Volume 18 Issue 1

▪ Keyword : Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002), nutritional risk in hospitalized patient, malnutrition (undernutrition) in hospitalized patient, overweight in hospitalized patient, obesity in hospitalized patient

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to test the suitability of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) among hospitalized patients and to determine the prevalence of nutritional risk, undernutrition, overweight, obesity, nutritional support and the changes of nutritional risk from admission to discharge or over a two-week period.

▪ Keyword : obesity, health costs, cancer, stroke, coronary heart disease

▪ Content : The obesity epidemic appears set to worsen the morbidity and mortality from leading causes of death in Australia–ischaemic heart disease, stroke and obesity-related cancers. The aim of this study was to compare hospital separations, deaths and direct health costs for middle-aged adults (45 to 54 years) in 2004/05 with those attaining age 45 to 54 years in 2024/25 who were born into an obesogenic environment.

▪ Keyword : Physical activity, methods, rural, India, questionnaire

▪ Content : The objective of this study was to develop a physical activity assessment questionnaire for use in poorly educated and low socio-economic rural communities in developing countries and assess the repeatability of the measurements over a one-year duration. Physical Activity Level, as a composite measure of daily physical activity (PAL = estimated 24 hour energy expenditure / estimated basal metabolic rate) was derived from the semipictorial, interviewer based questionnaire assessing physical activity over the previous 1 week.

▪ Keyword : FFQ, ethnicity, reproducibility, validity, nutritional assessment

▪ Content : The objective of this study was to validate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) used to estimate energy and selected nutrient intake in a Brazilian population with various ethnic backgrounds. Validity of intake estimated using the FFQ was tested among 55 Brazilian women, namely 26 Caucasians, 15 of Japanese descent, and 14 others.

▪ Keyword : uric acid, the metabolic syndrome, correlation, Hangzhou, China

▪ Content : The aim of this study was to investigate prevalences of hyperuricemia and the metabolic syndrome (MS) in the Hangzhou population, and the relationship between serum uric acid and the MS.

▪ Keyword : obesity, socioeconomic factors, adults, Taiwan, China

▪ Content : Objective: To investigate the difference in the prevalence of obesity and the associations between the risk of obesity and socioeconomic factors with regard to working adults in China and Taiwan. Data: the 2000 China Health and Nutrition Survey and the 2001 National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan, which contains information from 20-60-year-old working adults in China (3,067 men and 2,998 women) and Taiwan (6,475 men and 6,341 women).

▪ Keyword : masticatory movement, cranial bone density, osteocytes, osteoblasts, bone lacunae

▪ Content : In order to evaluate the influence of masticatory movement on cranial bone mineral density (BMD) and osteocyte and osteoblast micromorphology, we conducted a study in rats fed with solid feed (n=10) and powdered feed (n=10).

▪ Keyword : obesity, waist circumference, metabolic risk factors, ROC curve analysis, Chinese

▪ Content : Criteria of obesity in the Chinese population with multiple metabolic risk factors remains unclear. The objective was to determine the best anthropometrical measurements with regard to the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to propose optimal cut-off values.

▪ Keyword : Weight maintenance, insulin resistance, obesity, diet, physical activity

▪ Content : The objective of this study was to determine whether overweight insulin resistant individuals who lost weight and improved cardiovascular risk factors during a 4-month lifestyle intervention could sustain these lifestyle changes in the long-term. Seventy-nine insulin resistant adults were randomised to a control group or either a modest or intensive lifestyle intervention group for 4-months.

▪ Keyword : obesity, blood pressure, C-reactive protein, multivitamin and mineral supplementation, Chinese women

▪ Content : Objective: To investigate the effect of supplementation with multivitamin and mineral on blood pressure and C-reactive protein (CRP) in obese women with increased cardiovascular disease risk as having hypertension, hyperglycemia or hyperlipemia

▪ Keyword : serum antioxidants, Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), diet, aged, Japan

▪ Content : From the perspective of human nutrition, the prevention of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through diet control is feasible and desirable. We investigated the relationship between serum antioxidants and AMD in the community-dwelling older Japanese eating a typical Japanese diet.

▪ Keyword : metabolic syndrome, adolescent girl, obesity, prevalence, diet

▪ Content : Introduction: This study sought to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, one of the major public health challenges worldwide, and its influencing factors among 15 to 17 years old adolescent girls in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: A total of 622 high school adolescents participated in a cross-sectional study.

▪ Keyword : Diet, immune system, micro- and macronutrients, pro- and pre-biotics, Asian foods

▪ Content : The symposium on Diet, Nutrition and Immunity held in Singapore on April, 2008, reviewed the current scientific information on the development of the immune system particularly in infancy and the role of diet, exercise and aging on immunocompetence, together with the molecular processes involved.

▪ Keyword : review, book

▪ Content : Nutrition Promotion: Theories and methods, systems and settings Edited by Tony Worsley Published by ALLEN & UNWIN and Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-741-75241-0 ISBN: 978-1-845-93463-7

▪ Keyword : lentil-based high protein diet, animal-based high protein diet, nitrogen absorption, nitrogen balance, malnutrition

▪ Content : Previous studies showed better absorption of protein and catch-up growth with animal-based high protein (15% energy from protein) diets (AP) than plant-based diets.

▪ Keyword : zinc deficiency, stunting, anaemia, children, China

▪ Content : Objective: To assess stunting and zinc deficiency among primary school children in north rural area of Jiangsu Province with low soil zinc concentrations, eastern part of China.

▪ Keyword : plasma omega-6 fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexanoic acid, mental retardation, children

▪ Content : There is evidence that alteration in plasma fatty acid composition may play a role in certain neurological disorders. This case control study was conducted to evaluate the association between plasma fatty acid levels and mental retardation in Korean children.

▪ Keyword : vitamin D status, Korea, postmenopausal women, winter, vitamin D supplements

▪ Content : Objective: To determine the vitamin D status of Korean postmenopausal women during the winter months according to the intake of vitamin D supplements.

▪ Keyword : odine nutrition, iodized salt, thyroid hormone, urine iodine concentration, milk iodine concentration

▪ Content : Objective: To assess the iodine nutrition and thyroid function of pregnant women, lactating women and infants residing in areas where the Universal Salt Iodization program is in place.

▪ Keyword : anemia, pregnancy, micronutrient, vitamin, iron

▪ Content : Background: Anemia is a major nutrition related problem in China. In addition to iron deficiency this may be due to deficiencies of other micronutrients.

▪ Keyword : osteoporosis, postmenopausal, nutritional status, bone density, calcium

▪ Content : Background: Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease and one of the most important modifiable factors in the development and maintenance of bone mass is nutrition.