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Selecting Desirable Micronutrient Fortificants for Plant-Based Complementary Foods for Infants and Young Children in Low-Income Countries

This paper summarizes the steps recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to identify micronutrient shortfalls in the…

2015
Gibson RS , Carriquiry AL, Gibbs MM

Fortification: New Findings and Implications

This article describes the current status of food fortification in the United States and provides a discussion of the value of fortification; the success of current fortification efforts; and the…

2014
Dwyer JT, Woteki C, Bailey R, Britten P, Carriquiry AL, Gaine PC, Miller D, Moshfegh AJ, Murphy MM, Edge MS

Proposal for the Harmonisation of Recipe Calculation Procedures

This report - completed on behalf of the EuroFIR Consortium - compares recipe calculation methods used in Europe in an attempt to harmonize recipe calculation procedures to enable between-country…

2007
Reinivuo H, Laitinen K

Report on Collection of Rules on Use of Recipe Calculation Procedures Including the Use of Yield and Retention Factors for Imputing Nutrient Values for Composite Foods

This report - completed on behalf of the EuroFIR Consortium – provides specific guidance to support the recipe calculation procedures recommended by EuroFIR in which weight yields are applied at…

2008
Lucia Vasquez-Caicedo A, Bell S, Hartmann B

Compiling Data for Food Composition Databases

This United University Press publication provides guidelines on the organization and content of food composition tables and databases, methods for analyzing foods and compiling those tables, and…

1991
Rand WM, Pennington JAT, Murphy SP, Klensin JC

Portion Size Estimation Aids for Asian Foods

This paper describes the development and  test for precision and accuracy of visual aids (small size photographs, life size photographs, line diagrams and households utensils) to estimates…

2012
Thoradeniya T, de Silva A, Arambepola C, Atukorala S, Lanerolle P

Unhealthy Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Is Associated with Lower Dietary Adequacy and Length-for-Age z-Scores among 12–23-Month-Olds in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

In the method section of this paper, the authors report in detail how 24HDR interviews are conducted using the multipass method and what kind of visual aids are used to help individuals to…

2019
Pries AM, Rehman AM, Filteau S, Sharma N, Upadhyay A, Ferguson EL

Food Photographs: Practical Guidelines - II. Development and Use of Photographic Atlases for Assessing Food Portion Size

This paper describes the key points to consider in developing and using a food photographs atlas for portion size estimation.

1998
Nelson M, Haraldsdottir J

Methodology for Developing and Evaluating Food-Based Dietary Guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index for Ethiopia: A Study Protocol

This paper describes the overall process of developing food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) for use in Ethiopia.

2019
Bekele TH, de Vries JJHM, Trijsburg L, Feskens E, Covic N, Kennedy G, Brouwer ID

A Global Review of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines

This paper is an inventory of current and available food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) across the world.

2019
Herforth A, Arimond M, Alvarez-Sanchez C, Coates J, Christianson K, Muehlhoff E