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Nutrient data bank: Computer‐based management of nutrient values in foods
Author(s) -
Butrum Ritva R.,
Gebhardt Susan E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02635498
Subject(s) - food composition data , nutrient , computer science , weighting , identification (biology) , data retrieval , data bank , data mining , statistics , food science , mathematics , biology , ecology , medicine , telecommunications , orange (colour) , radiology
A computerized Nutrient Data Bank has been designed for storage, summary, and retrieval of food composition data. The system is a repository for data from domestic and international sources, including research institutions, industry, and independent laboratories. Source data are carefully screened with regard to identification of the food and conditions which may affect its nutritive value. Variables such as treatment and processing of the food and method of nutrient analysis can be considered in the analysis and retrieval of the data. All primary data will go into Data Base I. After statistical analysis of primary data, unique criteria will be developed for each food for use in summarizing the nutrient data into composite values. Data Bases II and III will be derived from the information in Data Base I by averaging, weighting, and selection. The summarized data will include averages for each nutrient, the number of samples, range values, and standard error. The data can be used for compiling a new nutrition handbook and for rapid retrieval of information for scientists.