Food Composition Activities in the English-speaking Caribbean (CARICOMFOODS)
✍ Scribed by Pauline M. Samuda; Fitzroy J. Henry
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-1575
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✦ Synopsis
The focus of food composition activities in the English-speaking Caribbean is the establishment of CARICOMFOODS as the regional data center. This project will be of particular value in the areas of nutrition research and education, food consumption studies and product development, food trade and food and agricultural policy development and guidelines. The data center will be housed at the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, a PAHO Regional Center in Jamaica and managed by a Regional Food Composition Steering Committee.
Two major limitations characterize current food composition data in the English-speaking Caribbean:
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