Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) have primarily been designed for the consumer to encourage healthy, habitual food choices, decrease chronic disease risk and improve public health. However, ...minimal research has been conducted to evaluate whether FBDG are utilised by the public. The present review used a framework of three concepts, awareness, understanding and use, to summarise consumer evidence related to national FBDG and food guides. Searches of nine electronic databases, reference lists and Internet grey literature elicited 939 articles. Predetermined exclusion criteria selected twenty-eight studies for review. These consisted of qualitative, quantitative and mixed study designs, non-clinical participants, related to official FBDG for the general public, and involved measures of consumer awareness, understanding or use of FBDG. The three concepts of awareness, understanding and use were often discussed interchangeably. Nevertheless, a greater amount of evidence for consumer awareness and understanding was reported than consumer use of FBDG. The twenty-eight studies varied in terms of aim, design and method. Study quality also varied with raw qualitative data, and quantitative method details were often omitted. Thus, the reliability and validity of these review findings may be limited. Further research is required to evaluate the efficacy of FBDG as a public health promotion tool. If the purpose of FBDG is to evoke consumer behaviour change, then the framework of consumer awareness, understanding and use of FBDG may be useful to categorise consumer behaviour studies and complement the dietary survey and health outcome data in the process of FBDG evaluation and revision.
Objetivo: La Sociedad Española de Nutrición Comunitaria (SENC) planteó en 1994 una guía alimentaria para la población española, renovada en 2001. Se presenta una nueva edición actualizada basada en ...la mejor evidencia científica disponible. Métodos: Desde un enfoque de salud en todas las políticas se convocó un grupo de expertos en nutrición y salud pública vinculados con la SENC para revisar la evidencia sobre dieta-salud, ingesta nutricional y consumo alimentario en la población española, hábitos de preparación y consumo de alimentos, factores determinantes e impacto de la dieta en la sostenibilidad medioambiental. Se han considerado revisiones sistemáticas existentes, actualizaciones, informes, metaanálisis y estudios recientes de calidad. El grupo colaborativo contribuyó a la elaboración del documento de trabajo y diseño del icono gráfico posteriormente sometidos a consulta, discusión y evaluación cualitativa con especial relevancia a través del Grupo Consultor de las Guías SENC-diciembre 2016. Resultados: Las nuevas recomendaciones y su representación gráfica subrayan como consideraciones básicas practicar actividad física, equilibrio emocional, balance energético para mantener el peso corporal adecuado, procedimientos culinarios saludables e ingesta adecuada de agua. Las recomendaciones promueven una alimentación equilibrada, variada y moderada que incluye cereales de grano entero, frutas, verduras, legumbres, cantidades variables de lácteos y alterna el consumo de pescados, huevos y carnes magras, junto con el uso preferente de aceite de oliva virgen extra como grasa culinaria. Refuerzan el interés por una dieta saludable, solidaria, sostenible, con productos de temporada, de cercanía, eje de convivialidad, dedicando el tiempo suficiente y animan a valorar la información del etiquetado nutricional. Conclusiones: El análisis de la evidencia disponible y de la información actualizada sobre el consumo alimentario en España pone de manifiesto la necesidad de reforzar e implementar las recomendaciones recogidas en este documento para conseguir progresivamente un mayor grado de adherencia.
Dietary advices in the form of dietary guidelines help immensely in the management of health and disease, more so in the management of cancer patient. The objective of this study is to emphasize the ...need for standardized dietary guidelines which will guide the cancer patients and the medical fraternity involved in the management of cancer patient.
Thorough search was done from recognized authorities for the available dietary guidelines for cancer patients. We also performed literature search with the use of PubMed, and Google Scholar as our database articles citing the benefits of dietary intervention in cancer management.
Only the guidelines and dietary advices in the management of cancer patients which were given by the authorized bodies were considered.
The dietary guidelines for cancer patients that we found after thorough search are very few. These guidelines have remained the same for decades now and need revival.
There is a strong need for standardized dietary advices given by the concerned authorities to guide the medical fraternity to help to support the cancer patients in a better and confident way. More and more studies are required to standardize the dietary requirements during cancer management. The process, though herculean, can begin with simple and short guidelines for the dietary management of common health concerns during cancer treatment. With the help of outcomes of larger studies in this domain, more appropriate guidelines can be formulated.
Background: Intake of overconsumed nutrients (added sugar and sodium), fruit juice, and sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) during complementary feeding contributes to the development of obesity. The ...2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommend the avoidance of added sugar, sodium, SSB, toddler drinks, and plant-based milk (PBM) for children <2, and delayed introduction of cows milk, and fruit juice (< 4oz) until >12 months. Our objective was to estimate the percentage of children in violation of the DGA. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of 148 healthy infants/ toddlers (9-16 months). Participants were grouped as infants (9-<12 months) or toddlers (>12-16 months). Dietary intake was collected from caregiver reported three 24-hour dietary recalls. The mean and range of added sugar and sodium intake are reported. The percentage of infants/toddlers consuming SSB, toddler drinks, PBM, consuming cows milk, and fruit juice is reported. Results: Added sugar was consumed by all but 2 participants and accounted for an average 5.98% of their total energy (kcal). The average intake of added sugar was 13.63 g/d (range: 0-53.62 g). Sodium was consumed by all participants with an average intake of 852 mg/d (range: 107-2886 mg). SSB, toddler drinks, and PBM were consumed by 1.35%, 3.38%, and 4.05% of all infants/toddlers in our study. It is recommended infants avoid consuming cows milk and fruit juice during first year of life, but we observed 7.89% and 9.21% of participants were in violation of this recommendation. As for toddlers, 72.60% consumed cows milk, 15.07% consumed fruit juice, and 4.11% of toddlers consumed >4 oz. of fruit juice. Conclusions: Overall, infants/toddlers consumed high amounts of added sugar and sodium. Even though only a small percentage of them did not meet the DGA guidelines for beverage consumption, almost 25% of them consumed fruit juice.
Identifying a need for developing a conceptual framework for the future development of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDG) in Europe, The Federation of European Nutrition Sciences established a Task ...Force for this purpose. A workshop was held with the specific objective to discuss the various dimensions considered as particularly relevant. Existing frameworks for FBDG were discussed, and presentations from various countries illustrated not only several commonalities but also a high degree of heterogeneity in the guidelines from different countries. Environmental aspects were considered in several countries, and dimensions like food safety, dietary habits and preparation were included in others. The workshop provided an overview of the use of FBDG - both in developing front-of-pack nutrition labels and for reformulation and innovation. The European FBDG dimensions were described with examples from the close connection between FBDG and European Union (EU) policies and activities and from the compilation of a database of national FBDG. Also, the challenges with communication of FBDG were discussed. Considering the current scientific basis and the experiences from several countries, the Task Force discussed the various dimensions of developing FBDG and concluded that environmental aspects should be included in the future conceptual framework for FBDG. A change in terminology to sustainable FDBG (SFBDG) could reflect this. The Task Force concluded that further work needs to be done exploring current practice, existing methodologies and the future prospects for incorporating other relevant dimensions into a future Federation of European Nutrition Societies conceptual framework for SFBDG in Europe and working groups were formed to address that.
This paper describes the 30-year evolution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) to provide evidence to support our perspective that SNAP-Ed has earned its position as a ...pillar of the public health infrastructure in the US. Legislatively designated as a nutrition education and obesity prevention program, its focus is the nearly 90 million Americans with limited income. This audience experiences ongoing health disparities and is disproportionately affected by public health crises. The SNAP-Ed program works to reduce nutrition-related health disparities at all levels of the Social-Ecological Model, follows a robust evaluation framework, and leverages strong partnerships between state-based practitioners, state agencies, and the US Department of Agriculture. The expansion of SNAP-Ed would enable the program to reach more Americans so that our nation can end hunger and reduce diet-related health disparities.
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