Acknowledgements

From the Editors

National and International Databases

• Welcome

• Tenth Anniversary Summary

• Report from USDA's Nutrient Data Research Branch

• Recipe Calculations for the NFCS Data Base

• International Sources of Nutrient Composition Data

• INFOODS Update

• EUROFOODS Update

• Guidelines for Nutrient Data Banks

Poster Abstracts

Sessions for New/Prospective Users

• Computer Issues

• Nutrient Data Bank Features

• Evaluating Nutrient Data Banks

Nutrient Composition Issues

• Problems and Methods in Applying Nutrient Composition Data to Current Health Issues:

  • Vitamin A, Beta-Carotene and Cancer

  • Dietary Fiber

• Nutrient Interaction Issues

• Critical Evaluation of Nutrient Data: A Prerequisite for Generating New Data

• Progress in Methods Development and New Nutrient Data

Discussion Groups on Nutrient Databank Applications and Issues

• Procedures for Imputing Values

• Computerized Nutritional Analysis System for Burn Care

• Food Service Applications

Dietary Assessment Methodology 

• New Approaches to the Nutritional Assessment of Population Data

• Variability of Food Intakes: Analysis of Data for 12 Days

• Dietary Assessment of Immigrant & Refugee Children

• NHANES III Plans: Issues and Approaches

• USDA Food Frequency Methodology

• A Data-Based Approach to Diet Questionnaire Design: The NCI Survey

• Use of a Shortened Nutrient Data Bank to Analyze National Survey Data