scholarly journals The Decreasing Trend in Dietary Glycaemic Index and Glycaemic Load in Australian Children and Adolescents between 1995 and 2012

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Ho Ching Yeung ◽  
Devina Tri Lestrai Kusnadi ◽  
Alan Winston Barclay ◽  
Jennie Cecile Brand-Miller ◽  
Jimmy Chun Yu Louie

This study aims to examine whether there were changes between 1995–2012 in the dietary glycaemic index (dGI) and glycaemic load (dGL) in Australian children (<16 years) according to three national surveys in 1995 (1995NS), 2007 (2007NS), and 2011–2012 (2012NS). Glycaemic index (GI) values of foods were assigned using published methodology. Plausible 24-h recall data from the 1995NS, 2007NS and 2012NS (weighted n = 2475, 4373 and 1691 respectively) were compared for differences in dGI and dGL, and the contribution to dGL from different foods using one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc comparisons and linear regression. Decreasing trends across surveys were found in dGI and dGL (p < 0.001). Between 1995 and 2012, dGI and dGL per Megajoule (MJ) dropped by 2% and 6% respectively. The per capita dGL contribution from breads and bread rolls, fruit and vegetable juices, sweetened beverages and potatoes showed strong decreasing trends (R2 > 0.7). Our findings suggest that dGI and dGL of Australian youths declined between 1995 to 2012, which may be due to increased awareness of the GI concept and healthy diet, widened food choices and immigrants with diverse dietary habits. This may lower the future risks of chronic degenerative diseases in Australian youths.

2016 ◽  
Vol 115 (7) ◽  
pp. 1218-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diewertje Sluik ◽  
Fiona S. Atkinson ◽  
Jennie C. Brand-Miller ◽  
Mikael Fogelholm ◽  
Anne Raben ◽  
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AbstractDiets high in glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) have been associated with a higher diabetes risk. Beer explained a large proportion of variation in GI in a Finnish and an American study. However, few beers have been tested according to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) methodology. We tested the GI of beer and estimated its contribution to dietary GI and GL in the Netherlands. GI testing of pilsner beer (Pilsner Urquell) was conducted at The University of Sydney according to ISO international standards with glucose as the reference food. Subsequently, GI and GL values were assigned to 2556 food items in the 2011 Dutch food composition table using a six-step methodology and consulting four databases. This table was linked to dietary data from 2106 adults in the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2007–2010. Stepwise linear regression identified contribution to inter-individual variation in dietary GI and GL. The GI of pilsner beer was 89 (sd 5). Beer consumption contributed to 9·6 and 5·3 % inter-individual variation in GI and GL, respectively. Other foods that contributed to the inter-individual variation in GI and GL included potatoes, bread, soft drinks, sugar, candy, wine, coffee and tea. The results were more pronounced in men than in women. In conclusion, beer is a high-GI food. Despite its relatively low carbohydrate content (approximately 4–5 g/100 ml), it still made a contribution to dietary GL, especially in men. Next to potatoes, bread, sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages, beer captured a considerable proportion of between-person variability in GI and GL in the Dutch diet.


2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Monro

The glycaemic index (GI) was introduced to guide food exchanges within equicarbohydrate food categories, and it expresses the glycaemic potency of the available carbohydrate component in a food relative to that of glucose. As GI is a relative value based on ‘available carbohydrate’ it cannot guide food choice for glycaemic control unless the foods are equal in available carbohydrate. Furthermore, GI cannot respond to food intake or to effects on food glycaemic potency of replacing glycaemic ingredients with non-glycaemic ingredients. The glycaemic glucose equivalent (GGE) overcomes these limitations of GI. The GGE content of an amount of food is the weight of glucose (g) that would induce a glycaemic response equal to that induced by the food. Few studies have compared GI and GGE as guides to food choice for glycaemic control, but in a direct test of the predictive validity of GGE in a group of foods of differing carbohydrate and GI, GGE predicted glycaemic potency well, whereas GI was unrelated to glycaemic effect. Furthermore, an information-processing model of the use of food information in food choice shows that GI has fundamental flaws when used outside the restriction of equicarbohydrate food exchange categories. As a general guide to food choices for the control of glycaemia GI does not satisfy the criteria predictive validity, accuracy, safety, ease of use, flexibility, sufficiency and compatability, whereas GGE does. GGE is also a scientifically precise and meaningful term with which to express glycaemic potency than is ‘glycaemic load’.


2018 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Do-Yeon Kim ◽  
Yeajee Kim ◽  
Hyunjung Lim

AbstractGlycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) values of foods consumed in Asia remain poorly characterised despite the fact that Asian diets are high in carbohydrates. We evaluated the GI and GL of the most commonly consumed carbohydrate-rich foods, according to food type and cooking methods. GI and GL values were determined using protocols from the FAO/WHO and International Standards Organization recommendations. A total of 152 healthy subjects were enrolled in the study. In all, forty-nine carbohydrate-rich foods were categorised as cereal grains, noodles and pasta, breads and other processed grains and starchy vegetables, prepared using standard cooking methods and evaluated. Cereal grains had the widest range of GI values that the food made with white rice and barley had GI values of 51–93 and 35–70, respectively, according to cooking methods, and most cereal grains had high GL values. Noodles and pasta had low to medium GI values, but most foods had high GL values. Breads had medium to high GI and GL values, while other processed grains had low to medium GI and GL values. The GI values for food made with starchy vegetables (e.g. potatoes and sweet potatoes) varied widely for different cooking methods but tended to have low GL values. In conclusion, GI values for a single food type varied widely with the cooking method used. This study of GI and GL values for common carbohydrate-rich foods provides a valuable reference for consumers and health professionals to make informed food choices for glycaemic control.


2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Jones ◽  
Alan W. Barclay ◽  
Jennie C. Brand-Miller ◽  
Jimmy Chun Yu Louie

AbstractThis study aimed to examine the dietary glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) of Australian children and adolescents, as well as the major food groups contributing to GL, in the recent 2011–2012 Australian Health Survey. Plausible food intake data from 1876 children and adolescents (51 % boys), collected using a multiple-pass 24-h recall, were analysed. The GI of foods was assigned based on a step-wise published method using values from common GI databases. Descriptive statistics were calculated for dietary GI, GL and contribution to GL by food groups, stratified by age group and sex. Linear regression was used to test for trends across age groups for BMI, dietary GI and GL, and intakes of energy, nutrients and food groups. Pearson’s χ2 test was used to test for differences between age groups for categorical subject characteristic variables. Mean dietary GI and GL of participants were 55·5 (sd 5·3) and 137·4 (sd 50·8), respectively. The main contributors to dietary GL were starchy foods: breads, cereal-based dishes, breakfast cereals, flours, grains and potatoes accounted for 41 % of total GL. Sweetened beverages, fruit and vegetable juices/drinks, cake-type desserts and sweet biscuits contributed 15 %. No significant difference (at P<0·001) was observed between sexes. In conclusion, Australian children and adolescents appear to consume diets with a lower GI than European children. Exchanging high-GI foods for low-GI alternatives within core and non-core foods may improve diet quality of Australian children and adolescents.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3340
Author(s):  
Veronica Piziak

This article describes the processes used to develop two different types of games used to improve the consumption of healthful foods and increase exercise in preschool Hispanic populations. They were created to meet criteria for effectiveness: age and culturally appropriate, fun, and foster family participation. The first, a pictorial bilingual food bingo game, emphasized vegetable and water consumption and the limitation of sugar-sweetened beverages. A population was selected to study the effectiveness in changing dietary habits, and we were able to show a significantly improved consumption of vegetables at home after using the game during the school year. Next, we developed bilingual video games used to teach nutrition and enhance exercise. The animal characters and narrative were created to allow immersion. The concept was that the animals needed the children’s help to obtain food, exercise tasks were assigned, and nutritional foods were discussed. Focus groups were reviewed for the effectiveness of the concept, ease of usability, and appropriateness for the target audience. The videos were tested in a summer session, and teachers concluded that after two viewings the children enhanced their exercise, bonded to the animals, and were answering the nutrition questions correctly.


2005 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 917-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jeya K. Henry ◽  
Helen J. Lightowler ◽  
Caroline M. Strik ◽  
Michael Storey

The glycaemic response to eight potato varieties commercially available in Great Britain was compared against a glucose standard in a non-blind, randomised, repeated measure, crossover design trial. Seventeen healthy subjects (three males, fouteen females), mean age 32 (sd 13) years and mean BMI 22·3 (sd 3·6) kg/m2, were recruited to the study. Subjects were served portions of eight potato varieties and a standard food (glucose), on separate occasions, each containing 50 g carbohydrate. Capillary blood glucose was measured from finger-prick samples in fasted subjects (0 min) and at 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min after the consumption of each test food. For each potato variety, the glycaemic index (GI) value was calculated geometrically by expressing the incremental area under the blood glucose curve (IAUC) as a percentage of each subject's average IAUC for the standard food. The eight potato varieties exhibited a wide range in GI values from 56 to 94. A trend was seen whereby potatoes with waxy textures produced medium GI values, whilst floury potatoes had high GI values. Considering the widespread consumption of potatoes in Great Britain (933–1086 g per person per week), this information could be used to help lower the overall GI and glycaemic load of the diets of the British population.


2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noushin Mohammadifard ◽  
Marjan Mansourian ◽  
Firouzeh Sajjadi ◽  
Maryam Maghroun ◽  
Ali Pourmoghaddas ◽  
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Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 6753
Author(s):  
Ramona S. Oltramare ◽  
Reto Odermatt ◽  
Phoebe Burrer ◽  
Thomas Attin ◽  
Tobias T. Tauböck

The aim of this in vitro study was to investigate the degree of C=C double bond conversion of high-viscosity dimethacrylate- or ormocer-based bulk-fill composites as a function of measurement depth. Four bulk-fill composites (Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill, x-tra fil, SonicFill, and Bulk Ormocer) and the conventional nanohybrid composite Tetric EvoCeram were applied in standardized Class II cavities (n = 6 per group) and photoactivated for 20 s at 1350 mW/cm2. The degree of conversion of the composites was assessed using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy at seven measurement depths (0.15, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 mm). Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA and one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc tests (α = 0.05). The investigated bulk-fill composites showed at least 80% of their maximum degree of conversion (80% DCmax) up to a measuring depth of at least 4 mm. Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill and Bulk Ormocer achieved more than 80% DCmax up to a measuring depth of 5 mm, x-tra fil up to 6 mm. The conventional nanohybrid composite Tetric EvoCeram achieved more than 80% DCmax up to 3 mm. In contrast to the conventional composite, the investigated ormocer- and dimethacrylate-based bulk-fill composites can be photo-polymerized in thick layers of up to at least 4 mm with regard to their degree of C=C double bond conversion.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 949-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Silva Lula Leite ◽  
George Emmanuel Cavalcanti de Miranda

A urbanização nas zonas costeiras torna necessário avaliar o impacto antrópico sobre os ecossistemas associados. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar temporalmente a dinâmica de populações de macroalgas com potencial bioindicador, estabelecendo-as como ferramenta para avaliação da saúde ambiental. Foi amostrado o ambiente recifal intertidal da Praia de Formosa, no Município de Cabedelo, Estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do Brasil, durante intervalos trimestrais de agosto/2013 a novembro/2014. A variação temporal da frequência de ocorrência (F') das populações macrofitobênticas foi avaliada pela análise de variância (One-Way Anova) com teste Post-Hoc de Tukey. A influência das variáveis ambientais sobre F’ foi avaliada pela Correlação Linear de Pearson e pela PERMANOVA. A análise da qualidade ambiental e a proposta de biomonitoramento basearam-se no Grupo 1, formado por espécies perenes e/ou raras com maiores valores ao longo do Componente Principal 1 (CP1) da Análise de Componentes Principais (ACP), e Grupo 2, formado por espécies com comportamento errático com menores valores ao longo do CP1 da ACP. Foram encontradas 33 espécies macrofitobênticas. A frequência de ocorrência apresentou variação temporal, porém não influenciada pelo conjunto de variáveis ambientais. Phyllodictyon anastomosans, Gelidiella acerosa e Gelidium corneum compuseram o Grupo 1, com Dictyopteris delicatula, Canistrocarpus cervicornis e Hypnea spinella formando o Grupo 2. O Grupo 2 apresentou correlação positiva com a temperatura, alcançando as máximas frequências nos períodos mais quentes, mas esse fator isolado não é capaz de explicar a distribuição errática das espécies. A ocorrência de espécies bioindicadoras de eutrofização foi considerada natural, fato que, aliado à alta frequência de espécies bioindicadoras de qualidade ambiental, sugerem que o Recife de Formosa não sofre impactos antrópicos significativos. O desaparecimento de espécies perenes ou crescimento populacional significativo de espécie rara (Grupo 1), bem como a fuga do padrão temporal de frequência ou dominância do recife pelas espécies do Grupo 2, são indícios da ocorrência de impactos. Este trabalho fornece à gestão do Recife de Formosa uma eficiente ferramenta para avaliação do impacto urbano sobre a comunidade macrofitobêntica.


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