title: Comparison of food composition tables and direct chemical analysis for the assessment of macronutrient intake in a military community.
abstract: Food composition tables (FCT) were validated against chemical analysis (CA) to assess energy, carbohydrate, lipid, protein and fibre content of the food consumed by Italian Army cadets. The absolute difference between FCT and CA in 2 separate weeks was < or = 0.7% for energy, < or = 4.1% for carbohydrates, < or = 2.9% for lipids, < or = 6.2% for proteins and < or = 31.6% for fibre. It is concluded that FCT can be used to assess energy, carbohydrate, lipid and protein but not fibre intake in this military community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Modena University, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bedogni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernini Carri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Severi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Battistini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results