Comparison of different nutrient profiling schemes to a new reference method using dietary surveys
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Comparison of different nutrient profiling schemes to a new reference method using dietary surveys. / Quinio, Caroline; Biltoft-Jensen, Anja; De Henauw, Stefaan; Gibney, Michael J; Huybrechts, Inge; McCarthy, Sinéad N; O'Neill, Jennifer L; Tetens, Inge; Turrini, Aida; Volatier, Jean-Luc.
In: European Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 46, No. Suppl. 2, 2007, p. 37-46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Comparison of different nutrient profiling schemes to a new reference method using dietary surveys
AU - Quinio, Caroline
AU - Biltoft-Jensen, Anja
AU - De Henauw, Stefaan
AU - Gibney, Michael J
AU - Huybrechts, Inge
AU - McCarthy, Sinéad N
AU - O'Neill, Jennifer L
AU - Tetens, Inge
AU - Turrini, Aida
AU - Volatier, Jean-Luc
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A new EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods has entered into force in January 2007. The regulation provides for the use of nutrient profiles to determine which foods may bear claims but does not specify what the profiles should be or how they should be developed. Several nutrient profiling schemes have already been established. Therefore, it is necessary to develop approaches to test if the existing profiling schemes could fulfil the new regulation needs. The aim of the present study is to investigate how reference "indicator foods" derived from national dietary surveys in five different countries, are classified according to three existing nutrient profiling schemes: The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) model, The Dutch Tripartite classification model and the US FDA model used for regulating health claims. "Indicator foods" that have been shown to be positively or negatively associated with healthy diets in adults in five EU countries were classified according to each of the three profiling schemes. The performance and effectiveness of each profiling scheme in correctly classifying the "indicator foods" were assessed using sensitivity and specificity ratios. The sensitivity and the specificity ratios of the three profiling schemes tested were relatively good. There were only small differences of performance between the three systems. A significant negative correlation between sensitivity and specificity was observed. The level of concordance between the classification of the "indicator foods" that have been selected because of being positively or negatively associated with a healthy diet and the classification by each of the three profiling methods tested was quite good. However, further improvement of the "indicator foods" approach is needed if it is to serve as a "gold standard".
AB - A new EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods has entered into force in January 2007. The regulation provides for the use of nutrient profiles to determine which foods may bear claims but does not specify what the profiles should be or how they should be developed. Several nutrient profiling schemes have already been established. Therefore, it is necessary to develop approaches to test if the existing profiling schemes could fulfil the new regulation needs. The aim of the present study is to investigate how reference "indicator foods" derived from national dietary surveys in five different countries, are classified according to three existing nutrient profiling schemes: The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) model, The Dutch Tripartite classification model and the US FDA model used for regulating health claims. "Indicator foods" that have been shown to be positively or negatively associated with healthy diets in adults in five EU countries were classified according to each of the three profiling schemes. The performance and effectiveness of each profiling scheme in correctly classifying the "indicator foods" were assessed using sensitivity and specificity ratios. The sensitivity and the specificity ratios of the three profiling schemes tested were relatively good. There were only small differences of performance between the three systems. A significant negative correlation between sensitivity and specificity was observed. The level of concordance between the classification of the "indicator foods" that have been selected because of being positively or negatively associated with a healthy diet and the classification by each of the three profiling methods tested was quite good. However, further improvement of the "indicator foods" approach is needed if it is to serve as a "gold standard".
KW - Diet
KW - Diet Surveys
KW - Food
KW - Food Analysis
KW - Food, Organic
KW - Humans
KW - Legislation, Food
KW - Netherlands
KW - Nutrition Policy
KW - Nutritive Value
KW - Reference Values
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - United Kingdom
KW - United States
KW - Comparative Study
KW - Nutrition and health claims
KW - Nutrition profiling schemes
KW - Evaluation
U2 - 10.1007/s00394-007-2005-4
DO - 10.1007/s00394-007-2005-4
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18084735
VL - 46
SP - 37
EP - 46
JO - European Journal of Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Nutrition
SN - 1436-6207
IS - Suppl. 2
ER -
ID: 184389064