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1 The regulation of appetite is a vital component of general health – both physical and psychological.
Editorial
Dr Margaret Ashwell
About the value
of controlling appetite
Nutrition Consultant, Ashwell Associate (Europe) Ltd., UK.
Kraft Foods Europe – Biscuits R&D, in conjunction with
the HEALTHGRAIN EU research project, organised a
symposium within the II World Congress of Public Health
10 TH European Nutrition Conference Paris, 10-13 July 2007
Cereals have been a staple food across the globe for many years but exciting evidence is continuing to mount that whole grain cereals can have superior beneficial health effects compared with refined cereals.
The HEALTHGRAIN Integrated Project (see www.healthgrain.org) was funded for a five year period (2005 to 2010) as part of the EC 6th framework food research programme. It aimed to improve the well-being and to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome related diseases in the European population by providing a scientific basis for increasing the intake of protective compounds in grains or their fractions as part of processed foods. HEALTHGRAIN was an integrated, multi-disciplinary effort establishing the variation, process-induced changes and human metabolism of bioactive compounds in the major European bread grains wheat and rye.
In this booklet, Dr van der Kamp discusses the definition of whole grain, dietary recommendations for their intake, and current consumption levels in various countries. Barriers to whole grain consumption, along with suggestions as to how they could be overcome are also included.
Professor Seal summarises the evidence for the relationships between whole grain intake and chronic diseases and speculates on the possible bioactive components in whole grain, as well as their putative mechanisms.
Many very recent studies from the HEALTHGRAIN project are discussed in detail, making this symposium a timely overview of the state-of-the-art with the focus on the latest scientific advances in this important topic.
Details of the HEALTHGRAIN project are also included (Appendix 1).
1 Professor Jan Delcour finally could not attend the congress.
Nutrition, held in Porto, Portugal in September 2010. It was entitled “Whole grain and health: new evidence”. The symposium was chaired by Dr Jan Willem van der Kamp. Other planned speakers were Professor Chris Seal and Professor Jan Delcour. Dr van der Kamp and Professor Delcour were both participants in the HEALTHGRAIN project. This booklet is a summary of the presentation of Dr Jan Willem van der Kamp and Professor Chris Seal at that symposium 1.
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