Re: Ontology to link food and diseases

Hi Marco,

You may find the following vocabulary, under development by the GS1, GTIN
OTW working group helpful.

http://www.gs1.org/voc

Monika

On 3 May 2015 at 22:20, Marco Brandizi <brandizi@ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for an ontology/controlled vocabulary/alike that links food
> ingredients/substances/dishes to human diseases/conditions, like
> intolerances, allergies, diabetes etc.
>
> Examples of information I'd like to find coded (please assume they're
> true, I'm no expert):
>   - gluten must be avoided by people affected by coeliac disease
>   - omega-3 is good for people with high cholesterol
>   - sugar should be avoided by people with diabetes risk
>
> I also would like linked data about commercial food products, but even an
> ontology without 'instances' would be useful.
>
> So far, I've found an amount of literature (eg, [1-3]) and vocabularies
> like AGROVOC[4], but nothing like the above.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Marco
>
> *[1] http://fruct.org/publications/abstract14/files/Kol_21.pdf
> <http://fruct.org/publications/abstract14/files/Kol_21.pdf>*
> [2]
> *http://www.researchgate.net/publication/224331263_FOODS_A_Food-Oriented_Ontology-Driven_System
> <http://www.researchgate.net/publication/224331263_FOODS_A_Food-Oriented_Ontology-Driven_System>
> *[3]
> *http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/aip/475410/
> <http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/aip/475410/> *[4]
> http://tinyurl.com/ndtdhwn
>
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