Carbohydrate
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 dietary carbohydrates and oral health.
- The terminology, classification and definitions of types of carbohydrates in the diet.
Grading system:
A copy of the grading system for judging the evidence in the carbohydrates and health review is available for download here: download attachment
Carbohydrate Working Group Chair
Professor Ian Macdonald
Professor of Metabolic Physiology at the University of Nottingham and Director of Research in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Carbohydrate Working Group Members
Dr David Mela
Science Leader, Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
Professor Timothy Key
Professor in Epidemiology, University of Oxford, Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Richard Doll Building, Oxford
Professor Ian Johnson
Expert in diet and colorectal health & disease, Institute of Food Research
Professor Ian Young
Professor of Medicine and Director of the Centre for Public Health at Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Angus Walls
Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Director of Research School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University
Professor Julie Lovegrove
Reader in Nutritional Metabolism and Deputy Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research at the University of Reading