Updating USDA Food Composition Databases with Common Data Elements on Flavonoids
Public health is determined not only by essential nutrients present in foods, but also dietary bioactives and their metabolites. Observational studies on diet and health outcomes rely on quality food composition databases, most of which are nearly devoid of non-essential health promoting bioactive components such as flavonoids. Lack of standard terms adds complexity, making it difficult to assign chemical identifiers to bioactives reported in the literature. New tools are needed to afford nutrition researchers the ability to establish relationships between dietary bioactives and health. Institution: North Carolina State University This work is supported by IAFNS Bioactives Committee
Principal Investigator: Colin Kay, PhD
Year Awarded: 2021
