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Volume 38, Issue 6, Supplement, Pages S143-S152 (November 2006)


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MyPyramid Food Intake Pattern Modeling for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Patricia Britten, PhD1Corresponding Author Informationemail address, Joan Lyon, MS, RD1, Connie M. Weaver, PhD2, Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD3, Theresa A. Nicklas, DrPH4, Jennifer A. Weber, MPH, RD5, Carole A. Davis, MS, RD1

Abstract 

Modeling analyses using the MyPyramid intake patterns were conducted in collaboration with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee in response to their research questions and to determine likely effects of possible recommendations on overall dietary adequacy. Scenarios modeled included the feasibility of using the food patterns for lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, of varying fat levels within the patterns, and of increasing dietary flexibility through food group substitutions. Food pattern modeling was a useful tool to identify possible impacts on diet quality of potential Dietary Guidelines recommendations. Modeling analyses can help researchers explore the overall effect of specific dietary recommendations on intake patterns.

1 USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Alexandria, VA

2 Purdue University, Department of Foods and Nutrition, West Lafayette, IN

3 The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University Park, PA

4 Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

5 American Dietetic Association, formerly with HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Rockville, MD

Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Patricia Britten, PhD, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034, Alexandria, VA 22302; Phone: (703) 305-7600; Fax: (703) 305-3300

PII: S1499-4046(06)00559-8

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2006.08.004


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