Wanted: specific nutritional biomarkers for food consumption for the study of its protective role in health.

Nutritional epidemiology focuses on an understanding of the relationship between diet and disease risk. The assessment of dietary and nutritional exposure is a complex methodological challenge. Traditionally, diet evaluations have been made by means of dietary data, such as 24-h recalls and food fre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Andrés Lacueva, Ma. Cristina, Zamora-Ros, Raul
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/68565
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/68565
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Marcadors bioquímics
Dieta
Salut
Biochemical markers
Diet
Health
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Sumario:Nutritional epidemiology focuses on an understanding of the relationship between diet and disease risk. The assessment of dietary and nutritional exposure is a complex methodological challenge. Traditionally, diet evaluations have been made by means of dietary data, such as 24-h recalls and food frequency or diet history questionnaires. However, all of these methods have some inherent weaknesses or limitations due to the limited accuracy in measuring the intake of food, nutrients or phytochemicals. Nowadays, nutritional biomarkers have become an attractive alternative approach. According to conventional definition...