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Food Composition Tables and Database for Bangladesh with Special Reference to Selected Ethnic Foods

Food is the essential component for hunnan survival. Good health needs a balanced diet. In order to achieve this, the nutrient composition of most frequently consumed foods has to be made well-known and available to the mass population, specially to the researchers. Food Composition Tables (FCTs) provide nutrient composition of foods. It is almost obligatory to know and let others to know what kind of nutrients they receive from the foods that they eat in everyday life. A true FCT is the answer to this basic query. The FCT is indispensable in making assessment for the amount of nutrients contributed by common foods consumed by individual, family and at community levels. The FCT is used in nutrition and public health survey, nutrition education, dietetic and clinical practice, agriculture research, nutritional epidemiology, setting up food standards and establishing food safety regulation and consumer action programs. It is equally promising in making appropriate food choices for the purpose of preparing normal and therapeutic diets. It is, therefore, an important tool for the national planners and policymakers for ensuring food safety and food security for the nation.