Compiling Data for Food Composition Data Bases (UNU, 1991, 68 pages)

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

Preface

Part I the data base

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1. Data base considerations

Importance and status of food composition data

Analytic and non-analytic data

Types of data bases

Data base development

Part II Gathering the data

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2. Analysing foods

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Obtaining foods

Adequacy of analytical methodology

Calculations to derive nutrients

3. Calculating representative data

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Preliminary examination of the data

Two or more populations

Summary statistics

4. Data from other sources

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Where to find food composition data

Evaluation of data from various sources

5. Estimation from Data on Similar Foods

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How foods differ

Adjustments for differences between foods

Assumed zero: a special case

6. Calculations for multi-ingredient foods

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Types of recipes

Recipe calculation guidelines

Limitations

References

Other Titles in this Series Food Composition Data