Nutrition Perspective
Nutrition Perspective is an annual newsletter dealing with health issues of importance to Canadians, current information on the issue and a reproducible patient/client fact sheet to complement your nutrition counseling and advice. Written by the team of registered dietitians at the Beef Information Centre.
Current Nutrition Perspective
The Nutrient Rich Food Index, May 2009
In this issue, Dr. Adam Drewnowski focuses on the Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Index, a nutrient profiling system developed to guide consumers in making nutrient-dense food choices. Nutrient profiling has been defined as the science of ranking or classifying foods based on their nutrient composition. The idea is that each food is assigned a unique score that reflects nutrient quality, in order to help consumers make healthier food choices. The Nutrient Rich Food Index stands apart as being a nutrient profiling system that is simple, transparent, validated against objective measures of healthy eating and linked to the Nutrition Facts table.
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