Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this report:
ACC United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination
AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
BMI body mass index
CARMEN Carbohydrate Ratio Management in European National diets
CHD coronary heart disease
DALY disability-adjusted life year
DASH dietary approaches to stop hypertension
DEXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
DHA docosahexaenoic acid
dmf decayed, missing, filled primary (teeth)
DMF decayed, missing, filled permanent (teeth)
dmft decayed, missing, filled primary teeth
DMFT decayed, missing, filled permanent teeth
DONALD Dortmund Nutritional and Anthropometric Longitudinally
Designed Study
ECC early childhood caries
EPA eicosapentaenoic acid
EPIC European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
ERGOB European Research Group for Oral Biology
FAOSTAT Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Statistical Databases
FER fat to energy ratio
GDP gross domestic product
GISSI Gruppo Italiano por lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell’Infarto
Miocardico
GNP gross national product
HBP high blood pressure
HDL high-density lipoprotein
HFI hereditary fructose intolerance
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HOPE Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IDDM insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
IGT impaired glucose tolerance
IHD ischaemic heart disease
ixIUGR intrauterine growth retardation
LDL low-density lipoprotein
MGRS multicentre growth reference study (i.e. the WHO MGRS study)
mRNA messenger ribonucleic acid
MSG monosodium glutamate
MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid
NCD noncommunicable disease
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
NSP non-starch polysaccharides
PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid
RCT randomized controlled trial
SCN ACC Subcommittee on Nutrition
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SFA saturated fatty acid
T1DM type 1 diabetes
T2DM type 2 diabetes
VLDL very low-density lipoprotein
WCRF World Cancer Research Fund
WHR waist:hip circumference ratio or waist:hip ratio