Development, features and application of DIET ASSESS & PLAN (DAP) software in supporting public health nutrition research in Central Eastern European Countries (CEEC)

Gurinovic M., Mileevic J., Kadvan A., Nikolic M., Zekovic M., Djekic´-Ivankovic M., Dupouy D., Finglas P., Glibetic M.. (2016)

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In order to meet growing public health nutrition challenges in Central Eastern European Countries (CEEC)
and Balkan countries, development of a Research Infrastructure (RI) and availability of an effective nutrition
surveillance system are a prerequisite. The building block of this RI is an innovative tool called DIET
ASSESS & PLAN (DAP), which is a platform for standardized and harmonized food consumption collection,
comprehensive dietary intake assessment and nutrition planning. Its unique structure enables application
of national food composition databases (FCDBs) from the European food composition exchange platform
(28 national FCDBs) developed by EuroFIR (http://www.eurofir.org/) and in addition allows
communication with other tools. DAP is used for daily menu and/or long-term diet planning in diverse
public sector settings, foods design/reformulation, food labelling, nutrient intake assessment and calculation
of the dietary diversity indicator, Minimum Dietary Diversity-Women (MDD-W). As a validated
tool in different national and international projects, DAP represents an important RI in public health
nutrition epidemiology in the CEEC region.

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