Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.
Food Chem. 2013 Oct 1;140(3):443-6. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.09.107. Epub 2012 Nov 8.
Knowledge of the nutrient content of foods is fundamental for virtually all nutrition-related projects, programmes and policies. Low quality compositional data may lead to inappropriate policies and funds spent unnecessarily. Existing food composition tables (FCT) for most West African countries date back to 1960 and 1970 and contain in general few foods and components without documentation. As a result of the recommendations by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Nutrition forum and other high level meetings, FAO/INFOODS, WAHO/ECOWAS and Bioversity International developed the West African FCT. It contains 472 foods and 28 components. Emphasis was given to include data on food biodiversity by incorporating cultivars/varieties and underutilized foods. The West African FCT enables users to address diet-related health problems, strengthen local development, enhance trade and promote biodiversity. In addition it contributes to poverty alleviation in both rural and urban areas. The FCT needs to be updated regularly and it is the most recent example of INFOODS for regional food composition activities.
了解食物的营养成分是几乎所有与营养相关的项目、计划和政策的基础。低质量的成分数据可能导致不适当的政策和不必要的资金浪费。大多数西非国家现有的食物成分表（FCT）可以追溯到 1960 年和 1970 年，通常包含的食物和成分很少，且没有相关文件记录。根据西非国家经济共同体（ECOWAS）营养论坛和其他高级别会议的建议，粮农组织/INFOODS、世界卫生组织西非区域办事处/ ECOWAS 和生物多样性国际组织开发了西非 FCT。它包含 472 种食物和 28 种成分。通过纳入品种/变种和未充分利用的食物，重点是纳入食物生物多样性数据。西非 FCT 使用户能够解决与饮食相关的健康问题，加强地方发展，促进贸易和促进生物多样性。此外，它还有助于减轻农村和城市地区的贫困。FCT 需要定期更新，它是 INFOODS 进行区域食物成分活动的最新范例。
