health & nutrition

Further information

United Kingdom
Food Standards Agency: Eat well, be well
British Nutrition Foundation

Australia
GoGrains Australia, Nutrition communication initiative
Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults (2003), National Health and Medical Research council

USA
Dietary guidelines for Americans, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) Eating plan
Food and Nutrition Information Centre
Eating smart: a nutrition resource list for consumers
Action list for whole grains
Whole Grains Council

Sweden
Swedish Nutrition Foundation

Germany, Austria, Switzerland
German Nutrition Society
Austrian Nutrition Society
Swiss Nutrition Society

References
AMERICAN FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA)
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING (1998) The Australian Guide to healthy eating
BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION (2003) Healthy Eating: A whole diet approach
BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION (2004) Nutritional aspects of cereals
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER ERNAEHRUNG (DGE)
EUFIC (2003) Dietary fibre - what’s its role in a healthy diet?
GOGRAINS (2003) Cereal grains, legumes and diabetes.
IZYDORCZYK, M.S., SYMONS, S.J. and DEXTER, J.E. Fractionation of wheat and barley. In: Whole-grain foods in health and disease. Ed. by: MARQUART, L., SLAVIN, J.L. and FULCHER, R.G. American Association of Cereal Chemists, Minnesota, USA (2002) 47-82.
JOINT HEALTH CLAIMS INITIATIVE

KOH-BANERJEE, P. and RIMM, E. B. (2003) Whole grain consumption and weight gain: a review of the epidemiological evidence, potential mechanisms and opportunities for future research. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 62, 25-29.

LANG, R. and JEBB S.A. (2003) Who consumes whole grains, and how much? Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 62, 123-127.

MARQUART, L., ASP, N.-G. and RICHARDSON, D.P. Whole grain health claims in the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. In: Dietary Fibre, Bio-Active Carbohydrates for food and feed. Ed. by: VAN DER KAMP, J.W., ASP, N.-G., MILLER JONES, J. and SCHAAFSMA, G., Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands (2004), 39-57.

NHMRC: NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (2003) Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults 2003.

RICHARDSON, D.P. (2003) Whole grain health claims in Europe. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 62, 161-169.

SWEDISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION Reduction of disease risk claims.
UK Food Standards Agency
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) Dietary guidelines for Americans 2005.
NESTÉ UK WHOLE GRAIN Information