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- Title
Estimated effects of white rice consumption and rice variety selection on incidence of type 2 diabetes in Cambodia.
- Authors
Sar, Seila; Marks, Geoffrey C
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Rice consumption patterns are considered an important risk factor for diabetes in many countries. The present study aimed to model the impact of a shift in consumption of white rice from current to appropriately reduced levels and a shift in rice variety from one with a high glycaemic index to one with a low glycaemic index, on the burden of type 2 diabetes in Cambodia.<bold>Design: </bold>Prevent Plus software was used to model the impact of selected changes to white rice consumption on the burden of type 2 diabetes. Data used for modelling included: demographic projections, relative risk estimates for white rice consumption and diabetes, diabetes incidence, rice type and quantities consumed. The 10-year projections were based on different scenarios of changes in risk factors.<bold>Results: </bold>With no intervention, 10-year projections showed that total new diabetes cases will increase from 11 315 (9·1 per 10 000 person-years) for the year 2011 to 14 852 new cases (12·4 per 10 000 person-years) in 2020. However, this increase will be reduced by 27 % (average across 10 years) with a change in rice variety from Phka Rumdual to IR66 and by 26 % (average across 10 years) with a 25 % reduction in quantity from current consumption levels.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Changing rice consumption patterns has potential for an important impact on diabetes risk, with a change of rice variety having a similar impact on the burden of diabetes in communities consuming rice with a high glycaemic index as a 25 % reduction in the quantity of rice consumed. Similar effects are likely for other countries with rice as a staple food, diversity in rice varieties and high incidence of diabetes.
- Subjects
CAMBODIA; RICE in human nutrition; RICE varieties; TYPE 2 diabetes; DISEASE incidence; FOOD consumption; GLYCEMIC index; BIOLOGICAL models; BLOOD sugar; DIET; CARBOHYDRATE content of food; FOOD habits; IMMUNITY; NUTRITIONAL status
- Publication
Public Health Nutrition, 2015, Vol 18, Issue 14, p2592
- ISSN
1368-9800
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1368980014003280