Food Values of Portions Commonly Used

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Food Values of Portions Commonly Used

• Ref 641.1 Bowes 1998

Jan Tominaga Library 150 Winter 2005 Week 7
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Bibliographic citation

• Bowes and Church's food values of portions
  commonly used.
• Philadelphia Lippincott, c1998
• Additional Title Food values of portions
  commonly used
• Authors
• Bowes, Anna De Planter.
• Pennington, Jean A. Thompson.
• Church, Charles Frederick, 1902-.
• Church, Helen Nichols.
• Notes Includes bibliographical references and
  indexes.
• Description v. tables. 28 cm.

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Arrangement

• By types of food
• Then alphabetical

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Indexing

• Table of contents
• Special features
• Nutrient content of foods
• Arranged by food type
• Supplementary tables
• Alphabetical index

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Scope

• 8,100 food listings
• Common foods
• Fast food
• Various foods of interest and curiosity
• Food values
• Calories
• Protein
• Carbohydrates
• Cholesterol
• Vitamins minerals
• Etc.

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Purposes

• An easy reference for nutritional values
• For assisting dietitians, nutritionists, students
• Also, for anyone on special diets

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Currency

• c. 1998
• Relatively current
• Nutritional values probably have not changed
• New information might have been found
• Food portion sizes change, esp. packaged and fast
  food
• Still very useful

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Physical format

• Book
• Plastic comb binding
• Very handy since the book stays open

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Special features

• Besides comprehensive nutrient values
• Recommended dietary allowances
• Amino acid requirements
• Median height weights and recommended energy
  intakes
• USDA/DHHS dietary guidelines
• Abbreviations, symbols and reference codes
• Conversion tables
• Supplementary tables
• Alcoholic beverages
• Caffeine
• Gluten
• Sources consulted
• Latin names
• Food name cross reference
• Bibliography for food composition data
• And more

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Authority or credentials

• Jean Pennington, PH.D., R.D., is an author in the
  area of food and nutrient databases. She received
  her degrees in physiology and nutrition from the
  University of California at Berkeley. Early in
  her career, Dr. Pennington taught nutrition and
  physiology courses in the San Francisco Bay area
  for eight years. For the past 20 years, she has
  served as a public health nutritionist with the
  U.S. government. She resides in Chevy Chase,
  Maryland.

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Review

• From Book News, Inc.
• This update of a text cited in Books for
  College Libraries, 3d ed. and Guide to Reference
  Books supplies the latest US standards for
  dietary intake of macro- and micro-nutrients. The
  main tables list values for 30 nutrients in some
  8000 foods (including medicinal foods), often
  cite specific brands. Supplementary tables
  provide cross-referenced information on food
  components of increasing interest (e.g, omega-3
  and trans fatty acids), for which data are
  insufficient for inclusion in the main tables.
  The preface to the 1937 edition, which pioneered
  the emphasis on serving size, is included.

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Personal impression

• I use similar reference books, but I like this
  one better for
• Many more food listings,
• Practical portion sizes,
• Food name cross reference,
• More fast food chains,
• Plastic comb binding.
• The heights, weights, and intake chart is not
  useful
• Goes by median in U.S. instead of by what would
  be healthy ranges for different body types, ages,
  etc.

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Examples typifying uses

• Compare the nutrient content of Kentucky Fried
  Chicken to home fried chicken.
• Are there any low sodium foods at Kentucky fried
  chicken?

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Web example, part 1
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Web examples, part 1

• kentuckyfriedchicken.com
• Click on nutrition
• http//kentuckyfriedchicken.com/kitchen/nutrition
  .htm
• Click on nutrition calculator
• or
• Click on pdf version of nutrition guide

Photo Gary Friedman http//www.friedmanarchives.
com/
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KFC results

• Nutrition calculator

Enter any number of menu items and the calculator
will itemize and total nutrient content of items.
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KFC results

• The KFC pdf nutrition guide is not as
  comprehensive as Food Values of Portions Commonly
  Used in regards to vitamins and minerals.

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Web examples, part 2
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Web examples, part 2

• Librarians Index to the Internet
• http//lii.org/
• Click on Nutrition (under Health heading)
• Click on Calories and Calorie Counters
• Results include
• NATS
• NutritionData

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LII result, NATS

• NATS Nutrition Analysis Tools and System
• Use this site to analyze the nutrient content of
  foods, including fast foods and foods by brand
  name. Features definitions of nutrients, their
  functions, recommended amounts, and key foods an
  energy calculator and other resources. Note
  Site maintained by Circle Group Holdings, maker
  of Z-Trim, a fat substitute.
• http//nat.crgq.com/
• Subjects Nutrition Diet Food -- Caloric
  content
• Descriptors protein carbohydrate fiber sodium
  vitamins riboflavin cholesterol calories fat
  calcium iron potassium thiamin niacin
• Created by cl - last updated Feb 18, 2004

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LII result, NATS

• Personal impression
• Large database
• common foods
• packaged foods
• fast foods
• other (not so common) foods
• Mostly comprehensive on nutrient content
• although data is not complete.

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LII results, NutritionData

• NutritionData
• This site provides a searchable database of food
  composition and nutrition information. Each
  result includes a nutrition facts panel a
  calorie ratio pyramid for carbohydrates, fats,
  and protein and detailed information about
  minerals, vitamins, and other components of the
  food item. Also includes nutritional data for
  some fast-food restaurants and other nutrition
  tools. Information is based primarily on data
  from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
  supplemented by other sources.
• http//www.nutritiondata.com/
• Subjects Nutrition Diet
• Created by nh - last updated Sep 3, 2003
• Note At this website, you can get very
  comprehensive nutritional data on many menu items
  of the major fast food restaurants.

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Personal impression of web results

• KFC
• Efficient and up-to-date
• Can view more than one item at a time
• NATS and NutritionData
• Comprehensive
• Efficient
• Up-to-date
• The only thing easier about using Food Values of
  Portions Commonly Used is being able to look up a
  particular restaurant and look at their whole
  menu at one time. For instance, when looking in
  the book for low sodium items at KFC, you can
  look up KFC and run your finger down the sodium
  column. On these websites, you have to click on
  each item separately.

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Food Values of Portions Commonly Used

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