Grains Intake Initiative Launched in USA

The American Grain Foods Foundation has launched an initiative to encourage people to eat more grains.

The drive follows the results of a study which found only four per cent of Americans are eating enough grains.

A study commissioned by the Grains Foods Foundation (GFF) found that the daily average grain consumption of adults was 3.2 servings, although 98 per cent said they consumed grains at least once a day. Dietary guidelines for Americans recommend at least six servings of grains a day – three of which should be whole grains.

The survey found that while consumption had increased 20 percent since 2005, whole grains still only make up 11 percent of the total grains consumed.

The organisation has enlisted American health expert Bob Harper, who appears on television show ‘The Biggest Loser’, for the campaign, which it has called ‘Daily 6′.