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Converting food intakes to retail commodities: A novel approach to identify trends in food commodity usage by Americans
Author(s) -
Bowman Shanthy,
Martin Carrie,
Friday James,
Moshfegh Alanna,
Lin BiingHwan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.943.2
Subject(s) - commodity , national health and nutrition examination survey , consumption (sociology) , agricultural science , business , agriculture , agricultural economics , food science , food products , food group , food processing , environmental health , geography , economics , medicine , environmental science , biology , population , finance , social science , archaeology , sociology
There are no national databases that convert foods consumed in the national dietary surveys to food commodities, important in tracking changes in foods consumed with changes in commodity availability. The study objectives are: (1) to develop the Food Intakes As Retail Commodities (FIARC) Database that converts foods eaten in What We Eat In America, the dietary component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, to retail food commodities, and (2) to determine changes in selected food commodity consumption over the survey periods. There are 8 major categories in FIARC: dairy; grains; fruits; nuts; caloric sweeteners; fats and oils; vegetables and legumes; and meat, fish, poultry and eggs, with each having several components. FIARC includes 68 food commodities in total. The major steps to develop FIARC: (1) foods consumed in the surveys are separated into their ingredients and assigned to an appropriate commodity and (2) conversion factors are applied to adjust for food preparation and processing losses to convert foods consumed back to commodities. From the 1994–1998 to the 2001–2002 survey periods, among persons ≥2y, mean consumption of lowfat milk (89g vs. 104g); total fruit (329g vs. 349g); and tomatoes (93g vs. 108g) increased, while total vegetables (379g vs. 346g) decreased. FIARC is useful for nutrition and agricultural policy development. Funding sources: ARS/ERS/USDA