Volume 15 Issue 2

▪ Keyword : body mass index, obesity, diabetes mellitus, Asia

▪ Content : Few prospective data from the Asia Pacific region are available relating body mass index to the risk of diabetes.

▪ Keyword : body image, body mass index, cross-cultural comparison, diet, exercise

▪ Content : Comparisons of body attitudes and associated behaviours were undertaken using Malay, Samoan, and Australian female students. The general goal of the research was to determine the degree to which the observed pattern of attitudes and behaviours was attributable to culture.

▪ Keyword : nutrient intakes, energy contribution, physical activity, Japanese males

▪ Content : The aim of the study was to determine the nutritional status and nutrient intakes of young Japanese males living in Australia and compared with Japanese males living in Japan and Australian Caucasian males. Four-day dietary records were obtained from 65 Japanese living in Australia (JA), 81 Japanese living in Japan (JJ), and 70 Australian Caucasian males (AA) aged 18-30 years old, together with body composition and physical activity level assessments using anthropometry and the questionnaire.

▪ Keyword : child, physical activity, nutritional status, obesity, overweight, socioeconomic factors

▪ Content : The aim of this study was to analyse the level of habitual physical activity (HPA) and nutritional status of children attending selected public schools in Brazil. The sample comprised 1719 participants who ranged in age from 11 to 14 yrs with 861 females (F) aged 12.7±1.0yr and 858 males (M) aged 12.7±1.0yr.

▪ Keyword : carbohydrate, fat, protein, macronutrients, obesity, BMI, Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

▪ Content : Human studies investigating the relationship between macronutrients intake and obesity, have failed to achieve consistent findings. This study was undertaken to assess the relationship between macronutrients intake and body mass index in a group of Tehranians.

▪ Keyword : obesity, skinfolds, BMI, %fat, boys, India

▪ Content : Childhood obesity is presently increasing worldwide and has created enormous concern for researchers working in the field of obesity related diseases with special interest in child health and development.

▪ Keyword : body mass index, obesity, overweight, underweight, Hong Kong Chinese

▪ Content : The aim of this cross-sectional observation study was to assess thoroughly the body mass index (BMI) profile in Hong Kong Chinese and report all categories of BMI cutoff points as suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). A cohort of 17242 subjects (4822 men and 12420 women) aged 15 or above from the community of Hong Kong presenting themselves voluntarily from April 1996 to August 1997 for primary health assessment at the Three Health Centers of the United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service (UCNCHS).

▪ Keyword : lipogenesis, caffeine, sucrose, carbonated beverage, fat oxidation

▪ Content : The consumption of energy drinks containing sucrose and caffeine is increasing worldwide. Ten healthy women aged 18 to 22 years and fasted overnight were randomly allocated to a standardised dose of sucrose either as an “energy “ drink (containing sucrose and caffeine) or lemonade on the first day and then crossed over to the alternative drink on a second day

▪ Keyword : fruits, vegetables, health promotion, nutrition survey, social marketing

▪ Content : Fruit and vegetables have important health promoting properties. The 5+ a day programme aims to promote awareness of the need to eat more of these foods. This paper presents and discusses the results of two surveys designed to determine the success of the 5+ a day programme across New Zealand.

▪ Keyword : tea, polyphenols, homocysteine, folate, women

▪ Content : Dietary polyphenols are suggested to elevate plasma total homocysteine concentration (tHcy). Although tea is rich in polyphenols, it has been associated with lower tHcy, which may be due to its folate content.

▪ Keyword : Total energy intake, cancer prevention, chronic disease epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology

▪ Content : To evaluate concordance of eating practices in a rural Guatemalan setting with the 14-point cancer prevention recommendations of the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research.

▪ Keyword : metabolic syndrome, X syndrome, literature, review, diet, diet quality

▪ Content : Metabolic syndrome is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and appears to be widely prevalent in both developed and developing countries. While lifestyle modification is recommended for management of the syndrome, the dietary pattern most beneficial for patients is yet to be ascertained.

▪ Keyword : Coleus amboinicus Lour, Torbangun, lactagogue, Bataknese Simalungun

▪ Content : Coleus amboinicus Lour (CA) has been used as a breast milk stimulant (a lactagogue) by Bataknese people in Indonesia for hundreds of years. However, the traditional use of CA is not well documented, and scientific evidence is limited to establish CA as a lactagogue.

▪ Keyword : phytochemicals, flavonoids, carotenoids, anthocyanins, polyphenols

▪ Content : The dietary intakes of major phytochemicals in Fijian population were estimated from the consumption of 90 plant foods reported in five major surveys conducted in Fiji from 1952 to 2001. These surveys included the Naduri Longitudinal study, for which food intake data were collected on four occasions in 1952, 1953, 1963 and 1994), the 1982 and 1993 National Nutritional Surveys, the 1996 Suva-Nausori Corridor cross-sectional study, the 1999 Verata cross-sectional study, and the 2001 Fiji Food

▪ Keyword : inflammation, anti-inflammatory activity, natural products, anti-inflammatory food

▪ Content : The aim of this review paper was to summarise some commonly available natural products and their antiinflammatory activity. We have collected data from MEDLINE, Current Contents and scientific journals, which included 92 publications.

▪ Keyword : nutrients, weighed diet records, contribution analysis, multiple regression analysis

▪ Content : This paper aims to develop a data-based Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SQFFQ) covering both urban and rural areas in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong Province, China, for the investigation of relationships between food intake and lifestyle-related diseases among middle-aged Chinese.

▪ Keyword : Chinese Food-frequency questionnaire, Taiwan, diet record, reproducibility, validity

▪ Content : A 64-item Chinese food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) combined with open questions on types of staples and cooking oil most frequently consumed was designed for a prospective study in Taiwan to appraise participants’ usual intake. We examined its reproducibility and validity.

▪ Keyword : cross classification, food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), item non-response, cancer cohort study, Korea

▪ Content : Item non-responses are frequently encountered in mailed food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) in epidemiological studies. The effects of item non-responses in a FFQ on presumed nutrient intake and subject classifications were examined in this study of a male cancer cohort in Korea.

▪ Keyword : Australian Aborigines, overweight, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease

▪ Content : Type 2 diabetes and other nutrition-related so-called “lifestyle” diseases, including obesity, and cardiovascular and chronic renal disease, are very prevalent in Australian Aboriginal people and contribute to their high rates of chronic illness and premature mortality.

▪ Keyword : obesity, central obesity, dietary fatty acids, lipids, diabetes

▪ Content : The present study was aimed to study anthropometric, metabolic and dietary fatty acids profiles among 200 (Group I: lean control, N = 80; Group II: lean diabetic, N = 70 and Group III: obese diabetic, N = 50) Asian Indians (aged 30 years and above) living in the eastern part of India.

▪ Keyword : BMI, parent, children, overweight, sensitivity, specificity

▪ Content : This study determined the sensitivity and specificity of parental overweight from self-reported height and weight to identify families with overweight school age children. A cross sectional study was conducted among 3059 parents and their children (1558 boys and 1501 girls) aged 7-12 years in five primary schools of Busan, Korea.