Volume 15 Issue 3

▪ Keyword : energy expenditure, thermic effect of feeding, weight loss, low calorie diet

▪ Content : The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of the [14C]-sodium bicarbonate/urea technique to measure the change in total energy expenditure after weight loss and a period of weight maintenance.

▪ Keyword : abdominal obesity, waist circumference, waist hip ratio, cardiovascular diseases, cohort studies

▪ Content : This paper compares body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-hip ratio as risk factors for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in Asia Pacific populations.

▪ Keyword : iron, deficiency, anaemia, adolescent, girls, urban

▪ Content : Anaemia due to iron deficiency is still a widespread problem. Among adolescent girls, it will bring negative consequences on growth, school performance, morbidity and reproductive performanc

▪ Keyword : endemic goiter, goitrogens, school children, urinary iodine, urinary thiocyanate

▪ Content : The main objective of this study was to assess the iodine nutritional status among school children (6-12 yrs) of Sundarban delta in North 24- Parganas district of West Bengal in eastern India.

▪ Keyword : lithium marker technique, 24-hour salt recall, salt weighing, discretionary salt intake

▪ Content : As salt is a potential vehicle for delivering iodine to a population, study on salt intake is important. Many methods have been used to measure iodised-salt intake, but the methods were suspected to be inaccurate. A new method, called a lithium-marker technique, has been considered as suitable and safe; hence it has been proposed as a gold standard for measuring the actual salt intake of an individual.

▪ Keyword : breastfeeding, milk formula, fructooligosaccharides, infants, intestinal microbiota

▪ Content : The aim of the study was to evaluate whether supplementation of milk-formulas with prebiotic fructooligosaccharides or a probiotic, Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (La1), could modulate the composition of the fecal microbiota of formula-fed infants, compared to breastfed (BF) infants.

▪ Keyword : breastfeeding, breastmilk, infant formulae, infants, Hong Kong

▪ Content : The prevalence of breastfeeding for the first 6 months in infants has been low in Hong Kong since the 1970s. In order to develop effective breastfeeding policies and promotion programs, an appraisal of feeding practices and factors related to initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding is necessary.

▪ Keyword : food frequency, perimenopause, knowledge, health, middle-aged, women

▪ Content : The objective of the study was to assess nutritional and health status as well as nutritional knowledge in urban middle-aged Malaysian women. The impact of menopause on diet and health indices was also studied. The study included 360 disease free women, non users of HRT, aged ≥45 years with an intact uterus recruited from November 1999 to October 2001.

▪ Keyword : Body mass index, oral health, nutrition, social support, poverty

▪ Content : A low body mass index in older people has been associated with increased mortality. The main objective of this study was to identify factors associated with low body mass indices [BMIs] (< 18.5 kg/m2) in older residents of shelter care facilities in Peninsular Malaysia.

▪ Keyword : structured triglyceride, parenteral nutrition, meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials

▪ Content : This study assessed the safety and efficacy of structured triglyceride (ST) for parenteral nutrition. A metaanalysis of all the relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed. Clinical trials were identified from the following electronic databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Chinese Bio-medicine Database

▪ Keyword : diabetes, hyperglycemia, clinical nutrition, glycemic index, nutritional treatment

▪ Content : A recent meta-analysis showed that foods with a low Glycemic Index (GI) have a clinically useful effect on glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Although diabetes-specific enteral formulas are commonly used for diabetic patients with insufficient oral intake, not much is known about the GI of these formulas.

▪ Keyword : NZGLM; fatty acids; n-3 LCPUFA; eicosanoid; cytokine, gas chromatography

▪ Content : In view of the reported potential anti-inflammatory activity of the New Zealand green lipped mussel (NZGLM), we aimed to compare the effect of low dose marine oil supplementation, from mussels and fish, in reducing blood markers of inflammation.

▪ Keyword : BMI, percentage body fat, epidemiology, Thailand, Asian

▪ Content : The objective of this study was to develop cut-off values and evaluate the accuracy of body mass index (BMI) in the definition of obesity in the Thai population.

▪ Keyword : Rhodiola, tyrosol, salidroside, antioxidants, amylase, glucosidase, angiotensin converting enzyme

▪ Content : In the current study, we investigated 2 species of the genus Rhodiola for the inhibition of α-amylase, α-glucosidase and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity.

▪ Keyword : Water soluble phenolics, antioxidants, α-amylase, α-glucosidase, angiotensin converting- I enzyme

▪ Content : Water soluble cranberry–based phytochemical combinations with oregano, rosemary, and Rhodiola rosea were evaluated for total phenolic content, related antioxidant activity and inhibition of diabetes management– related α-glucosidase, pancreatic α-amylase inhibition, and hypertension - related ACE – I inhibitory activities.

▪ Keyword : anthropometry; lipoproteins, HDL; Asians

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to characterize the association between HDL particle size (assessed by fractional esterification rate in apo B depleted plasma (FERHDL)), and anthropometric measures in men and women of Chinese, European and South Asian origin and to determine if ethnic background is a modifier of this relationship.

▪ Keyword : women, reliability, validity, resting metabolic rate, indirect calorimeter

▪ Content : Resting metabolic rate (RMR) accounts for about two thirds of total energy expenditure. The widely used Harris-Benedict equations systematically overestimate RMR.

▪ Keyword : nutrition education, medical schools, Japan, questionnaire

▪ Content : Diet is known to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of major age-related chronic diseases, which are rapidly becoming more common in Japan and other industrialized countries.

▪ Keyword : folic acid, folate, pregnancy, Australia, socio-economic group

▪ Content : This study documented the prevalence (proportion) of mothers taking folic as supplements or as fortified foods and explored the factors that determined whether folic acid was taken. A cross sectional analysis of the baseline data of mothers who participated in the Perth Infant Feeding Study was performed.

▪ Keyword : blood folate, neural tube defects, dietary intake, women, Malaysia

▪ Content : The protective role of folic acid taken during the periconceptual period in reducing the occurrence of neural tube defects (NTD) has been well documented by epidemiological evidence, randomized controlled trials and intervention studies.