@article{8dbf2c83f4a5474eae225bdffc6c89ef,
title = "Analysis of the National Adult Nutrition Survey (Ireland) and the Food4Me Nutrition Survey Databases to Explore the Development of Food Labelling Portion Sizes for the European Union",
abstract = "The present study set out to explore the option of developing food portion size for nutritional labelling purposes using two European Union (EU) dietary surveys. The surveys were selected as they differed in (a) methodologies (food diary versus food frequency questionnaire), (b) populations (Irish National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS) versus a seven-country survey based on the pan EU study Food4Me), (c) food quantification (multiple options versus solely photographic album) and (d) duration (4 consecutive days versus recent month). Using data from these studies, portion size was determined for 15 test foods, where portion size was defined as the median intake of a target food when consumed. The median values of the portion sizes derived from both the NANS and Food4Me surveys were correlated (r = 0.823; p <0.00) and the mean of the two survey data sets were compared to US values from the Recognized as Customarily Consumed (RACC) database. There was very strong agreement across all food categories between the averaged EU and the US portion size (r = 0.947; p <0.00). It is concluded that notwithstanding the variety of approaches used for dietary survey data in the EU, the present data supports using a standardized approach to food portion size quantification for food labelling in the EU.",
keywords = "food labelling, portion size, RACC, NANS, Food4Me",
author = "Gibney, {Michael J.} and Aifric O'Sullivan and Albert Flynn and Janette Walton and Hannelore Daniel and Yannis Manios and Alfredo Martinez and Saris, {Wim H. M.} and Gibney, {Eileen R.} and Irina Uzhova",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) project which was funded by Mars, (Mars subsequently left the ENL project in March 2018), PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Unilever, Nestle and Mondelez. The Food4Me project was funded by the European Commission under the Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology Theme of the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, grant number 265494. The NANS project was funded by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Health Research Board under their joint Food for Health Research Initiative (2007–2012), grant no.7FHRIUCC2. Funding Information: This research was funded by the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) project which was funded by Mars, (Mars subsequently left the ENL project in March 2018), PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Unilever, Nestle and Mondelez. The Food4Me project was funded by the European Commission under the Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology Theme of the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, grant number 265494. The NANS project was funded by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Health Research Board under their joint Food for Health Research Initiative (2007–2012), grant no.7FHRIUCC2. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
doi = "10.3390/nu11010006",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Nutrients",
issn = "2072-6643",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "1",
}