Extending a multiethnic food composition table to include standardized food group servings

Sharma, Sangita; Murphy, Suzanne P.; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Au, Donna; Shen, Lucy Q.; Kolonel, Laurence N.

doi:10.1016/s0889-1575(03)00015-2

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“…Foods that were mixtures were first disaggregated into their components and each ingredient was assigned to the appropriate Pyramid food group. The CRCH food composition table was linked to this database so Pyramid servings could be calculated for foods that are eaten in Hawaii, but are not included in the CSFII national survey 23 . Food Guide Pyramid servings of many traditional mixtures consumed in Hawaii were determined using local recipes.…”

Section: Pyramid Servingsmentioning

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Dietary intakes and health-related behaviours of Korean American women born in the USA and Korea: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Park

Murphy

Sharma

et al. 2005

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: This study assessed and compared heath-related behaviours and nutrient and food group intakes between US-born and Korea-born Korean American women. Design and subjects: Cross-sectional analyses were performed for ethnic Koreans who participated in the Multiethnic Cohort Study in Hawaii and Los Angeles in 1993-1996. The sample included 492 Korean American women aged 45 -75 years who were born in the USA (n ¼ 274) or Korea (n ¼ 218). Participants were recruited using driver's license files as a primary sampling source and completed a self-administered questionnaire, including a quantitative food frequency section. Results: The proportion overweight or obese was 31.4% in US-born and 9.4% in Korea-born women. US-born women had higher intakes of total fat and fat as a percentage of energy, and lower intakes of sodium, vitamin C, b-carotene and carbohydrate as a percentage of energy, than Korea-born women. Comparing intakes of food group servings from the Food Guide Pyramid, US-born women reported more whole grains, red meat and nuts, and less soy products, than did Korea-born women. US-born women also consumed fewer vegetables and fruit than those born in Korea. Few women in either group reported intakes that met the recommendations for dairy foods. Intake of discretionary fat from the Pyramid tip was higher in US-born than in Korea-born women. Conclusions: These findings indicate that the acculturation of Korean immigrants affects dietary intakes in ways that may alter risks of several chronic diseases. Further studies will be necessary to examine the effects of dietary acculturation on disease patterns.

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Section: Pyramid Servingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dietary intakes and health-related behaviours of Korean American women born in the USA and Korea: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Park

Murphy

Sharma

et al. 2005

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“…Estimating food group intakes (as servings per day) makes it possible to compare regular dietary intake from food records to each of the food group recommendations in the Food Guide Pyramid (Sharma et al, 2003b). The database first disaggregates mixed dishes into their ingredients and then allocates them to each of 30 food groups (Sharma et al, 2003a). For example, milk is placed in the dairy group as well as in the discretionary fat group unless it is skim milk.…”

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Urinary isoflavone excretion as a compliance measure in a soy intervention among young girls: a pilot study

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Objective: To investigate the compliance of young girls with a soy intervention. Design: An 8-week dietary intervention and urine sample collection. Setting: Free-living girls. Subjects: A convenience sample of 8-to 14-y-old girls (20 started and 17 finished the study) recruited through flyers distributed to staff members and previous study participants. Intervention: The girls consumed one daily serving of soymilk, soy nuts, or tofu, completed 3-day food records, kept daily soy intake logs, and collected weekly urine samples. Main outcome measures: Compliance with the intervention was evaluated by daily soy intake logs, 3-day food records analyzed by the center's Food Composition and Food Groups Servings Databases, and weekly urinary isoflavone excretion using high-pressure liquid chromatography. The statistical analysis included paired t-tests, analysis of variance, and Spearman's rankorder correlation coefficients. Results: Daily soy intake logs indicated a mean intake of 6.28 servings out of a maximum of 7.0 servings per week. The food records revealed a six-fold increase in isoflavone intake during the study period (Po0.01) which was confirmed by an increase in urinary isoflavone excretion of similar magnitude (23.3-142.1 nmol/mg creatinine, P ¼ 0.02). Conclusions: This study demonstrated the ability of young girls to consume one daily soy serving and the usefulness of urinary isoflavones as a primary compliance measure. The high urinary isoflavone excretion levels detected in girls as compared to adult women suggest less intestinal degradation and/or greater absorption of isoflavones in nonadult populations. This finding requires further investigations into the pharmacokinetics of isoflavones.

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“…The detailed methods of developing and calculating servings of food groups using the U.S. Department of Agriculture food grouping scheme have also been described previously Sharma et al, 2003a;Sharma et al, 2003b;Sharma et al, 2004). Each individual's serving intakes of total dairy products were computed by summing the servings across the appropriate food items on the QFFQ, and these data were previously reported (Sharma et al, 2003b;Sharma et al, 2004).…”

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“…Each individual's serving intakes of total dairy products were computed by summing the servings across the appropriate food items on the QFFQ, and these data were previously reported (Sharma et al, 2003b;Sharma et al, 2004). Nutrient intakes were analyzed based on a unique food composition table which was extended and adapted from the USDA food composition database (Sharma et al, 2003a). Similar foods were combined to rank the contribution to nutrients and calculate the total intake of dairy products because there were a large variety of foods that contained these items.…”

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Dietary Sources of Calcium, Vitamin D, and the Pattern of Dairy Products Consumption in Five Ethnic Groups in the United States

Sharma

2016

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The objective of this study was to describe dietary sources of calcium and vitamin D among five ethnic groups in the United States. Cross-sectional dietary data were collected using a quantitative food frequency questionnaire from 186,916 participants in the Multiethnic cohort representing five ethnic groups (African American, Latino, Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, and Caucasian), aged 45-75 years living in Los Angeles County and the state of Hawaii between 1993 and 1996. Nutrient intakes for calcium and vitamin D were analyzed based on a unique food composition table which was extended and adapted from the USDA food composition database. Dairy products were the greatest contributor to calcium intake in all groups, but the percent contribution varied considerably between ethnic sex groups from 18.6% (Japanese American men) to 37.8% (Caucasian women). Dairy products were also the greatest contributors to vitamin D intake among all ethnic-sex groups except Native Hawaiian and Japanese American men, for whom fish was the top contributor (40.7 and 42.5% respectively). Low-fat milk was the top source (16.0-21.9%) of dairy products in all ethnic-sex groups except Japanese American men and women and Caucasian women. The data identified dietary sources that can be targeted by nutrition intervention programs and dietitians working with ethnic/racial populations at high risk of inadequate intake of calcium and vitamin D.

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Extending a multiethnic food composition table to include standardized food group servings

Cited by 37 publications

References 4 publications

Dietary intakes and health-related behaviours of Korean American women born in the USA and Korea: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Dietary intakes and health-related behaviours of Korean American women born in the USA and Korea: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Urinary isoflavone excretion as a compliance measure in a soy intervention among young girls: a pilot study

Dietary Sources of Calcium, Vitamin D, and the Pattern of Dairy Products Consumption in Five Ethnic Groups in the United States

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