Are edible insects more or less 'healthy' than commonly consumed meats? A comparison using two nutrient profiling models developed to combat over- and undernutrition

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-291

  Payne, C L R ^a,b   Scarborough, P ^b   Rayner, M ^b   Nonaka, K ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LARVA; BEEF; BOMBYX MORI; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENSIFERA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MEAT; NUTRIENT VALUE SCORE; OFCOM MODEL; PORK; RAW MEAT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEEVIL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; HUMANS; INSECTS; MALNUTRITION; MEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959469051     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.149     Document Type: Review

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