title: EURRECA-Framework for Aligning Micronutrient Recommendations.
abstract: There is currently no standard approach for deriving micronutrient recommendations, and large variations exist across Europe, causing confusion among consumers, food producers, and policy makers. More aligned information could influence dietary behaviors and potentially lead to a healthier population. Funded by the European Commission, EURRECA (EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned) has developed methods and applications to guide Nutrient Recommendation Setting Bodies through the process of setting micronutrient reference values. The EURRECA approach is crystallized into its framework that outlines a standard process for deriving and using dietary reference values for micronutrients in a transparent, systematic, and scientific way. The 9 activities of the framework can be clustered into four stages (i) defining the problem, (ii) monitoring and evaluating, (iii) deriving dietary reference values, and (iv) using dietary reference values in policy making. The EURRECA framework should not be interpreted as a prescriptive description of a linear process, but as a structured guide for checking that all issues essential for deriving requirements have at least been considered.
authors: Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Pieter
authors: P
authors: Van 't Veer
authors: Evangelia
authors: E
authors: Grammatikaki
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: Matthys
authors: Monique M
authors: MM
authors: Raats
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Contor
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000592:standards*; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D064167:Recommended Dietary Allowances / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients