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Risk-benefit assessment of cereal-based foods consumed by portuguese children a...
Assunção, R; Boué, G; Alvito, P; Brazão, R; Carmona, P; Carvalho, C; Correia, D; Fernandes, P; Lopes, C; Martins, C; Membré, JM; Monteiro, S; Nabais, PCereal-based foods, including breakfast (BC) and infant cereals (IC), are among the first solid foods introduced to infants. BC and IC are sources of macro and micronutrients that have bene-ficial effects on health, but can also be sources of harmful chemical and microbiological contaminants and nutrients that may lead to adverse health effects at high consumption levels. This study was performed under the Risk...
Building capacity in risk-benefit assessment of foods: Lessons learned from the...
Assuncao, R; Alvito, P; Brazao, R; Carmona, P; Fernandes, P; Jakobsen, LS; Lopes, C; Martins, C; Membre, JM; Monteiro, S; Nabais, P; Thomsen, STBackground: Human diet may present both risks and benefits to consumers' health. Risk-benefit assessment of foods (RBA) intends to estimate the overall health impact associated with exposure (or lack of exposure) to a particular food or food component. Scope and approach: "RiskBenefit4EU - Partnering to strengthen the risk-benefit assessment within EU using a holistic approach" (RB4EU) is a project funded by th...