Program Title: PakNutri® 12

Version Type: Donationware

Version: 1.0.1

Product ID: NUT12AF

Release Date: March 13, 2005

©2005 PakMed Biomedical Solutions

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Topic Index

• About this PakMed Program (Help and Other Information)

• Comparison of PakNutri® 12 with USDA Food Search for Windows

Why is PakNutri® 12 generally a more suitable software than USDA Food Search for Windows?

• Other Information

• Download PakNutri 12 for Microsoft Office Access

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About this PakMed Program

HOW TO INSTALL?

• PakNutri®12 is presented as a single distributable file in two forms: (1)- as an executable file with file name NUT12AFS.EXE

• Click the setup file (NUT12AFS.EXE), and follow the installation instructions.  Then run this executable file install the program.

HOW TO UNINSTALL?

• Go to Windows 'Control Panel' , click 'Add and Remove Programs' and then click PakNutri® 12, and follow the installation instructions.

HOW TO USE THIS PakMed PROGRAM?

• Click Start, point Programs, PakMed and PakNutri, and then click PakNutri®12F.

• PakMed Main Menu will open. Click 'Run this Program' command button to open 'PaNutri Main Menu'. The 'PakNutri® 12 Main Menu' window will contain various command buttons, list box of names of 6839 food items and the NDB#, and three ControlTabs viz, Composition (General), Composition (Alphabetical Order) and Composition (Category). Each TabControl window will display information on the nutrient composition of the selected food items.

• 'Composition (General)' ControlTab window contains 'Measure Modifier' box where you can modify the measure amount of the selected food item in g. The nutrient composition in this window is in the measure amount (in g) as given in the 'Measure Modifier' box. In addition this window also displays nutrient composition of the selected food items in general measure like cup, glass, etc.

• Composition (Alphabetical Order) ControlTab window displays nutrient composition in which different nutrients are sorted in alphabetical order.

• Composition (Category) ControlTab window displays nutrient composition in which nutrients are arranged according to nutrient-category, like proximates, vitamins, minerals, lipids, and carotenoids.

•  To print a report of nutrient composition of the selected food item, click control button 'Print'

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COMPARISON OF PakNutri® 12 WITH "USDA Food Search for Windows"

• Disk space for installation: PakNutri® 12 occupies about 1MB hard disk space for its installation, while USDA Food Search for Windows needs >47MB disk space for installation (based on SR17).

• Setup type: Both Software programs offer installation (with program executable icon) and uninstallation features.

• Food components and food items included: PakNutri® 12 displays information on nutrient composition of 6839 food items covering about 44 regular (common) nutrients (Click to see the list of included nutrients), while a USDA Food Search for Windows caters information on all 6839 food items covering regular as well as less commonly quoted/needed food components or nutrients (generally not required, and the most of these food components are blank in SR17 database).

• Software requirement: PakNutri® 12 requires Microsoft Office Access® to run while USDA Food Search for Windows does not require it. However the database file of USDA Food Search for Windows is an Access® file (generally sr.mdb) that is required for USDA Food Search for Windows.

• License to use both PakNutri® 12 (Donationware Version) and USDA Food Search for Windows is FREE.

• Measure amount modification: Both Software offer this feature.

• Record Navigation: The way of presentation of PakNutri® 12 is easier and more diverse than that of USDA Food Search for Windows.

  • PakNutri® 12 presents nutrient composition for all nutrients in four different ways (general in g of edible portion, general in common measure of a selected food item, alphabetical order, and food category) without the need of scrolling, while USDA Food Search for Windows does not offer such convenient navigation, even to navigate the nutrient composition of a single food item, the user needs frequent scrolling and pop-ups.

  • Nutrient composition is navigated with the use of ControlTab command buttons which are not present in USDA Food Search for Windows.

  • Microsoft Access built-in feature 'Record Navigator' feature is present in PakNutri® 12 while such powerful feature does not exist in USDA Food Search for Windows.

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About USDA SR17

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States. It provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. The current version of PakNutri® 12 is based upon SR17 that contains data on 6,839 food items. Forty four (44) regular (common) nutrients or food components are added in PakNutri® 12 as other food component are mostly blank in USDA SR17.

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Food Components