genus_fcts: Food composition tables for GENuS
In cfree14/GENuS: Global Expanded Nutrient Supply (GENuS) Database

Food composition tables organized by the commodities included in the Global Expanded Nutrient Supply model (GENuS) dataset. Their construction and use are described in the GENuS methods paper (citation below). Citations for original source tables and units for each nutrient are found in accompanying "readme" file.

1	genus_fcts

A data frame with the following attributes::

file: Source file - from Harvard Dataverse website
region: Region
genus_food_id: GENuS food id
genus_food_name: GENuS food name
fct_food_name: FCT food name
nutrient: Nutrient
units: Nutrient units
units_per_100g: Nutrient per 100g

Smith, M.R., Micha, R., Golden, C.D., Mozaffarian, D., Myers, S.S. (2016) Global Expanded Nutrient Supply (GENuS) model: a new method for estimating the global dietary supply of nutrients. PloS One 11(1): p.e0146976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146976

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