The Nutrient Balance Concept: A New Quality Metric for Composite Meals and Diets.
Combinations of foods that provide suitable levels of nutrients and energy are required for optimum health. Currently, however, it is difficult to define numerically what are 'suitable levels'.To develop new metrics based on energy considerations-the Nutrient Balance Concept (NBC)-for asse...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503684?pdf=render |