for estimating free and added sugars in the collection and analysis of dietary data. The method involves five steps and can be applied to seven components of sugars: (1) table sugar; (2) other sugars; (3) honey; (4) fruit juice; (5) fruit puree; (6) dried fruit; and (7) stewed fruit.

Author:
Amoutzopoulos B, Steer T, Robert C, Code D, Collins D, Yu D, Hawes T, Abraham S, Nicholson S, Baker R, Page P
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Focus Area:
Dietary data analysis
Publication type:
Peer reviewed articles