The 2005 USDA food guide pyramid is associated with more adequate nutrient intakes within energy constraints than the 1992 pyramid

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1341-1346

  Gao, Xiang ^b   Wilde, Parke E ^a   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary pattern; Dietary reference intake; Energy; Optimization programming; USDA food guide pyramid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OVERNUTRITION;

EID: 33646413120     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.5.1341     Document Type: Article

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