期刊名称：The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
印刷版ISSN：1606-0997
电子版ISSN：2072-1315
出版年度：2013
卷号：31
期号：1
页码：49-57
出版社：International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
摘要：The scientific evidences show that the content, baking methods, and types of bread can make health impacts.
Bread, as a major part of Iranian diet, demonstrates a significant potential to be targeted as health
promotion subject. Healthy Food for Healthy Communities (HFHC) was a project of Isfahan Healthy Heart
Program (IHHP), consisting of a wide variety of strategies, like Healthy Bread (HB) Initiative. The HB Initiative
was designed to improve the behaviour of both producers and consumers, mainly aiming at making
high-fibre, low-salt bread, eliminating the use of baking soda, providing enough rest time for dough before
baking (at least one hour), and enough baking time (at least one minute in oven). A workshop was held for
volunteer bakers, and a baker-to-baker training protocol under direct supervision was designed for future
volunteers. Cereal Organization was persuaded to provide less refined flour that contained more bran.
Health messages in support of new breads were disseminated by media and at bakeries by health professionals.
Evaluation of the HB Initiative was done using before-after assessments and population surveys.
While HB was baked in 1 (0.01%) bakery at baseline, 402 (41%) bakeries in the intervention area joined
the HB Initiative in 2009. Soda was completely eliminated and fibre significantly increased from 4±0.4 g%
before study to 12±0.6 g% after the intervention (p<0.001). The preparation and baking times remarkably
increased. Wastage of bread decreased from 13±1.8 g% to 2±0.5 g% and was expressed as the most important
advantage of this initiative by consumers. People who lived in Isfahan city consumed whole bread 6
times more than those who lived in reference area Arak (p<0.001). The HB Initiative managed to add new
breads as a healthy choice that were compatible with local dishes and made a model to solve the longstanding
problems of bread. It used various health promotion approaches but was best consistent with
Beattie’s model.
关键词：Bread; Community trial; Health promotion; Nutrition; Iran
