Sentences with phrase «measure nutritional quality of foods»

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The present study aimed to measure the prevalence of different types of health and nutrition claims on foods and non-alcoholic beverages in a UK sample and to assess the nutritional quality of such products carrying health or nutrition claims.

Main Outcomes and Measures Nutritional quality was assessed by calculating monthly mean adequacy ratio and energy density of the foods selected by students each day.

Nutritional quality was calculated using a nutritional index designed to measure nutrients important for children and adolescents (MAR) and a nutritional index designed to measure the calorie content per weight ofNutritional quality was calculated using a nutritional index designed to measure nutrients important for children and adolescents (MAR) and a nutritional index designed to measure the calorie content per weight ofnutritional index designed to measure nutrients important for children and adolescents (MAR) and a nutritional index designed to measure the calorie content per weight ofnutritional index designed to measure the calorie content per weight of food (ED).

After implementation of the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act, change was associated with significant improvement in the nutritional quality of foods chosen by students, as measured by increased mean adequacy ratio from a mean of 58.7 (range, 49.6 - 63.1) prior to policy implementation to 75.6 (range, 68.7 - 81.8) after policy implementation and decreased energy density from a mean of 1.65 (range, 1.53 - 1.82) to 1.44 (range, 1.29 - 1.61), respectively.

Fatty acids are chemical building blocks of dietary fats, so their level in a worm's body is one measure of the general nutritional quality of their food.