Whole-grain food intake among US adults, based on different definitions of whole-grain foods, NHANES 2003-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whole-grain (WG) foods are defined by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), FDA, AHA, American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI), and Whole Grains Council (WGC) in different ways with diverse focuses on grain components only, whole foods, or nutrient contents.

Objectives

We aimed to compare estimated WG food intake among US adults using different definitions.

Methods

For each definition, we estimated the mean intake and trends of WG food consumption using survey-weighted 24-h dietary recalls from nationally representative samples of 39,755 US adults aged 20+ y from 8 cycles (2003-2018) of the NHANES. This is an observational study that used deidentified and publicly available datasets.

Results

The estimated mean consumption o

SUBMITTER: Du M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9761734 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature