The Nutrient Rich Foods Index helps to identify healthy, affordable foods
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The Nutrient Rich Foods Index helps to identify healthy, affordable foods.
BACKGROUND The Nutrient Rich Foods (NRF) Index is a formal scoring system that ranks foods on the basis of their nutrient content. When used in conjunction with a food prices database, it can help identify foods that are both nutritious and affordable. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to identify healthy, affordable foods and food groups by using the NRF index and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) nut...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.28450d