Working Groups

Terms of Reference:

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is requested by the Food Standards Agency and Department of Health to provide clarification of the relationship between dietary carbohydrate and health and make public health recommendations. To achieve this they need to review:

  • The evidence for a role of dietary carbohydrate in colorectal health in adults (including colorectal cancer, IBS, constipation) and in infancy and childhood.
  • The evidence on dietary carbohydrate and cardio-metabolic health (including cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, glycaemic response and obesity).
  • The evidence in respect to dental health that has arisen since the COMA report, Dietary Sugars and Human Disease (Department of Health 1989).
  • The terminology, classification and definitions of types of carbohydrates in the diet.

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