Title
EURRECA Development of tools to improve the alignment of micronutrient recommendations
Author
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Matthys, C.
Bucchini, L.
Busstra, M.C.
Cavelaars, A.E.J.M.
Eleftheriou, P.
Garc?a-Alvarez, A.
Fairweather-Tait, S.
Gurinovi?, M.
van Ommen, B.
Contor, L.
Publication year
2010
Abstract
Approaches through which reference values for micronutrients are derived, as well as the reference values themselves, vary considerably across countries. Harmonisation is needed to improve nutrition policy and public health strategies. The EURRECA (EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned, http://www.eurreca.org) Network of Excellence is developing generic tools for systematically establishing and updating micronutrient reference values or recommendations. Different types of instruments (including best practice guidelines, interlinked web pages, online databases and decision trees) have been identified. The first set of instruments is for training purposes and includes mainly interactive digital learning materials. The second set of instruments comprises collection and interlinkage of diverse information sources that have widely varying contents and purposes. In general, these sources are collections of existing information. The purpose of the majority of these information sources is to provide guidance on best practice for use in a wider scientific community or for users and stakeholders of reference values. The third set of instruments includes decision trees and frameworks. The purpose of these tools is to guide non-scientists in decision making based on scientific evidence. This platform of instruments will, in particular in Central and Eastern European countries, contribute to future capacity-building development in nutrition. The use of these tools by the scientific community, the European Food Safety Authority, bodies responsible for setting national nutrient requirements and others should ultimately help to align nutrient-based recommendations across Europe. Therefore, EURRECA can contribute towards nutrition policy development and public health strategies. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Chemicals / CAS Micronutrients; Trace Elements.
Subject
EURRECA
Micronutrient interlinked information sources
Micronutrient recommendations
Micronutrient requirements
Nutri-RecQuest
trace element
computer program
conference paper
content analysis
decision making
decision tree
food safety
health care policy
learning
medical practice
nutrient content
nutritional assessment
nutritional requirement
practice guideline
professional competence
reference value
Europe
Evidence-Based Medicine
Food Safety
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Internet
Micronutrients
Nutrition Policy
Nutritional Requirements
Nutritional Sciences
Policy Making
Public Health
Reference Values
Trace Elements
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2010.206
TNO identifier
954227
ISSN
0954-3007
Source
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64 (64)
Document type
article