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EURRECA nutritional planning and dietary assessment software tool: NutPlan

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 64, pages S38–S42 (2010)Cite this article

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Background/Objectives:

‘NutPlan’ is developed within the EURRECA Network of Excellence (EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned (http://www.eurreca.org). It is a user-friendly software programme with multiple functions: individual and group nutrition planning, recipe calculation, creating food labels, diet planning and nutrient intake assessment. This paper describes the newly developed software and its features.

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‘NutPlan’ contains the following databases: foods, dish recipes, meals, menus, average menus and glossary. These databases enable diet planning and diet analysis by comparing foods, dishes, meals or menus with currently available nutritional recommendations accessible by a link to EURRECA tool Nutri-RecQuest to meet individual/group nutritional needs.

The software is upgraded by inserting new items (for example, foods, dishes, meals) and for a connection to other software programmes, thus allowing more advanced calculations to be completed.

Conclusion:

‘NutPlan’ might be the software of choice for individual and group diet planning. It is aimed particularly at Eastern European and West Balkan countries, which currently lack dietary software. It is envisaged for use by small and medium enterprises in the food industry, as well as by health professionals, researchers and policy makers, and can be recommended for educational purposes. Given its characteristics of being upgraded to include new country-specific food data/database, it can be recognized as an important tool in nutritional capacity development in the Central Eastern European and other regions.

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Acknowledgements

The studies reported herein are carried out by the EURRECA Network of Excellence, financially supported by the Commission of the European Communities, specific Research, Technology and Development (RTD) Programme Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, within the Sixth Framework Programme, contract no. 036196. This report does not necessarily reflect the Commission's views or its future policy in this area. We acknowledge Lisette de Groot, Pieter van ’t Veer, Adriënne EJM Cavelaars, Esmée L Doets and Rosalie Dhonukshe-Rutten for their contribution to the link between Nutri-RecQuest and Nutrition software.

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  1. Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    M Gurinović, A Kadvan, R Novaković & M Glibetić

  2. Hylobates Consulting, Rome, Italy

    L Bucchini

  3. ILSI Europe a.i.s.b.l., Brussels, Belgium

    C Matthys

  4. Biotempo—Biotechnology Consulting Lda., Guimarães, Portugal

    D Torres

  5. Minerva PRC Limited, Monxton, Hants, UK

    R Smith

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L Bucchini has received consulting fees and has equity/stock ownership in Hylobates Consulting, has received grant support from EURRECA and an EC funded grant. He has also consulted for small/medium companies in the food supplement sector. The remaining authors have declared no financial interests.

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Gurinović, M., Kadvan, A., Bucchini, L. et al. EURRECA nutritional planning and dietary assessment software tool: NutPlan. Eur J Clin Nutr 64 (Suppl 2), S38–S42 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2010.59

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