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Abstract
A food composition database (FCDB) is an important tool for providing information on the nutritional composition of food items. Dietary analysis software provides the users with a summary of their estimated nutrient intake. While many FCDBs and dietary analysis software programs are available worldwide, there is lack of information on the availability of a national FCDB or dietary analysis software in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, there is no consensus on the most appropriate software to be adapted by the Saudi population. Therefore, this review aimed to investigate the availability of Saudi FCDB and dietary analysis softwares. It also aimed to explore the commonly used dietary analysis softwares by the Saudi researchers and to discuss several ways in which dietary analysis software could be evaluated. This review showed that there are no available Saudi FCDB and dietary analysis software and that the currently used softwares in Saudi Arabia are not designed to target the Saudi population. This confirms the need to develop or adapt a FCDB and dietary analysis software program that represent the dietary intake of the Saudi population to improve the accuracy of the dietary analysis process, as well as the further development of food and nutrition policies for Saudi culture.
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