International collaborative project to compare and monitor the nutritional composition of processed foods

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1326-1332

  Dunford, Elizabeth ^a,b   Webster, Jacqui ^a   Metzler, Adriana Blanco ^c,d   Czernichow, Sebastien ^e   Mhurchu, Cliona Ni ^f   Wolmarans, Petro ^g   Snowdon, Wendy ^h,i,j   L'Abbe, Mary ^k   Li, Nicole ^a   Maulik, Pallab K ^a   Barquera, Simon ^l   Schoj, Verónica ^m   Allemandi, Lorena ^m   Samman, Norma ⁿ   De Menezes, Elizabete Wenzel ^o   Hassell, Trevor ^p   Ortiz, Johana ^q   De Ariza, Julieta Salazar ^r   Rahman, A Rashid ^s   De Núñez, Leticia ^t   Garcia, Maria Reyes ^u   Van Rossum, Caroline ^v   Westenbrink, Susanne ^v   Thiam, Lim Meng ^w   MacGregor, Graham ^x   Neal, Bruce ^a,b   more..

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Costa Rican Institute of Research and Education on Nutrition and Health ^*  (Costa Rica)

^d Latin Foods Data System (LATINFOODS FAO/UNU)   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non Communicable Diseases   (Fiji)

ⁱ FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^j DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^m Fundacion Interamericana del Corazón ^*  (Argentina)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^p Barbados National Chronic Non Communicable Diseases Commission   (Barbados)

^q Cuenca University   (Ecuador)

^r UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^s CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^t UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^u Centro Nacional de Alimentacion y Nutricion   (Peru)

^v NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^w Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^x QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Food composition databases; food industry; monitoring; public health nutrition

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSED FOOD; SALT INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FAST FOODS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873896771     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711425777     Document Type: Article

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