Updates are available Erratum dated 2016-11-02

Article History

Received: 22 February 2016

Revised: 1 April 2016

Accepted: 20 April 2016

First Online: 8 June 2016

Change Date: 2 November 2016

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: This article has been corrected since Advance Online Publication and a corrigendum is also printed in this issue

Competing interests

: HVTH, AZ, SBM, EJ and FAY declare no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript. JLS has received research support from the Canadian Institutes of health Research (CIHR), Canadian Diabetes Association, PSI Foundation, Calorie Control Council, American Society of Nutrition (ASN), The Coca-Cola Company (investigator initiated, unrestricted), Dr Pepper Snapple Group (investigator initiated, unrestricted), Pulse Canada, and The International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation, and the INC International Nut and Dried Fruit Council. He has received reimbursement of travel expenses, speaker fees and/or honoraria from the American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Society for Nutrition (ASN), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS), University of South Carolina, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oldways Preservation Trust, Nutrition Foundation of Italy (NFI), Calorie Control Council, Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) North America, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Brazil, Abbott Laboratories, Pulse Canada, Canadian Sugar Institute, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, The Coca-Cola Company, Corn Refiners Association, World Sugar Research Organization, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana (SINU), III World Congress of Public Health Nutrition, C3 Collaborating for Health, White Wave Foods, Rippe Lifestyle and mdBriefcase. He has <i>ad hoc</i> consulting arrangements with Winston & Strawn LLP, Perkins Coie LLP and Tate & Lyle. He is on the Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee for Nutrition Therapy of both the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) European Association for the study of Diabetes (EASD), and Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), as well as being on an American Society for Nutrition (ASN) writing panel for a scientific statement on sugars. He is a member of the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC) and Board Member of the Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the EASD. He serves an unpaid scientific advisor for the Food, Nutrition, and Safety Program (FNSP) and the Technical Committee on Carbohydrates of the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) North America. His wife is an employee of Unilever Canada. VV holds a research grant from CDA for study of dietary intervention including viscous soluble fiber and holds the Canadian (2,410,556) and American (7,326.404) patent on the medical use of viscous fiber blend for reducing blood glucose for treatment of diabetes, increasing insulin sensitivity, reduction in systolic blood pressure and blood lipids. ALJ is director of research and part owner of Glycemic Index Laboratories, a clinical research organization.