Newcastle Research and Innovation Institute, Devan Nair Building, Singapore 600201, Singapore.
CSIRO Nutrition & Health Program, SAHMRI Building, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Nutrients. 2018 Jun 11;10(6):752. doi: 10.3390/nu10060752.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a diverse region that is experiencing economic growth and increased non-communicable disease burden. This paper aims to evaluate the current regulations, dietary recommendations and research related to whole grains in this region. To do this, a systematic literature review was carried out and information was collected on regulations and dietary recommendations from each member state. The majority of publications on whole grains from the region (99 of 147) were in the area of food science and technology, with few observational studies ( = 13) and human intervention studies ( = 10) related to whole grains being apparent. Information from six countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) was available. Wholegrain food-labelling regulations were only noted in Malaysia and Singapore. Public health recommendation related to whole grains were apparent in four countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore), while recent intake data from whole grains was only apparent from Malaysia, The Philippines and Singapore. In all cases, consumption of whole grains appeared to be very low. These findings highlight a need for further monitoring of dietary intake in the region and further strategies targeted at increasing the intake of whole grains.
东南亚国家联盟（东盟）是一个多元化的地区，正在经历经济增长和非传染性疾病负担的增加。本文旨在评估该地区的现行法规、饮食建议和全谷物相关研究。为此，进行了系统的文献综述，并收集了每个成员国的法规和饮食建议信息。该地区（147 篇中的 99 篇）关于全谷物的大多数出版物都在食品科学和技术领域，明显缺乏与全谷物相关的观察性研究（=13 篇）和人体干预研究（=10 篇）。有六个国家（印度尼西亚、马来西亚、菲律宾、新加坡、泰国和越南）的信息。只有马来西亚和新加坡注意到了全谷物食品标签法规。有四个国家（印度尼西亚、马来西亚、菲律宾、新加坡）明显有与全谷物有关的公共卫生建议，而只有马来西亚、菲律宾和新加坡有最近的全谷物摄入量数据。在所有情况下，全谷物的消费似乎都非常低。这些发现强调了需要进一步监测该地区的饮食摄入情况，并制定进一步增加全谷物摄入量的策略。
