Health aspects of mono- and disaccharides

TY - CHAP

T1 - Health aspects of mono- and disaccharides

AU - Raben, Anne

AU - Macdonald, Ian A

AU - Fogelholm, Mikael

N1 - CURIS 2017 NEXS 233

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - In the beginning of 2015, the World Health Organization issued a new set of guidelines for sugar intake in adults and children focusing on body weight regulation and dental caries.5 A strong recommendation was given to reduce intake of free sugars to <10% of total energy intake (E%) throughout the life course for both adults and children. A conditional recommendation was also given to reduce the intake further to <5 E%. ese guidelines are not very dierent from the ones issued in 2003 and the limit of 10 E% sugar is neither new nor revolutionary. In fact, most dietary guidelines state that added/free sugars should be limited to 10 E% for heterogeneous population groups, for example, the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.6 e 5% limit introduced now is new, but the evidence behind it is regarded as very weak.

AB - In the beginning of 2015, the World Health Organization issued a new set of guidelines for sugar intake in adults and children focusing on body weight regulation and dental caries.5 A strong recommendation was given to reduce intake of free sugars to <10% of total energy intake (E%) throughout the life course for both adults and children. A conditional recommendation was also given to reduce the intake further to <5 E%. ese guidelines are not very dierent from the ones issued in 2003 and the limit of 10 E% sugar is neither new nor revolutionary. In fact, most dietary guidelines state that added/free sugars should be limited to 10 E% for heterogeneous population groups, for example, the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.6 e 5% limit introduced now is new, but the evidence behind it is regarded as very weak.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-1-4822-4543-1

SP - 93

EP - 145

BT - Carbohydrates in Food

A2 - Eliasson, Ann-Charlotte

PB - CRC Press

CY - Boca Raton, FL

ER -