Media
Resources
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Nutrient-Rich Foods (NRF) Index Research Media Alert
Nutrient Rich Foods Approach Fact Sheet
Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition Fact Sheet
Nutrient Rich Foods Publications Highlights
Nutrient Rich Foods Bibliography
Published Materials
For more information on the scientific research supporting the Nutrient Rich Foods approach, click the links below to be directed to the appropriate publication's Web site. You also may email media@nutrientrichfoods.org if you would like a copy of available published studies sent to you.
"The Nutrient Rich Foods Index helps to identify healthy, affordable foods,"
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, April 2010.
"Nutrient profiling: global approaches, policies and perspectives,"
Nutrition Today, January/February 2010.
"Defining Nutrient Density: Development and validation of the Nutrient-Rich Foods Index,"
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, August 2009.
"Nutrient Profiling: The New Environment,"
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, December 2009.
"Defining Nutrient Density: Development and validation of the Nutrient-Rich Foods Index,"
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, August 2009.
"Development and Validation of the Nutrient-Rich Foods Index: a tool to measure nutritional quality of foods,"
Journal of Nutrition, August 2009.
"It is time for a positive approach to dietary guidance using nutrient density as a basic principle,"
Journal of Nutrition, June 2009.
"Lower-energy-density diets are associated with higher monetary costs per kilocalorie and are consumed by women of higher socioeconomic status,"
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, May 2009.
"Nutrient-Rich Foods: applying nutrient navigation systems to improve public health,"
Journal of Food Science, November/December 2008.
"Should nutrient profiles be based on 100g, 100kcal or serving size?,"
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 2008.
"Nutrient profiling can help identify foods of good nutritional quality for their price: a validation study with linear programming,"
Journal of Nutrition, June 2008.
"Testing nutrient profile models in relation to energy density and energy cost,"
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 2008.
"Nutrient profiling of foods: creating a nutrient-rich food index,"
Nutrition Reviews, January 2008.
"The rising cost of low-energy-density foods,"
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, December 2007.
"What's next for nutrition labeling and health claims? An update on nutrient profiling in the European Union and the United States,"
Nutrition Today, September/October 2007.
"Low energy density and high nutritional quality are each associated with higher diet costs in French adults,"
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2007.
"Nutrient-dense food groups have high energy costs: an econometric approach to nutrient profiling,"
Journal of Nutrition, July 2007.
"Nutrient density: meeting nutrient goals within calorie needs,"
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, May 2007.
"Dietary energy density is associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in U.S. adults,"
Diabetes Care, April 2007.
"Evidence-based background paper on point-of purchase nutrition programs,"
Dietitians of Canada, September 2006.
"A nutrient density standard for vegetables and fruits: nutrients per calorie and nutrients per unit cost,"
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, December 2005.
"Concept of a nutritious food: toward a nutrient density score,"
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2005.
"Naturally nutrient rich: putting more power on Americans’ plates,"
Nutrition Today, March/April 2005.
