Comparing the nutritional composition of foods and beverages in the Canadian Nutrient File to a large representative database of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nutrient information used to code dietary intakes in the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) may not be reflective of the current Canadian food supply and could result in inaccurate evaluations of nutrient exposures. OBJECTIVE: To compare the nutritional compositions of foods in the CCHS 2015 Food and Ingredient Details (FID) file (n = 2,785) to a large representative Canadian database of branded food and beverage products (Food …

Authors

Bernstein JT; Christoforou AK; Flexner N; L’Abbe MR

Journal

PLOS ONE, Vol. 18, No. 3,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0280028

ISSN

1932-6203

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Anthea Christoforou

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science

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