Use of FAO food balance sheets to estimate the potential ability of novel folate-enriched eggs to increase the folate supply in European Union countries

Sheehy, Tony; Sharma, Sangita

doi:10.1017/s1368980010002417

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“…the Mediterranean diet) . In addition, intakes of micronutrients, macronutrients, polyphenolic and flavonoid compounds , and salt have been calculated using FBaS, and exposure to food chemicals and additives has been assessed. FBaS have been used in both high‐income countries (HICs) and LMICs.…”

Section: Overview Of Existing Sources Of Dietary Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring and benchmarking population diet quality globally: a step‐wise approach

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SummaryINFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support) aims to monitor and benchmark the healthiness of food environments globally. In order to assess the impact of food environments on population diets, it is necessary to monitor population diet quality between countries and over time. This paper reviews existing data sources suitable for monitoring population diet quality, and assesses their strengths and limitations. A step-wise framework is then proposed for monitoring population diet quality. Food balance sheets (FBaS), household budget and expenditure surveys (HBES) and food intake surveys are all suitable methods for assessing population diet quality. In the proposed 'minimal' approach, national trends of food and energy availability can be explored using FBaS. In the 'expanded' and 'optimal' approaches, the dietary share of ultra-processed products is measured as an indicator of energy-dense, nutrient-poor diets using HBES and food intake surveys, respectively. In addition, it is proposed that pre-defined diet quality indices are used to score diets, and some of those have been designed for application within all three monitoring approaches. However, in order to enhance the value of global efforts to monitor diet quality, data collection methods and diet quality indicators need further development work.

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Section: Overview Of Existing Sources Of Dietary Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring and benchmarking population diet quality globally: a step‐wise approach

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“…Others use randomised dietary intervention where human subjects are provided with key foods or all foods (26) . Yet others rely on self-reported food and beverage intake in household budget surveys (27) , national statistics on basic food ingredients (sweeteners and oils) and primary (unprocessed) foods reported in FBS, or both (28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33) . Studies that examine the environmental consequences of the Western diet also rely largely on national statistics like FBS (34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39) .…”

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Is the world converging to a ‘Western diet’?

Azzam

2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To test the nutrition transition hypothesis of global dietary convergence to a ‘Western diet’. Design: Consumer-waste-adjusted FAO Food Balance Sheets are used to construct for each country a Western Diet Similarity Index (WSI), expressed as a ratio of calories from animal-sourced foods, oils, fats and sweeteners to total per capita calories. β-Convergence and associated speed are estimated by growth regressions using 1992–2013 panel data. Speed of convergence, a non-linear function of income per capita, globalisation and urbanisation, determines the steady-state or long-term global WSI. The long-term global WSI is compared with the WSI of the group of countries with the highest population-weighted average WSI. The group, determined by K-means cluster analysis, consists of sixteen Western countries. Setting: Worldwide. Participants: Not applicable. Results: Strong evidence of global dietary convergence at a speed driven by income per capita, globalisation and urbanisation with a long-term WSI of 38 %. When compared with the WSI of Western countries (68 %), the hypothesis of global dietary convergence to a Western diet is rejected. Conclusions: The nutrition transition is acting in two opposing directions. Some countries experienced positive and others negative WSI growth, slowing down the transition to a Western diet in the long run. Policies to further slowdown the transition by some countries to unhealthier dietary patterns are as important as policies to further speed up the transition by other countries to healthier ones.

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“…Sheehy and Sharma (18) show how this information can be used to estimate the impact of fortification of specific foods on population nutrient intake. With increasing concern about national and global food security, FAO data may be increasingly useful for population research.…”

Section: Other Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Food balance sheets, which describe production, imports and exports for commodities for each country in relation to population size, are published annually for each country by FAO yet are rarely used in nutrition research. Sheehy and Sharma (18) show how this information can be used to estimate the impact of fortification of specific foods on population nutrient intake. With increasing concern about national and global food security, FAO data may be increasingly useful for population research.…”

Section: Other Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%