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USDA Food Patterns Equivalents Database 2007–08
Author(s) -
Bowman Shanthy,
Friday James,
Thoerig Rachel,
Clemens John,
Moshfegh Alanna
Publication year - 2013
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.27.1_supplement.848.17
Subject(s) - food science , sugar , fluid ounce (us) , added sugar , serving size , toxicology , biology , physics , thermodynamics
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 provide recommendations on how much to eat from the USDA Food Patterns Groups such as Grains, Dairy, Fruits, Vegetables, and Protein Foods. The research objective was to develop the USDA Food Patterns Equivalents Database 2007–08 for the foods in What We Eat In America, the dietary component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–08, by retooling the methodology that was used to create the MyPyramid Equivalents Database 2003–04. The retooling steps included consolidating the weights of one cup of fruits and vegetables such that similar types of fruits and vegetables will have the same weights; using 16 grams of flour as the basis for defining one ounce equivalent of grains for grain products made of flour and using 28.35 grams as one ounce equivalent of grains for breakfast cereals and grains; estimating added sugars equivalents from the total sugar values of the foods that are defined as added sugars; and defining the amount of alcoholic beverages that contain 14 grams of ethanol as one drink. Selected, day 1 mean intake estimates for individuals 2 years of age and over were: fruits, one cup equivalent of which one‐third came from fruit juice; vegetables, 1.4 cup equivalents of which about one‐fourth was from potatoes and one‐fifth from tomatoes; and dairy, 1.7 cup equivalents. The new methodology simplified the process, without affecting the quality of the data.