Volume 17 Issue 2

▪ Keyword : Erratum

▪ Content : Erratum for Bellisle F. Experimental studies of food choice and palatability responses in European subjects exposed to the Umami taste. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2008;17(S1):376-379. The name of the author – France Bellisle – was reversed as Bellisle France. In the list of authors, the surname should have been Bellisle and have appeared as France Bellisle in the text and Bellisle F in MedLine. The online version of this article has been corrected. We regret the error.

▪ Keyword : Benign tumors, laryngeal papillomatosis, therapeutic rationale, adjuvant fatty acid therapy, nutritional immunomodulation

▪ Content : The course of human papilloma virus (HPV)-induced recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis (RLP) is variable and unpredictable.

▪ Keyword : NaFe-EDTA, FeSO4+citrate, iron fortification, fish sauce, efficacy

▪ Content : Background: Inhabitants of agrarian villages of rural Cambodia suffer from high prevalences of iron deficiency and anemia in the context of a monotonous diet.

▪ Keyword : behavior, fatty acid composition of red blood cells, fish oil, intervention study

▪ Content : Background: There are only a very limited number of reports of intervention studies on the effects of fish oil on behavior in normal school children.

▪ Keyword : iron status, iron deficiency anemia (IDA), iron fortification, infant, nursery food

▪ Content : The aim of this study was to determine the iron status of infants who consumed porridge cooked in water with added ferrous sulphate.

▪ Keyword : nutrient, diet, osteoporosis, menopause, risk

▪ Content : This study was conducted to assess the association between dietary nutrient intake and osteoporosis risk in postmenopausal women.

▪ Keyword : Serum zinc levels, zinc deficiency, pregnant women, pregnancy, rural India

▪ Content : Introduction: Zinc deficiency is wide spread in developing countries. Its deficiency during pregnancy has been documented to be associated with growth retardation, congenital abnormalities, and low birth weight.

▪ Keyword : dietary supplement, older adults, prevalence, Japan

▪ Content : This study documented the prevalence and pattern of dietary supplements usage among older adults in Japan.

▪ Keyword : Free living elderly people, nutritional status, socioeconomic conditions (SEC), Body mass index (BMI)

▪ Content : Introduction: The elderly are a particularly vulnerable group. Malnutrition is common and increases an old person’s vulnerability to disease.

▪ Keyword : General practitioners, Cardiologists, Dietitians, Food based dietary recommendations, Food selection recommendations

▪ Content : Purpose: To compare the views of general practitioners, cardiologists and dietitians about the relevance of the Heart Foundation of Australia’s dietary recommendations for adult cardiac patients.

▪ Keyword : Exercise, Kilocalorie, Leisure-time physical activity, Prevalence

▪ Content : Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) has been closely related to health improvement. The under-appreciation for energy output by nutritionists stems in part from limited data expressed in caloric equivalent.

▪ Keyword : Micronesia, dietary patterns, type 2 diabetes, obesity, nutrition transitio

▪ Content : Non-communicable diseases are escalating rapidly within the Pacific region, including Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

▪ Keyword : ultra running - supplementation - nutrition - ergogenic aids - exercise

▪ Content : We investigated the effect of pre-race intake of vitamins and minerals, in the form of supplementation, before a multi-stage ultra-endurance run and their effect on race performance.

▪ Keyword : health claims, health messages, food standards, advertising, magazines

▪ Content : Objective: To quantify the extent and nature of healthy eating messages Australian consumers are currently exposed to through magazine advertising

▪ Keyword : folate, homocysteine, Kazakh, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

▪ Content : We recently suggested that due to insufficient intake of vegetables, low folate status and mild homocysteinemia might exist in the Kazakh population.

▪ Keyword : methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, gene polymorphism, homocysteine, B-vitamins, coronary artery disease

▪ Content : Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD).

▪ Keyword : BMI, incidence, metabolic syndrome, metabolic abnormalities, Taiwan

▪ Content : A large health screening program in Taiwan with members who have periodic checks provides an opportunity to track individuals who are healthy at baseline for the emergence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) and its component disorders.

▪ Keyword : Papillomatosis, fatty acids, micronutrients, immunodeficiency, immunonutrition

▪ Content : Human papilloma virus (HPV)-induced recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis (RLP) is a chronic debilitating disease often encountered among children of poor socio-economic South African groups.

▪ Keyword : ambulatory rehabilitation, older, malnutrition, quality of life, appetite

▪ Content : Aims: To assess the overall nutritional status of older adults participating in ambulatory rehabilitation and determine its association with relevant outcomes including physical function and quality of life.

▪ Keyword : Adolescent, food choice, skipping meals, meal pattern, social determinant

▪ Content : Purpose: To present data that contributes to understanding factors that influence food choice and skipping meals in adolescents.

▪ Keyword : Guam, energy density, obesity, Chamorro, Filipino

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to compare the body mass index (BMI) and dietary intakes of Chamorro (n=66) and Filipino (n=61) adults, ages 25-65 years, living in Guam.

▪ Keyword : metabolic syndrome, waist circumference, waist/hip ratio, waist/height ratio, body-mass index

▪ Content : Aims: Most definitions of the metabolic syndrome (MS) employ waist circumference as an indicator of central obesity.

▪ Keyword : abdominal fat, Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, obesity, waist circumference

▪ Content : Asian women are known to have a larger amount of abdominal fat (AF) for the same level of BMI compared with Caucasian and African-American women.

▪ Keyword : obesity, children, energy intake, energy expenditure, Chinese Guangzhou

▪ Content : Objective: The objective of this study was to observe the variation of energy intake and energy expenditure in the obese Chinese children.

▪ Keyword : Bedouin, Breastfeeding, Enteric pathogens, Gastroenteritis, Primary health care

▪ Content : The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for health in infants have been widely described.