Evidence to support a food-based dietary guideline on sugar consumption in South Africa

Evidence to support a food-based dietary guideline on sugar consumption in South Africa

Since 1997, South Africa has been developing and implementing food-based dietary guidelines for people aged >6 years. The complexity of the population, which contains different ethnic groups, as well as the rapid urbanization that is taking place, means that food-based dietary guidelines need to...

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Main Authors: Steyn N.P., Myburgh N.G., Nel J.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2003-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Dietary sucrose/administration and dosage
Dietary sucrose/adverse effects
Dietary carbohydrates/administration and dosage
Energy intake
Diet/standards
Dental caries/prevention and control
Protein-energy malnutrition/prevention and control
Obesity/prevention and control
Nutritive value
Micronutrients
Chronic disease
Food habits/ethnology
Guidelines
Nutrition policy
Rural health
Urban health
South Africa/epidemiology
South Africa/ethnology
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