Perspective: Food-based dietary guidelines in Europe - scientific concepts, current status, and perspectives
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Perspective: Food-based dietary guidelines in Europe - scientific concepts, current status, and perspectives. / Bechthold, Angela; Boeing, Heiner; Tetens, Inge; Schwingshackl, Lukas; Nöthlings, Ute.
In: Advances in Nutrition, Vol. 9, 2018, p. 544-560.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Perspective: Food-based dietary guidelines in Europe - scientific concepts, current status, and perspectives
AU - Bechthold, Angela
AU - Boeing, Heiner
AU - Tetens, Inge
AU - Schwingshackl, Lukas
AU - Nöthlings, Ute
N1 - CURIS 2018 NEXS 273
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) are important tools for nutrition policies and public health. FBDGs provide guidelines on healthy food consumption and are based on scientific evidence. In the past, disease prevention and nutrient recommendations dominated the process of establishing FBDGs. However, scientific advances and social developments such as changing lifestyles, interest in personalized health, and concerns about sustainability require a reorientation of the creation of FBDGs to include a wider range of aspects of dietary behavior. The present review evaluates current European FBDGs with regard to the concepts and aspects used in their derivation, and summarizes the major aspects currently discussed to be considered in future establishment or updates of FBDGs. We identified English information on official European FBDGs throughan Internet search (FAO, PubMed, Google) and analyzed the aspects used for their derivation. Furthermore, we searched literature databases (PubMed, Google Scholar) for conceptional considerations dealing with FBDGs. A total of 34 out of 53 European countries were identified as having official FBDGs, and for 15 of these, documents with information on the scientific basis could be identified and described. Subsequently, aspects underlying the derivation of current FBDGs and aspects considered in the literature as important for future FBDGs were discussed. Eight aspects were identified: diet-health relations, nutrient supply, energy supply, dietary habits, sustainability, food-borne contaminants, target group segmentation, and individualization. The first 4 have already been widely applied in existing FBDGs; the others have almost never been taken into account. It remains a future challenge to (re)conceptionalize the development of FBDGs, to operationalize the aspects to be incorporated in their derivation, and to convert concepts into systematic approaches. The current review may assist national expert groups and clarifies the options for future development of local FBDGs.
AB - Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) are important tools for nutrition policies and public health. FBDGs provide guidelines on healthy food consumption and are based on scientific evidence. In the past, disease prevention and nutrient recommendations dominated the process of establishing FBDGs. However, scientific advances and social developments such as changing lifestyles, interest in personalized health, and concerns about sustainability require a reorientation of the creation of FBDGs to include a wider range of aspects of dietary behavior. The present review evaluates current European FBDGs with regard to the concepts and aspects used in their derivation, and summarizes the major aspects currently discussed to be considered in future establishment or updates of FBDGs. We identified English information on official European FBDGs throughan Internet search (FAO, PubMed, Google) and analyzed the aspects used for their derivation. Furthermore, we searched literature databases (PubMed, Google Scholar) for conceptional considerations dealing with FBDGs. A total of 34 out of 53 European countries were identified as having official FBDGs, and for 15 of these, documents with information on the scientific basis could be identified and described. Subsequently, aspects underlying the derivation of current FBDGs and aspects considered in the literature as important for future FBDGs were discussed. Eight aspects were identified: diet-health relations, nutrient supply, energy supply, dietary habits, sustainability, food-borne contaminants, target group segmentation, and individualization. The first 4 have already been widely applied in existing FBDGs; the others have almost never been taken into account. It remains a future challenge to (re)conceptionalize the development of FBDGs, to operationalize the aspects to be incorporated in their derivation, and to convert concepts into systematic approaches. The current review may assist national expert groups and clarifies the options for future development of local FBDGs.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Diet-health relations
KW - Dietary habits
KW - Energy
KW - Food-based dietary guidelines
KW - Food-borne contaminants
KW - Individualization
KW - Nutrients
KW - Nutrition policy
KW - Sustainability
KW - Target group segmentation
U2 - 10.1093/advances/nmy033
DO - 10.1093/advances/nmy033
M3 - Review
C2 - 30107475
VL - 9
SP - 544
EP - 560
JO - Advances in Nutrition
JF - Advances in Nutrition
SN - 2161-8313
ER -
ID: 201001086