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Area of Science:

  • Nutrition Science
  • Dietary Analysis
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Meal pattern analysis is complex due to high variability in food consumption.
  • Aggregated, generic meal data can simplify analysis and address variability issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel meal coding system.
  • To utilize this system for exploring population-level meal patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Dietary data from the National Adult Nutrition Survey (2008-2010) were utilized.
  • Individual meals were categorized into 63 generic meals based on food groups.
  • Principal component analysis identified meal patterns from generic meal data.

Main Results:

  • 21,948 individual meals were successfully reduced to 63 generic meals.
  • Nutritional composition of generic meals showed good agreement with original data (e.g., fat, protein).
  • Twelve distinct meal patterns were identified using principal component analysis.

Conclusions:

  • A novel meal coding system using generic meal data was developed and validated.
  • The system is appropriate for examining population nutrient intakes.
  • This coding system effectively determines meal-based dietary patterns.