Volume 12 Issue 4

▪ Keyword : lead, toxicity, nutrition, interactions, Port Pirie, Australia

▪ Content : The recognition that nutritional status plays a role in altering susceptibility to lead absorption and toxicity has triggered the development of this review. There has been a significant increase worldwide in awareness and concern about the effects of lead on human health and the environment over the last two decades.

▪ Keyword : Munda and Pod women, anaemia, body mass index, peri-urban, nutrient intake

▪ Content : A micro level study on the haemoglobin status of 127 Munda (a tribe) and 174 Poundrakshatriya (Pod) (caste) women were conducted in the peri-urban area of Kolkata City, India.

▪ Keyword : vitamin A deficiency, anaemia, pregnant women, serum retinol, haemoglobin

▪ Content : This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of anaemia and vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant women in a poor urban population of Bangladesh. It also examined the association of various socio-economic and dietary factors with anaemia and vitamin A status.

▪ Keyword : bone mineral density, bone, diet, carotenoids, lycopene, β-carotene

▪ Content : Our understanding of the influence of nutrition on bone health is limited because most studies concentrate on the role of calcium and protein, while other nutrients receive less attention. Recent evidence shows a positive link between fruit and vegetable consumption and bone health.

▪ Keyword : saffron, inhibitory effects, micronucleus test, cisplatin, mitomycin-C

▪ Content : Saffron (dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L.), was evaluated in the mouse bone marrow micronucleus test for its possible protective effects against chromosomal damage induced by cisplatin (CIS), mitomycin-C (MMC) and urethane (URE).

▪ Keyword : bacteria, colon function, electron microscopy, faecal composition, fermentation

▪ Content : We set out to compare the effect of diets containing intact seeds as food ingredients on colon function and fermentation-dependent events.

▪ Keyword : leptin, insulin, Ramadan fasting, obesity, Bahrain

▪ Content : Ramadan fasting is a unique model that is associated with restriction of the timing of food and fluid intake food from dawn to sunset and reduction in meal frequency and sleep duration. Leptin levels are thought to play a role in long-term regulation of caloric intake and fat deposition

▪ Keyword : gastric carcinogenesis, N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, chemoprevention, garlic, S-allylcysteine

▪ Content : We investigated the chemopreventive effect of S-allylcysteine (SAC), a water-soluble garlic constituent against gastric carcinogenesis induced in male Wistar rats by N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and saturated sodium chloride (S-NaCl). The animals were divided into four groups of six animals.

▪ Keyword : low-carbohydrate diets, health risk, diets, weight loss, cancer, osteoporosis

▪ Content : Low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss are receiving a lot of attention of late. Reasons for this interest include a plethora of low-carbohydrate diet books, the over-sensationalism of these diets in the media and by celebrities, and the promotion of these diets in fitness centres and health clubs.

▪ Keyword : economic growth, inequity, child malnutrition, Vietnam

▪ Content : In the past decade of economic growth, Vietnam has achieved an impressive rate of socioeconomic development. However, the rate of improvement in child malnutrition lags far behind that of most other health indicators.

▪ Keyword : obesity, abdominal obesity, BMI, waist circumference, clustering, CVD risk factors

▪ Content : The aim of this study was first, to investigate the prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity, and clustering of cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors, and secondly, to identify the BMI or waist circumference (WC) level at which clustering increases in South Koreans.

▪ Keyword : indigenous people, type 2 diabetes, diabetes prevention, lifestyle intervention, New Zealand Maori

▪ Content : Lifestyle programmes provide the greatest opportunity to stem the developing epidemic of type 2 diabetes. This is especially relevant to indigenous people worldwide, and to Maori in New Zealand.

▪ Keyword : diabetes prevention, lifestyle intervention, 2 diabetes, New Zealand Maori

▪ Content : Lifestyle programmes have been shown to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in European populations. The participation of Maori in many mainstream health programmes is poor. This study evaluates a lifestyle intervention programme which is acceptable to Maori and which has objective outcome measures to determine the effectiveness of the programme.

▪ Keyword : underweight child/overweight mother, food intake, energy balance, malnutrition

▪ Content : This report is a part of a multi-centre study in Asia on the problem of dual forms of malnutrition in the same households. In Malaysia, the prevalence of underweight and stunting persist among young children from poor rural areas.

▪ Keyword : dual malnutrition, underweight child/overweight mother, Philippines

▪ Content : The co-existence of under-and overnutrition in developing countries might be the resultant factor of a marked shift in dietary and lifestyle practices of people, especially in urban areas. The eating of high fat, high caloric diets, the presence of inactive entertainment devices and mechanized labour influence patterns of food demand and physical activity.

▪ Keyword : preventive effect, maize, mortality, Parkinson's disease, Japan

▪ Content : The findings of a negative association between past maize (Zea mays) production and current Parkinson’s disease mortality by each prefecture in Japan tends to support the hypothesis that the nutritional condition that causes niacin deficiency might protect people from Parkinson’s disease.