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Table 1 New classification based on the British Nutrition Foundation classification

From: Empowering health geography research with location-based social media data: innovative food word expansion and energy density prediction via word embedding and machine learning

British nutrition foundation

New classification

Classification

Energy density (ED in kcal/g)

Example words

Classification

Energy density (ED in kcal/g)

Very Low

ED \(<\) 0.6

Asparagus; cabbage

L-ED

ED \(<\) 1.5

Low

0.6 \(\le\) ED \(<\) 1.5

Edamame; haddock

Medium

1.5 \(\le\) ED \(\le\) 4

Breadstick; chicken

H-ED

ED \(\ge\) 1.5

High

ED \(>\) 4

Potato chips; peanut butter