Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Children and ...

Legumes are the main source of resistant starch (starch not absorbed in the gut) (American Dietetic Association 2008). Key sources of carbohydrate in the diets of New Zealand children and young people aged 5–14 years are: bread (20%); non-alcoholic beverages (11%); potatoes, kūmara and taro (9%); fruit (8%) and sugar and sweets (7% ... ................
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