The nutrient balance concept: A new quality metric for composite meals and diets

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Fern, Edward B ^a,c   Watzke, Heribert ^a   Barclay, Denis V ^a   Roulin, Anne ^a   Drewnowski, Adam ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DISQUALIFYING INDEX; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; METRIC SYSTEM; MILK; MINERAL INTAKE; NUTRIENT BALANCE CONCEPT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALIFYING INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEAL;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; MEALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84941366972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130491     Document Type: Article

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