Food composition databases in the era of Big Data: Vegetable oils as a case study

Ferraz de Arruda, Henrique ; Aleta, Alberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Moreno, Yamir (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Understanding the population's dietary patterns and their impacts on health requires many different sources of information. The development of reliable food composition databases is a key step in this pursuit. With them, nutrition and health care professionals can provide better public health advice and guide society toward achieving a better and healthier life. Unfortunately, these databases are full of caveats. Focusing on the specific case of vegetable oils, we analyzed the possible obsolescence of the information and the differences or inconsistencies among databases. We show that in many cases, the information is limited, incompletely documented, old or unreliable. More importantly, despite the many efforts carried out in the last decades, there is still much work to be done. As such, institutions should develop long-standing programs that can ensure the quality of the information on what we eat in the long term. In the face of climate change and complex societal challenges in an interconnected world, the full diversity of the food system needs to be recognized and more efforts should be put toward achieving a data-driven food system.

Idioma: Español

DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1052934

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Frontiers in Nutrition 9 (2023), 1052934 [15 pp.]
ISSN: 2296-861X

Factor impacto JCR: 4.0 (2023)

Categ. JCR: NUTRITION & DIETETICS rank: 31 / 114 = 0.272 (2023) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 5.2 - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q2) - Food Science (Q2) - Nutrition and Dietetics (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.828 - Food Science (Q1) - Nutrition and Dietetics (Q2) - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/E36-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIN-AEI-FEDER/PID2020-115800GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RYC2021-033226-I

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Teórica (Dpto. Física Teórica)