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3 Relating Food Consumption Data and Nutritional Status Data
Pages 6-11

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From page 6...
... It is also possible to consider the potential risk of excessive intake of nutrients and of natural or added food components, i.e., food ingredients and additives, if the association between level of intake and risk of toxicity is known. Health status indicators believed to be associated with food or nutrient intake can be identified if current dietary data can be linked to existing health data.
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From page 7...
... The statistical approach to analysis and to the prediction of the prevalence of individuals with usual intakes below their actual requirements has been identified and discussed by Lorstad (1971~. It has been applied in a prediction of the effects of iron fortification on the prevalence of inadequate intakes among menstruating women (Swiss and Beaton, 1974)
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From page 9...
... Data on the observed usual intakes of food by the population may be translated to nutrient intake with the use of existing food composition data. A data bank, an appropriate coding system, and a computer program are required and could possibly be based upon one or more of the several systems now existing in the United States.
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From page 10...
... It also permits an examination of the probable effects of a change in food consumption, such as a proposed food fortification policy or a proposed limit for a food additive, on intake and population risk. Implementation of this approach to analysis poses certain study design requirements and necessitates the compilation of certain data bases.
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From page 11...
... Knowledge concerning the relationship of food consumption patterns to susceptibility to chronic disease can better be determined from a careful examination of the food consumption patterns of population groups with known unusual incidences of these chronic diseases. Care must be taken to control adequately for environmental and genetic factors.
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