F. Herrero’s scientific contributions

The aim of the study is the presentation and validation of a computer program, GRUNUMUR, designed for nutritional evaluation studies in great population groups, and to describe some of the results obtained after the application of this working tool. This program includes he following types of studies: a) dietary study; b) food habits study; c) anthropometric study and d) clinical study. The main advantage of GRUNUMUR is the possibility of being periodically actualised without any important software knowledge, and to be opened to the introduction of new data bases. The software program GRUNUMUR Is one more of the multiple programs described in the literature. However, once validated, this tool has the particularity of being developed after an important experience in the nutritional field and only with a scientific purpose. The result is a reliable tool, which facilitates nutrition research.

The aim of the study is the presentation and validation of a computer program, GRUNUMUR, designed for nutritional evaluation studies in great population groups, and to describe some of the results obtained after the application of this working tool. This program includes he following types of studies: a) dietary study; b) food habits study; c) anthropometric study and d) clinical study. The main advantage of GRUNUMUR is the possibility of being periodically actualized without any important software knowledge, and to be opened to the introduction of new data bases. The software program GRUNUMUR Is one more of the multiple programs described in the literature. However, once validated, this tool has the particularity of being developed after an important experience in the nutritional field and only with a scientific purpose. The result is a reliable tool, which facilitates nutrition research.

El objetivo de este trabajo es la presentación y valida-ción de un programa informático, GRUNUMUR, que ha sido diseñado para estudios de evaluación nutricional en grandes colectivos de población, así como la descrip-ción de algunos de los resultados obtenidos tras su utili-zación. Este programa incluye los siguientes tipos de es-tudios: a) estudio dietético; b) estudio sobre hábitos alimentarios; c) estudio antropométrico, y d) estudio clí-nico. La principal ventaja que GRUNUMUR presenta es la de poder ser periódicamente actualizado sin conoci-mientos profundos de informática, además de estar abierto a la introducción de otras nuevas bases de da-tos. El programa informático GRUNUMUR no deja de ser uno más de los múltiples descritos en la bibliografía, pero una vez validado, tiene la particularidad de que ha sido desarrollado tras una larga experiencia en el campo de la nutrición y por un interés puramente científico, que ha dado como resultado una herramienta fiable que facilita este tipo de investigaciones en nutrición.