Food and Nutrient Systems for Research

该应用程序请求继续支持加州大学营养协调中心(NCC) 明尼苏达州，作为国家研究资源。NCC开发、提供和支持最先进的技术 与膳食研究中膳食数据的收集和分析有关的方法、数据库和软件 健康。NCC拥有最全面、最详细的适合研究的食物和营养数据库 目的。方法论、质量控制和培训是研究所需的最高质量。这个 NCC人员、活动、软件、数据库和支持服务的情况记录在列表中 研究合作、客户调查人员、全国调查人员的支持信和推荐信 来自在他们的研究中使用了NCC方法和数据库的科学文献。四个具体的 提出了目标。目标1的活动将维护和更新NCC数据库，其中包括18,000种食品和 126与营养研究数据系统(NDS-R)软件相关的营养素，该软件收集、编码、 并分析饮食数据以产生所消耗的营养素。五个额外的营养田将增加到 数据库和数据库的更新版本将与发布的软件版本一起提供 每年，以便能够反映国家粮食供应的快速变化。食品分类计划将 被开发并合并到NDS-R中，以便可以计算每种食物的服务数量 自动的。AIM 2的活动将加强NDS-R软件和内部计算机程序，以 维护数据库，进一步提高灵活性、使用效率和数据管理功能。 AIM 3的活动将增强NCC网站，以改进和扩展其功能，以便更好地服务 营养研究人员，既有客户，也有其他营养研究人员。目标4的活动将制定一个 用于评估膳食补充剂使用情况的计算机工具将纳入NDS-R软件。 这一工具将利用其他政府机构正在开发的补充数据库的内容。 拟议的全部工作将使NCC能够继续通过其 产品和服务，它将为正在进行的和未来的研究提供连续性和可比性，并将 帮助NIH和其他调查人员控制成本并确保质量，以提供软件、数据库和 与饮食相关的研究服务。

This application requests continued support for the Nutrition Coordinating Center (NCC) at the University of Minnesota, as a national research resource. NCC develops, provides, and supports state-of-the-art methods, databases and software related to the collection and analysis of dietary data in studies of diet and health. NCC has the most comprehensive and detailed food and nutrient database appropriate for research purposes. Methodologies, quality control, and training are of the highest quality required for research. The stature of NCC personnel, activities, software, databases, and support services is documented with listings of study collaborations, client investigators, letters of support from investigators nationally, and references from the scientific literature that have used NCC methods and databases in their research. Four specific aims are proposed. Activities for Aim 1 will maintain and update the NCC database of 18,000 foods and 126 nutrients associated with the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R) software that collects, codes, and analyzes dietary data to generate nutrients consumed. Five additional nutrient fields will be added to the database, and updated versions of the database will accompany the versions of the software released annually so that rapid changes in the nation's food supply can be represented. Food grouping schemes will be developed and incorporated into NDS-R so that the number of servings in each can be calculated automatically. Activities for Aim 2 will enhance the NDS-R software and in-house computer programs to maintain the database, to further improve flexibility, efficiency of use, and data management features. Activities for Aim 3 will enhance the NCC website to improve and expand it's functionality to better serve nutrition researchers, both clients and other nutrition researchers. Activities for Aim 4 will develop a computer-based tool for assessment of dietary supplement use to be incorporated into the NDS-R software. This tool will utilize the content of supplement databases being developed at other government agencies. The total proposed work will allow NCC to continue to support biomedical research nationally with its products and services, it will provide continuity and comparability for ongoing and future studies, and it will help control costs and ensure quality to NIH and other investigators for providing software, databases, and diet-related research services.