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Whole Grains and Diet

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Whole grains and whole grain foods are an important component of nutrient-dense diets and play a significant role in maintaining health and preventing chronic disease. This chapter briefly summarizes the role of whole grains in health and nutrition through discussion of: definition of whole grains, whole grain composition, whole dietary recommendations and consumption patterns, dietary sources of whole grains, whole grains impact on diet quality and whole grain foods in the market place. This chapter is not meant to be a comprehensive review of these topics but rather provides an overview of the importance of whole grains.

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Abbreviations

CSFII:

Continuing Survey of Food Intake

EAT:

Eating attitudes of teenagers

HEI:

Healthy Eating Index

NHANES:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

RTEC:

Ready-to-eat-cereals

TE:

Trolox equivalents

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  1. General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, 9000 Plymouth Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, 55427, USA

    Satya S. Jonnalagadda

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  1. Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

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    Lan-Anh Hunter

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6UW, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

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Jonnalagadda, S.S. (2013). Whole Grains and Diet. In: Preedy, V., Hunter, LA., Patel, V. (eds) Diet Quality. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7339-8_22

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