Nutrition Archives

USDA Global Branded Food Products Database Dual Column Nutrition Data Project

April 18, 2024/in Sodium /by Steven

The USDA Global Branded Food Products Database is a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS), GS1 US, 1WorldSync and the University of Maryland (UMD), whose goal is to enhance public health and to share open data by augmenting the USDA FoodData Central with nutrient composition and ingredient information on branded foods. The USDA Global Branded Food Products Database is seamlessly integrated into the USDA FoodData Central (FDC) and ensures that these data elements are publicly available to those who will utilize them. This includes, but is not limited to, federal agencies, the research community, international databases, proprietary databases and end users, the food industry, and consumers.

USDA is in the process of incorporating new data elements and attributes into the database including rounded per serving label values and dual column nutrition label information.

The goal of this project is to validate dual-column label data submitted via the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) by manufacturers. Industry members of the SoFHI committee will work with USDA to review the data, identify and resolve any issues and validate the data as presented in FDC, GBFPD.

USDA will publish the results of the data quality initiatives and the Partnership will leverage the data to promote greater participation from CPG companies to share nutrition data with USDA via GDSN.

To learn more about the USDA FoodData Central visit https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ and A Partnership for Public Health: USDA Global Branded Food Products Database

This work received in-kind support from the IAFNS Sodium in Foods and Health Implications Committee

IAFNS Protein Spring Committee Meeting

March 11, 2024/in Protein /by sgibb

IAFNS Dietary Lipids Committee Meeting

March 11, 2024/in Dietary Lipids /by sgibb

IAFNS Low- & No-Calorie Sweetener Spring Committee Meeting

March 7, 2024/in Low-Calorie Sweeteners /by sgibb

IAFNS Nutrition for Gut Health Committee Meeting

March 7, 2024/in Gut Microbiome /by sgibb

Restricted Carbohydrate Diets Below 45% Energy are not Associated with Risk of Mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2018

March 4, 2024/in Carbohydrates, Dietary Lipids Carbohydrates, Dietary Lipids, Lipids /by sgibb

Translating Carbohydrate Quality Into Evidence-Based, Consumer-Relevant Approaches

February 26, 2024/in Carbohydrates /by Steven

Consumer confusion about carbohydrates can lead to restriction diets with low overall healthfulness. Ultimately, this project aims to help consumers select healthier choices among food sources of carbohydrates by merging the scientific evidence with consumer perspectives. NORC at the University of Chicago is conducting research to understand how consumers make decisions about the healthfulness of carbohydrate foods and descriptive terminology that makes sense to them. Research insights can be applied by health professionals communicating with consumers about carbohydrate food choices consistent with healthy diet patterns.

IAFNS at NUTRITION 2024

February 26, 2024/in Gut Microbiome, Nutrition /by sgibb

IAFNS will present at the American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting -- NUTRITION 2024 -- showcasing new work on funded projects.

For more information on the NUTRITION 2024 conference, click here.
Meeting site: https://nutrition.org/n24/
Registration site: https://www.mcievents.com/nutrition2024/

Emerging Technology for Improved Diet and Microbiome Analysis

Monday, July 1, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Central Time

In partnership with the Nutritional Microbiology GEM.

Human research examining how diet and gut microbiome interactions influence health is underway globally in the form of large-scale cohort studies as well as smaller dietary interventions. Researchers working to identify new diet-gut microbe relationships face a lack of resolution and a high degree of variability in both dietary and microbial data.

New tools for dietary data collection, and gut microbiota analysis are rapidly being developed and existing tools adapted to help address these issues. As this field rapidly moves forward, we need to understand how to best apply new methods across varied study groups to obtain the most accurate and precise results possible.

By convening speakers with expertise in diet assessment, gut microbiology, and computational biology this symposium will address how novel methods in diet assessment, microbiology and machine learning/AI are being applied to advance understanding of diet-microbiome interactions in health and disease.

Supported by: IAFNS Nutrition for Gut Health Committee

Intake of Live Dietary Microbes and Its Relation to Health Indicators in Koreans (Protocol)

Physiologic Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Dietary Fiber in Children: A Scoping Review

February 23, 2024/in Carbohydrates Carbohydrates /by sgibb

IAFNS Expert Dialogue on Sodium Reduction and Public Health

February 15, 2024/in Sodium /by sgibb