Assessing the quality of food intake with the 1990 nutrition recommendations: four indicators proposed

Beaudry, M.; Galibois, I.; Chaumette, P.

Assessing the quality of food intake with the 1990 nutrition recommendations: four indicators proposed

1996

Beaudry, M. | Galibois, I. | Chaumette, P.

The new nutrition recommendations published in 1990, in addition to recommending nutrient intakes, emphasize the equilibrium among nutrients, especially among the macro-nutrient. It is estimated that the better the population meets these recommendations, the better are its chances of remaining healthy. Taking into account the 1990 nutrition recommendations, we developed four indicators of the nutritional quality of food intake which could allow one classify individuals or groups according to the degree to which they meet these nutrition recommendations: a global score and an energy score, each stemming from the nutrient adequacy ratio, a score loosed on the level recommended for a nutrient as the runoff value, and a score based on two thirds of the level recommended for a nutrient at the runoff value. These indicators were then applied to the data bank from the Quebec nutrition survey carried out under the Canadian Heart Health Initiative b 1990 (n = 2118, ages 18-74 years) to see if they could discriminate among different 24-hour food recall. Each food recall was rated on each of the four indicators. All four indicators discriminated among the recalls, but each seemed to capture different aspects; each indicator is thus deemed to be useful for different purposes.

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