Volume 12 Issue 1

▪ Keyword : thalassaemia, malnutrition, nutrition, immunity, children, Chiang Mai

▪ Content : Nutritional deficiencies have been variably observed in thalassaemia and the aetiology of many of the immune abnormalities in thalassaemic children are poorly defined.

▪ Keyword : prevalence, childhood obesity, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Khon Kaen

▪ Content : Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem because of its strong association with adulthood obesity and the related adverse health consequences. The published literature indicates a rising prevalence of childhood obesity in both developed and developing countries.

▪ Keyword : anthropometric measurements, serum retinol, serum α-tocopherol, lipid profiles

▪ Content : The weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist/hip ratio, serum retinol and α-tocopherol and lipid profiles of 16 overweight (BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2) Thai males and 56 overweight females, compared with 14 males and 58 females in a control group (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2), were investigated.

▪ Keyword : elderly, predictive equation, estimation of stature, height

▪ Content : Height is an important clinical indicator to derive body mass index (BMI), creatinine height index and also to estimate basal energy expenditure, basal metabolic rate and vital capacity through lung function. However, height measurement in the elderly may impose some difficulties and the reliability is doubtful.

▪ Keyword : elderly women, vitamin B12, cobalamin, folate, homocysteine

▪ Content : The primary aim of this study was to assess the biochemical vitamin B12 and folate status of a representative group of elderly women (70-80 y) living in Dunedin, New Zealand. A second aim was to determine the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinaemia and to explore the determinants of homocysteine (hcy) concentration in this population.

▪ Keyword : homocysteine, community-based intervention, nutrition, Aboriginal people

▪ Content : Low circulating folate concentrations lead to elevations of plasma homocysteine. Even mild elevations of plasma homocysteine are associated with significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Available evidence suggests that poor nutrition contributes to excessive premature CVD mortality in Australian Aboriginal people.

▪ Keyword : vitamin A, xerophthalmia, Nepal, serum retinol, dried blood spots

▪ Content : The overall objective of the Nepal Micronutrient Status Survey (NMSS) was to assess the distribution and severity of micronutrient malnutrition, and to measure the progress achieved by different interventions. Data presented in this paper concern the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and the outreach and coverage of the National Vitamin A Supplementation activity.

▪ Keyword : exclusive breastfeeding, prelacteal feeds, perceived breast milk insufficiency, China

▪ Content : To investigate early infant feeding practices in Jinan, China, a cross-sectional study was carried out in April-May 2000.

▪ Keyword : bone turnover, calcium, milk, parathyroid hormone, postmenopausal women, pyridinium crosslinks

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to assess whether there are any differences in postprandial physiological responses to skim milk powder enriched with milk calcium (SMP + milk calcium) and skim milk powder enriched with calcium carbonate (SMP + CaCO3), with each of the milks providing 1200 mg calcium.

▪ Keyword : carnitine, carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I, exercise, rat

▪ Content : Exercise training is known to induce physiological adaptations that improve exercise performance and alter patterns of energy substrate utilization to favour fatty acid oxidation. L-Carnitine is an essential cofactor for the oxidation of fatty acids under all physiological conditions, including exercise.

▪ Keyword : nutrition counselling, nutrition support, nutrition management, general practitioner (GP) , physician

▪ Content : There is mounting evidence that nutrition plays an important role in the aetiology and management of many diseases affecting Australians. Nutrition counselling provides a strategy for not only reducing patient suffering, but also for reducing the health care costs associated with these illnesses.

▪ Keyword : antioxidants, bionutrients, diabetes, functional foods, phytochemicals, Indian foods

▪ Content : Besides being a source of nutrients, foods, particularly plant foods, are a rich source of bioactive phytochemicals or bionutrients. Studies carried out during the past 2–3 decades have shown that these phytochemicals have an important role in preventing chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hyper-cholesterolaemia.

▪ Keyword : Mediterranean diet, Italy and Greece diets; Australian food consumption, FAO Food Balance Sheets

▪ Content : Consumption figures for 15 major commodities (cereals, wheat, rice, maize, potato, pulses, olive oil, other vegetable oils, vegetables, fruits, wine, meats, animal fats, milk + products, and fish + seafood) were collected from FAO Food Balance Sheets during the 1960s (1961-1969) and late 1990s (1995-1999).

▪ Keyword : Food Choice Map, Individual food intake, Reasons for food choice, Perceptions to explain dietary behaviour

▪ Content : Understanding the reasons that people have for choosing their food, and why these choices vary, may affect the dietary advice and assumptions about the nutrient adequacy of future food intake. One group of respondents living in Jakarta, Indonesia completed two interviews with the same combined food frequency and qualitative technique, called Food Choice Map (FCM) over a one-month period.

▪ Keyword : pandanus, vitamin A deficiency, food-based strategy, ethnography

▪ Content : Commonly recommended plant sources of provitamin A, such as dark green leafy vegetables, are not acceptable in many population groups. The objective of this study was to identify other indigenous foods that may be effectively promoted to alleviate vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and to gather information relevant to identification, production, acquisition, and consumption of foods relevant to a food-based VAD prevention strategy in the Federated States of Micronesia.

▪ Keyword : Koyyathotakura and Peddathotakura (Amaranthus species); Erragogu and Tellagogu (Hibiscus species); Gangabayalakura (Portulaca olerecea) , Palak (Spineces olerecea), Calcium

▪ Content : Macro mineral contents were estimated in commonly consumed green leafy vegetables in India, namely: Koyyathotakura and Peddathotakura (varieties of Amaranthus species); Erragogu and Tellagogu (variety of Hibiscus species); Gangabayalakura (Portulaca olereceo) and Palak (Spineces olerecea) at three different stages of maturity.

▪ Keyword : fatty acid, sterol, cholesterol, 24-methylenecholesterol, brassicasterol, phospholipid

▪ Content : In view of previously reported anti-inflammatory bioactivity of the New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel (NZGLM), the overall lipid profile and fatty acid and sterol composition of the NZGLM from various sites in New Zealand (Hallam Cove, Port Ligar, Little Nikau) were investigated using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas liquid chromatography (GLC).