Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria used for article selection for this scoping review on poultry intake and human health outcomes
| Included | Excluded |
|---|---|
| Any article that used a qualitative or quantitative design that assessed poultry intake and health outcomes in humans of all ages | Articles not pertaining to human health |
| Published in the English language | Not published in the English language |
| Published up to March 2020 | Gray literature |
| Both unprocessed and processed poultry products were within the scope of this review | Articles assessing dietary patterns and health outcomes without assessing poultry intake as an independent component |
| Articles assessing chicken essence intake and health outcomes were within the scope of this review | Articles assessing trends in poultry purchase correlated with trends in health outcomes. These were excluded because poultry purchasing is not synonymous with poultry consumption |
| Articles assessing “white meat” intake without defining “white meat” | |
| Articles with a definition of white meat that included rabbit or other nonpoultry meats in the definition | |
| Articles that could not be accessed after contacting the authors |