title: EURRECA-Evidence-based methodology for deriving micronutrient recommendations.
abstract: The EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned (EURRECA) Network of Excellence explored the process of setting micronutrient recommendations to address the variance in recommendations across Europe. Work centered upon the transparent assessment of nutritional requirements via a series of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. In addition, the necessity of assessing nutritional requirements and the policy context of setting micronutrient recommendations was investigated. Findings have been presented in a framework that covers nine activities clustered into four stages: stage one "Defining the problem" describes Activities 1 and 2: "Identifying the nutrition-related health problem" and "Defining the process"; stage two "Monitoring and evaluating" describes Activities 3 and 7: "Establishing appropriate methods," and "Nutrient intake and status of population groups"; stage three "Deriving dietary reference values" describes Activities 4, 5, and 6: "Collating sources of evidence," "Appraisal of the evidence," and "Integrating the evidence"; stage four "Using dietary reference values in policy making" describes Activities 8 and 9: "Identifying policy options," and "Evaluating policy implementation." These activities provide guidance on how to resolve various issues when deriving micronutrient requirements and address the methodological and policy decisions, which may explain the current variation in recommendations across Europe. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition for the following free supplemental files: Additional text, tables, and figures.].
authors: Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. rosalie.dhonukshe-rutten@wur.nl
authors: Rosalie A M
authors: RA
authors: Dhonukshe-Rutten
authors: Jildau
authors: J
authors: Bouwman
authors: Kerry A
authors: KA
authors: Brown
authors: Adriënne E J M
authors: AE
authors: Cavelaars
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Collings
authors: Evangelia
authors: E
authors: Grammatikaki
authors: Lisette C P G M
authors: LC
authors: de Groot
authors: Mirjana
authors: M
authors: Gurinovic
authors: Linda J
authors: LJ
authors: Harvey
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Hermoso
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Hurst
authors: Bas
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authors: Kremer
authors: Joy
authors: J
authors: Ngo
authors: Romana
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authors: Novakovic
authors: Monique M
authors: MM
authors: Raats
authors: Fanny
authors: F
authors: Rollin
authors: Lluis
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authors: Serra-Majem
authors: Olga W
authors: OW
authors: Souverein
authors: Lada
authors: L
authors: Timotijevic
authors: Pieter
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authors: Van't Veer
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003657:Decision Making; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards; D002149:Energy Intake; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000592:standards*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D064167:Recommended Dietary Allowances / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018977:Micronutrients