Sago (Metroxylin sagu), a carbohydrate (CHO) based dietary staple of Southeast Asia is easily digestible and quickly absorbed, and thus has potential to be prescribed as an affordable pre-and post-exercise food in this part of the world. Compared to other CHO staples, research into the physiological response to sago ingestion is sparse, and only a few recent studies have investigated its value ...

Wheat is the second most important carbohydrate staple in Kenya and produced by both smallholder large-scale farmers. Smallholders are majority, but produce <20% of total national production. Compared to farmers, they have been considered be less efficient producers thus fail benefit fully from their participation wheat value chain. This study aims at establishing accruing farmers partic...

INTRODUCTION: The current food crisis in Southern Africa has lead to an urgent concern about how to make food affordable to low income consumers in both rural and urban areas when crops fail and local prices surge. We suggest in this policy synthesis that the more fundamental question is how to make markets work to provide more food security options for the poor in both surplus and deficit year...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has supported a greater number of people for a longer period of time than any other crop since it was domesticated between 8,000 to 10,000 years ago (Greenland, 1997). At present, rice is the staple food for more people than wheat, and 90 percent of total rice production is grown and consumed in Asia (Evans, 1998). Unlike maize or wheat, less than five percent of total ri...

Chicken meat is one of the most popular staple foods, but halal aspect main requirement. In traditional markets, chicken sold without a label. This research aimed to analyze consumer behavior factors on willingness buy at markets in Jember Region. study hypothesizes that affect with label markets. uses survey data from distributing questionnaires 110 respondents. Multivariate statistical method...

We previously reported that women with short sleep duration consumed more dietary carbohydrate and showed an increased risk for obesity compared to those who slept adequately, but not for men. Using a cross-sectional study of 17,841 Korean women, we investigated the influence of sleep duration on obesity-related variables and consumption of dietary carbohydrate-rich foods in relation to menopau...

Given the large share of major staples in the budgets of the poor, governments in many developing countries intervene in food markets to limit variation in the prices of staple foods. This paper examines the recent experience of Madagascar in stabilizing prices through international trade and the implications of adjustments in tariff rates. Using a partial equilibrium model, we quantify the ove...

Little is known about the effect of dietary carbohydrate, glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) on the risk of the metabolic syndrome, especially in populations with white rice as the staple food. The study examined the cross-sectional relationship between carbohydrate, GI, GL and risk of the metabolic syndrome. There were a total of 910 middle-aged Korean adults. Dietary carbohydrate, G...