Abstract
Analysis of the Glycaemic Response and Cultural Appropriateness of Modified Traditional Asian Breakfast Meals
Highlights
The food choices people make determine their food intake and influence their nutritional status
Australia contains a large Asian population, which is grouped into certain ethnic groups including South East (SE) Asians, North East Asians and Southern and Central Asians [4]
Breakfast meals prepared with white rice and white flour is a common practice in the Asian region [13]
Summary
The food choices people make determine their food intake and influence their nutritional status. Current dietetic practice in Australia aimed at reducing risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) provides dietary advice to Asian populations which often involves meal suggestions that are culturally inappropriate decreasing compliance with dietary advice. The aim of this project was to modify traditional high GI Asian breakfast meals to lower GI versions and to develop culturally acceptable meal options that could help with glycaemic control in South East (SE) Asian and Chinese populations. The cultural appropriateness of the modified test meals was determined
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