The Nutrient Balance Concept: A New Quality Metric for Composite Meals and Diets.

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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Main Authors: Edward B Fern, Heribert Watzke, Denis V Barclay, Anne Roulin, Adam Drewnowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503684?pdf=render

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