FAO FOOD AND NUTRITION PAPER 77
Food energy - methods of analysis and conversion factors
Report of a Technical Workshop, Rome, 3-6 December 2002
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003
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FAO FOOD AND NUTRITION PAPER 77Food energy - methods of analysis and conversion factorsReport of a Technical Workshop, Rome, 3-6 December 2002FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
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1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
1.3 RATIONALE FOR THE TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
CHAPTER 2: METHODS OF FOOD ANALYSIS
2.1 ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR PROTEINS IN FOODS
2.2 ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR FATS IN FOOD
2.3 ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR CARBOHYDRATES IN FOODS
CHAPTER 3: CALCULATION OF THE ENERGY CONTENT OF FOODS - ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS
3.1 JOULES AND CALORIES
3.2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS
3.3 FLOW OF ENERGY THROUGH THE BODY - A BRIEF OVERVIEW
3.4 CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN METABOLIZABLE ENERGY AND NET METABOLIZABLE ENERGY
3.5 CURRENT STATUS OF FOOD ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS
3.6 STANDARDIZATION OF FOOD ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS
3.7 THE RELATIONSHIP Between FOOD ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
3.8 OTHER PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE USE OF FOOD ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS
CHAPTER 4: SUMMARY - INTEGRATION OF ANALYTICAL METHODS AND FOOD ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS
4.1 PROTEIN
4.2 FAT
4.3 CARBOHYDRATE
4.4 ALCOHOL, POLYOLS, ORGANIC ACIDS AND OTHER FOOD ENERGY PRODUCING SUBSTRATES
ANNEX I: PARTICIPANTS - TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON FOOD ENERGY: METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
ANNEX II: MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP 5, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE CURRENT TECHNICAL WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
ANNEX III: CORRECTIONS TO THE DIET AND/OR STANDARD ENERGY REQUIREMENTS WHEN USING METABOLIZABLE ENERGY (ME) OR NET METABOLIZABLE ENERGY (NME) FACTORS
ANNEX IV: COMPARISONS OF ENERGY CONTENTS OF BREASTMILK, INFANT FORMULA AND SELECTED FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN USING ME AND NME ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS