New nutritional data on traditional foods for European food composition databases

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 64; no. Suppl 3; pp. S73 - S81
• Main Authors: Costa, H.S, Vasilopoulou, E, Trichopoulou, A, Finglas, P
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2010; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/443/319/1488; 706/648/697/129; Analytical methods; Biological and medical sciences; Black Sea; Clinical Nutrition; Composition; cultural heritage; Databases, Factual; Documentation; eating habits; Epidemiology; Ethnic foods; Europe; European Food Information Resource (EuroFIR); European Union; Europeans; Feeding Behavior; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Food; Food - classification; Food Analysis; food choices; Food composition; Food industry; Food products; Food selection; foodways; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Information management; Information resources; Internal Medicine; Laboratories; Management; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; nationalities and ethnic groups; nutrient databanks; Nutrition; nutrition information; Nutritional aspects; Nutritive Value; original-article; Pilot Projects; Public Health; Recipes; Traditional foods; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Europe; traditional foods; value documentation; food composition databases; EuroFIR; nutritional composition; Nutrition; Documentation; Database; Metabolic diseases; European; Food

Background/Objectives: There are many different cultures within Europe, each with its own distinct dietary habits. Traditional foods are the key elements that differentiate the dietary patterns of each country. Unfortunately, in most countries, there is little information on the nutritional composit...