Food composition database harmonization for between-country comparisons of nutrient data in the TEDDY Study

Uusitalo, Ulla; Kronberg-Kippilä, Carina; Aronsson, Carin Andrén; Schakel, Sally F.; Schoen, Stefanie; Mattisson, Iréne; Reinivuo, Heli; Silvis, Katherine; Sichert-Hellert, Wolfgang; Stevens, Mary; Norris, Jill M.; Virtanen, Suvi Μ.

doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2011.01.012

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“…Due to these factors, the use of international tables in national studies on food consumption assessment must be done with caution [31]. Furthermore, there is a difference in terms of the nomenclature used since each country lists the foods using specific names according to the eating habits in their culture [32].…”

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“…Furthermore, the choice of the USDA table for the analysis of food consumption data can lead to an overestimation of calorie intake in relation to the TACO table and an overestimation of fiber intake in relation to the Nutritional Support Table. The comparison between studies assessing dietary intake is important in nutritional epidemiology. Two major inter national studies -European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition [36] and The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young [32] -˜ were aimed to develop nutrient databases and compare food composition tables between countries. However, the lack of comparability between the food composition tables and databases was the main obstacle found in both studies [32,36].…”

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Agreement of dietary fiber and calorie intake values according to the choice of nutrient composition and household measure tables

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Objective: To analyze the variations in the daily intake of dietary fiber and calories according to the different nutrient composition and homemade measure tables. Methods: Five different methods based on different nutrient composition and household measure tables were used to calculate daily calorie and fiber intake, measured using a food frequency questionnaire, of 633 pregnant women receiving care in primary health care units in the Southern region of Brazil; they were selected to participate in a cohort study. The agreement between the five methods was evaluated using the Kappa and weighted Kappa coefficients. The Nutritional Support Table, a Brazilian traditional food composition table and the Brazilian household expenditure survey were used in Method 1. Brazilian Food Composition Table and the Table for the Assessment of Household Measures (Pinheiro) were used in Methods 2 and 3. The average values of all subtypes of food listed in the Brazilian Food Composition Table for each corresponding item in the food frequency questionnaire were calculated in the method 3. The United States Department of Agriculture Food Composition Table and the table complied by Pinheiro were used in Method 4. The Brazilian Food Composition Table and the Brazilian household expenditure survey were used in Method 5. Results: The highest agreement of calorie intake values were found between Methods 2 and 3 (Kappa=0.94; 0.92-0.95), and the lowest agreement was found between Methods 4 and 5 (Kappa=0.46; 0.42-0.50). As for the fiber intake, the highest agreement was found between Methods 2 and 5 (Kappa=0.87; 0.82-0.90), and the lowest agreement was observed between Methods 1 and 4 (Kappa=0.36; 0.3-0.43). Conclusion: Considerable differences were found between the nutritional composition tables. Therefore, the choice of the table can influence the comparability between studies.

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Agreement of dietary fiber and calorie intake values according to the choice of nutrient composition and household measure tables

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“…In Germany, parents weighted food when keeping the records; the food portion booklet was only used in addition. The records were reviewed at all clinical visits and entered into country-specific databases to assess intake of various nutrients (22). Assessment of soluble fiber was possible only for data from Germany and the United States because the national food composition databases have been harmonized between countries only for those nutrients that were available from all the food databases and that had originally been hypothesized to be potentially associated with T1D.…”

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“…As a next step, intake of soluble fiber was standardized to total energy intake by using the residual method (23). This standardization was done separately for each country, because there were slight differences in the analysis method, although the food databases from Germany and the United States both use content data analyzed by enzymatic methods for calculation of soluble fiber (22).…”

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Dietary intake of soluble fiber and risk of islet autoimmunity by 5 y of age: results from the TEDDY study

Beyerlein

Liu

Uusitalo

et al. 2015

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Background: Deficient soluble fiber intake has been suggested to dysregulate the immune response either directly or through alterations of the microbial composition in the gut. Objective: We hypothesized that a high intake of dietary soluble fiber in early childhood decreases the risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D)-associated islet autoimmunity. Design: We analyzed 17,620 food records collected between age 9 and 48 mo from 3358 children from the United States and Germany prospectively followed in the TEDDY (The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young) study. HRs for the development of any/multiple islet autoantibodies (242 and 151 events, respectively) and T1D (71 events) by soluble fiber intake were calculated in Cox regression models and adjusted for potential confounders. Results: There were no statistically significantly protective associations observed between a high intake of soluble fiber and islet autoimmunity or T1D. For example, the adjusted HRs (95% CIs) for high intake (highest compared with lowest quintile) at age 12 mo were 0.90 (0.55, 1.45) for any islet autoantibody, 1.20 (0.69, 2.11) for multiple islet autoantibodies, and 1.24 (0.57, 2.70) for T1D. In analyzing soluble fiber intake as a time-varying covariate, there were also no short-term associations between soluble fiber intake and islet autoimmunity development, with adjusted HRs of 0.85 (0.51, 1.42) for high intake and development of any islet autoantibody, for example. Conclusion: These results indicate that the intake level of dietary soluble fiber is not associated with islet autoimmunity or T1D in early life.Am J Clin Nutr 2015;102:345-52.

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“…Food composition tables and food labels would have different fiber values in regions that accept DPs 3-9 compared with those that do not (19).…”

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Dietary Fiber Future Directions: Integrating New Definitions and Findings to Inform Nutrition Research and Communication

Jones

2013

Advances in Nutrition

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The CODEX Alimentarius definition of dietary fiber includes all nondigestible carbohydrate polymers with a degree of polymerization of 3 or more as dietary fiber with the proviso that they show health benefits. The global definition, if accepted by all authoritative bodies, offers a chance for international harmonization in research, food composition tables, and food labeling. Its nonacceptance highlights problems that may develop when definitions vary by region. The definition requires that the research community agrees upon physiological effects for which there is substantial scientific agreement, e.g., fibers' effects on laxation and gut health, on attenuating blood lipids and blood glucose and insulin, and in promoting fermentation in the large bowel. The definition also necessitates the delineation of research protocols to prove the benefits of various isolated and synthesized fibers. These should emanate from evidence-based reviews that fairly weigh epidemiological data while considering that added fibers are not reflected in many food composition databases. They then should include well-controlled, randomized, control trials and utilize animal studies to determine mechanisms. Agreement on many study variables such as the type of subject and the type of baseline diet that best fits the question under investigation will also be needed. Finally, the definition establishes that all types of fiber can address the severe fiber consumption gap that exists throughout the world by recognizing that the combination of fiber-rich and -fortified foods increases fiber intake while allowing consumers to stay within allowed energy levels. Adv. Nutr. 4: 8-15, 2013.

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Food composition database harmonization for between-country comparisons of nutrient data in the TEDDY Study

Cited by 40 publications

References 28 publications

Agreement of dietary fiber and calorie intake values according to the choice of nutrient composition and household measure tables

Agreement of dietary fiber and calorie intake values according to the choice of nutrient composition and household measure tables

Dietary intake of soluble fiber and risk of islet autoimmunity by 5 y of age: results from the TEDDY study

Dietary Fiber Future Directions: Integrating New Definitions and Findings to Inform Nutrition Research and Communication

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