object property of food-based dietary guidelines evidence characteristic evidence characteristic of food-based dietary guidelines local evidence, international evidence, used background method (e.g. eating pattern modelling / a priori dietary pattern; criteria (nutrient adequacy, epi data for long-term health, food contaminants; departure from observed diets)); background data reviewing method (grading quality) a relation between a food-based dietary guideline and an evidence characteristic , in which the evidence (e.g. scientific reports, articles, etc.) with the characteristic is used to support the food-based dietary guideline. SYSTEMIC WP5 food-based dietary guideline