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Title: How to find information on national food and nutrient consumption surveys across Europe: Systematic literature review and questionnaires to selected country experts are both good strategies
Authors: Blanquer, Maria
García-Álvarez, Alicia
Ribas-Barba, Lourdes
Wijnhoven, Trudy M.A.
Tabacchi, Garden
Gurinovic, Mirjana
Serra-Majem, Lluís 
UNESCO Clasification: 32 Ciencias médicas
3206 Ciencias de la nutrición
Keywords: Life-Style Factors
Elderly Rural-Population
Cross-Sectional Survey
Saturated Fatty-Acids
Swiss Health Survey, et al
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: 0007-1145
Journal: British Journal of Nutrition 
Abstract: The present research was conducted within the framework of the EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned project. In order to identify the best practice in assessing nutrient intakes, a search strategy for collecting data from national food consumption surveys/studies in Europe was developed. Systematic literature searches were carried out on twenty-eight European and the four European Free Trade Association countries. A questionnaire was also sent to two to five experts in each country. Systematic reviews using PubMed yielded 12703 abstracts that were reduced to 200 studies using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Similarly, a search of ministry web sites yielded 3033 hits, and subsequently reduced to nine surveys. Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom were the countries with most data and Slovenia and Liechtenstein were those with the least. Seventy-eight expert questionnaires were obtained from all countries except for Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Slovakia. Detailed results and references are given. A systematic search and questionnaires are equally good at identifying national surveys across countries. Literature searching provides globally accessible and objective information albeit limited, whereas the questionnaire provides information that, depending upon responders, can be more complete. A combination of both strategies is recommended.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/44756
ISSN: 0007-1145
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509990572
Source: British Journal Of Nutrition [ISSN 0007-1145], v. 101(S. 2), p. S37-S50, (Julio 2009)
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