Volume 14 Issue 3

▪ Keyword : Preface

▪ Content : Advances in medical technology, particularly in the developed world, have been associated with improvements in health and the living environment, a longer average life expectancy, and a gradual ageing of society.

▪ Keyword : QUS, bone, elderly, survey, Taiwan, Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000)

▪ Content : Bone density of the elderly in Taiwan was assessed by quantitative ultrasound bone densitometry of the heel in the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000). Broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) was measured, and the corresponding Z-score was calculated.

▪ Keyword : iron status, iron deficiency, iron overload, serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, gastrointestinal ulcer

▪ Content : Iron status, prevalence of iron deficiency and elevated iron stores, and the effect of gastrointestinal ulceration on iron status in free-living Taiwanese elderly persons were all assessed in a nationally representative, crosssectional nutrition survey ─ the Elderly NAHSIT. The survey included blood measurements of iron indices

▪ Keyword : serum urate, hyperuricemia, metabolic syndrome (MS), elderly, indigenous, mountainous

▪ Content : Serum urate status, the prevalence of hyperuricemia and their relationship to the metabolic syndrome in elderly Taiwanese were described using data from the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000), in which a stratified multi-stage clustered sampling scheme was applied.

▪ Keyword : review, book

▪ Content : “Principles of Nutritional Assessment" Rosalind S Gibson

▪ Keyword : 24-hour recall, Taiwanese elderly, food sources, Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000)

▪ Content : The purpose of this article is to examine dietary intake levels and major food sources of energy and nutrients for the Taiwanese elderly in order to relate nutrient intakes to food choices and to provide suggestions for dietary improvement. The data were derived from the 24-hour recalls from 1,911 subjects (955 males and 956 females) aged 65 and above, who participated in the Elderly NAHSIT carried out from 1999 to 2000.

▪ Keyword : elder, nutrition knowledge, nutrition attitude, eating behavior, dietary restriction

▪ Content : The purpose of this study is to understand knowledge about and general attitudes towards nutrition, dietary restriction attitudes, and dietary restriction behavior in the Taiwanese elderly, and the relationship of these various components to each other. Data from the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) were used for analysis and included 1937 elderly persons aged over 65.

▪ Keyword : dietary supplements, the elderly, nutrition knowledge, practices, physiopsychological situation

▪ Content : This study describes dietary supplement consumption practices among the Taiwanese population over the age of 65. Data for the analyses were derived from the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) which was carried out from 1999-2000.

▪ Keyword : thiamin status, riboflavin status, elderly, nutritional assessment, Taiwan

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to perform biochemical assessments of the nutritional status of thiamin and riboflavin in the 2379 elderly persons (1213 males, 1166 females) participating in the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) (Elderly NAHSIT).

▪ Keyword : folate intake, folate status, plasma folate, elderly, Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000)

▪ Content : To investigate the relationship between folate status and dietary folate intake in the Taiwanese elderly, we analyzed plasma folate levels and dietary folate intake in 725 males and 705 females aged 65-90 years, sampled from the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) (Elderly NAHSIT).

▪ Keyword : folate, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, homocysteine, elderly

▪ Content : To investigate the relationship between homocysteine (Hcy) and B vitamins status in the Taiwanese elderly population, an analysis was made of the plasma Hcy levels in elderly persons. The study sample was taken from the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000) (Elderly NAHSIT) and included 1094 males and 1135 females aged 65-90 years

▪ Keyword : plasma α-tocopherol, plasma retinol, elderly, nutrition survey, biochemical status

▪ Content : Biochemical assessment of vitamin A and vitamin E status of Taiwanese elderly persons was conducted by quantitative analysis of the concentration of retinol and α-tocopherol in plasma samples collected in the Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999-2000).

▪ Keyword : magnesium intake, plasma magnesium, the elderly, diabetes mellitus, nutrition survey

▪ Content : The average dietary intake of magnesium is below recommended dietary allowances in many affluent Western countries. Prolonged low magnesium intake tends to result in hypomagnesaemia which might increase the risk of chronic diseases in elderly people.