Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece.
EuroFIR AISBL Executive Board, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Nutrients. 2019 Jul 25;11(8):1714. doi: 10.3390/nu11081714.
Food composition data is important for stakeholders and users active in the areas of food, nutrition and health. New challenges related to the quality of food composition data reflect the dynamic changes in these areas while the emerging technologies create new opportunities. These challenges and the impact on food composition data for the Mediterranean region were reviewed during the NUTRIMAD 2018 congress of the Spanish Society for Community Nutrition. Data harmonization and standardization, data compilation and use, thesauri, food classification and description, and data exchange are some of the areas that require new approaches. Consistency in documentation, linking of information between datasets, food matching and capturing portion size information suggest the need for new automated tools. Research Infrastructures bring together key data and services. The delivery of sustainable networks and Research Infrastructures in food, nutrition and health will help to increase access to and effective use of food composition data. EuroFIR AISBL coordinates experts and national compilers and contributes to worldwide efforts aiming to produce and maintain high quality data and tools. A Mediterranean Network that shares high quality food composition data is vital for the development of ambitious common research and policy initiatives in support of the Mediterranean Diet.
食品成分数据对于活跃在食品、营养和健康领域的利益相关者和用户非常重要。与食品成分数据质量相关的新挑战反映了这些领域的动态变化，而新兴技术则带来了新的机遇。在西班牙社区营养学会 2018 年 NUTRIMAD 大会上，对这些挑战以及它们对地中海地区食品成分数据的影响进行了审查。数据协调和标准化、数据编纂和使用、词库、食品分类和描述以及数据交换是需要新方法的一些领域。文档的一致性、数据集之间信息的链接、食品匹配和捕获份量信息都表明需要新的自动化工具。研究基础设施汇集了关键数据和服务。提供可持续的食品、营养和健康网络和研究基础设施将有助于增加对食品成分数据的获取和有效利用。EuroFIR AISBL 协调专家和国家编纂者，并为旨在生成和维护高质量数据和工具的全球努力做出贡献。一个共享高质量食品成分数据的地中海网络对于制定雄心勃勃的共同研究和政策倡议以支持地中海饮食至关重要。
