title: Nutrient Databank perspectives on energy.
abstract: The Atwater system of food-specific factors continues to be used for calculating energy in the Nutrient Databank. In 1983 the US Department of Agriculture requested that the Life Sciences Research Office (LSRO) of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology reassess the system's accuracy and utility. An LSRO panel of experts reported that there was no evidence that a substantial problem exists. Advances in food technology and changes in analytical methods in the past decade, however, are causing some concern for the reporting of energy in the databank. Some perspectives on these and other issues are discussed.
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000378:metabolism; D002149:Energy Intake; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D004043:Dietary Fiber