Volume 13 Issue 3

▪ Keyword : multivitamins, supplements, Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration

▪ Content : The group descriptor “multivitamin” doesn’t guarantee that all vitamins are included in the product or that they are present in proportion to nutritional requirements. In fact the great majority of multivitamin preparations do not contain all the 13 established vitamins.

▪ Keyword : urban population, rural population, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, Chongqing, China

▪ Content : Nationwide surveys of food and nutrient intake in China have revealed geographical variation between urban and rural areas. This study developed a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SQFFQ) for cancer risk assessment suitable for both urban and rural populations by conducting a survey of food intake in Chongqing, China.

▪ Keyword : cobalt, food digests, mass spectrometry, Australian foods

▪ Content : The cobalt content of Australian foods is unknown, and as this content is, at least in part, related to the respective concentrations in the Australian soil, data collected previously in other countries may not reflect the levels in Australian produce.

▪ Keyword : cobalt, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, vegan, Australia

▪ Content : Differences in the dietary intake of cobalt were assessed for vegans, lacto-ovo-vegetarian and non-vegetarian Australians using food intake logs, and daily or average trend recall over three months.

▪ Keyword : saffron, garlic, curcumin, antigenotoxic effects, micronucleus test

▪ Content : Saffron is a well-known spice and food colorant commonly consumed in different parts of the world. Recently, much attention has been focused on the biological and medicinal properties of saffron.

▪ Keyword : Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum), PPP (Pentose Phosphate Pathway), elicitors, FPH (Fish Protein Hydrosylates), lactoferrin

▪ Content : The phenylpropanoid pathway (PPP) was stimulated in fenugreek sprouts through the pentose phosphate and shikimate pathway, by natural elicitors such as Fish Protein Hydrolysates (FPH), Lactoferrin (LF) and Oregano Extract (OE).

▪ Keyword : antioxidant vegetables, shoots, paku shoot Diplazium esculentum, tapioca Manihot utillissima, cekur manis Sauropous androgynus

▪ Content : Antioxidants play an important role in inhibiting and scavenging radicals, thus providing protection to humans against infections and degenerative diseases. Literature shows that the antioxidant activity is high on herbal and vegetable plants.

▪ Keyword : nutrition transition, health profile, developing countries, West Sumatra, Indonesia

▪ Content : Indonesia, like many developing countries, is experiencing a rapid urbanisation characterised by double burden of disease in which non communicable diseases become more prevalent while infectious diseases remain undefeated.This report describes the nutrition transition which occurred to Indonesia after economic transformation in 1966,based on information gathered from published reports.

▪ Keyword : Beta carotene, alpha tocopherol, immunoglobulins, streptococcal antibody, immunity

▪ Content : Group A beta haemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infection induce an abnormal immune response in a susceptible host. Micronutrient deficiency may affect the immune response of an individual. The aim of this study was to determine whether antioxidant vitamins could improve the abnormal immune response in GABHS infected children in rural Bangladesh.

▪ Keyword : Body mass index, triceps skin fold thickness, obesity, developing country, adolescents

▪ Content : There are very few reports from the developing world on the prevalence of obesity among children even though in developed countries it has reached epidemic proportions. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity in pre-adolescent and adolescent children in a developing country (India) using WHO guidelines for defining obesity and overweight.

▪ Keyword : Muslim, food consumption, diet, pregnancy, iron, calcium

▪ Content : The aims of this study were to determine food and nutrient intakes and the socio-economic factors influencing food and nutrient intakes of rural Thai-Muslim women in the third trimester of pregnancy. The study was conducted in Pattani province, Thailand, where 166 women were interviewed between 32 and 40 weeks gestation.

▪ Keyword : dumbbell exercise, rubber band exercise, restrictive diet, body composition

▪ Content : The effects of light resistance exercise using dumbbells and rubber band with mild energy restriction on body composition and physical fitness were studied in 11 mildly obese Korean women aged 38-59 years. The subjects performed dumbbell exercises with pairs of 0.5-1 kg dumbbells and rubber band exercise 3 days per week for approximately 40 min.

▪ Keyword : Body mass index, overweight, electronics women workers, shift work, income, education

▪ Content : Factors related to overweight were examined in a cross-sectional survey that included 1612 women workers from 10 large electronics assembly factories in Peninsular Malaysia. Respondents were Malaysian citizens, direct production workers below the supervisory level, and had worked at least a year in the factory where they were presently employed.

▪ Keyword : 25 (OH) vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, vitamin D deficiency, diet, postmenopausal women

▪ Content : Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) were determined in 276 (103 Malays and 173 Chinese) postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 65 years. The level of 25 (OH) D was significantly lower in the postmenopausal Malay women (44.4 ± 10.6 nmol/L) compared to the Chinese women (68.8 ± 15.7 nmol/L) (P<0.05).

▪ Keyword : knee height caliper, body weight, mid-arm muscle circumference, Hong Kong Chinese

▪ Content : The use of the knee height caliper is a convenient way to estimate a patient’s body weight. However, the equation devised to estimate an individual’s body weight was specifically designed for Caucasians and Blacks. Therefore, this study is to assess the suitability of the knee height caliper among Chinese geriatric patients residing in Hong Kong.

▪ Keyword : : fat, fatty acids, n-3 PUFA, n-6 PUFA, cholesterol, food frequency questionnaire

▪ Content : The present study identified dietary sources of fat, fatty acids, and cholesterol in Koreans residing in and near Seoul. The study also identified foods to be included in a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) by both contribution analysis (CA) and multiple regression analysis (MRA).