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ReviewNutrition reviews2019

A proposed nutrient density score that includes food groups and nutrients to better align with dietary guidance.

Adam Drewnowski, Johanna Dwyer, Janet C King, Connie M Weaver

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Review in Nutrition reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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4 authors.

Adam DrewnowskiCenter for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Johanna DwyerSchool of Medicine, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Janet C KingChildren's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, USA.
Connie M WeaverDepartment of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current research on diets and health focuses on composite food patterns and their likely impact on health outcomes. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) have likewise adopted a more food group-based approach. By contrast, most nutrient profiling (NP) models continue to assess nutrient density of individual foods, based on a small number of individual nutrients. Nutrients to encourage have included protein, fiber, and a wide range of vitamins and minerals. Nutrients to limit are typically saturated fats, total or added sugars, and sodium. Because current NP models may not fully capture the healthfulness of foods, there is a case for advancing a hybrid NP approach that takes both nutrients and desirable food groups and food ingredients into account. Creating a nutrient- and food-based NP model may provide a more integrated way of assessing a food's nutrient density. Hybrid nutrient density scores will provide for a better alignment between NP models and the DGA, a chief instrument of food and nutrition policy in the United States. Such synergy may lead ultimately to improved dietary guidance, sound nutrition policy, and better public health.

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Nutrition PolicyNutritive ValueDietFoodHumansUnited StatesDietary Guidelines for Americansdietary ingredientsfood groupsnutrient densitynutrient profilingnutrient-rich food index

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PMID31222368
PMCPMC6489166

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