Volume 1 Issue 4

▪ Keyword : epidemiology, clinical nutrition

▪ Content : Editorial

▪ Keyword : localized myopathy, young, man, abetalipoproteinaemia

▪ Content : Myocardial infarction has not previously been reported as a complication of abetalipoproteinaemia (ABL). We describe a case of probable asymptomatic myocardial infarction in a 24-year-old male with ABL and no previous cardiac history. Electrocardiographic and imaging evidence of the injury is presented.

▪ Keyword : review, book

▪ Content : Protein energy malnutrition. J.C. Waterlow. London: Edward Arnold, 1992.

▪ Keyword : supplementary feeding, developing countries, eighties

▪ Content : This extensive report reviews the important lessons learned during the 1980s on supplementary food distribution for the vulnerable groups in developing countries. These lessons may be useful in making such programmes a more cost-effective option in narrowing the food/nutrient gap in intake among the programme beneficiaries. This report follows a similar report published at the end of the 1970s by the author and George Beaton for UNICEF.

▪ Keyword : insulin-like growth factor-I, fast growth-hormone, malnourished, children

▪ Content : Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and fasting growth hormone levels were measured in a group of 255 children (163 males and 92 females, age ranged 6-17 years) of varying pubertal development and body mass index (BMI).

▪ Keyword : food frequency questionnaire, Chinese population

▪ Content : There is no gold standard in the assessment of individual dietary intake methodology. The choice of dietary method to estimate individual intake depends upon the study objectives for the assessment of individual intake.

▪ Keyword : colostrum avoidance, early infant feeding, Asian societies

▪ Content : A review of the literature on childbirth and early infant feeding in Asian societies indicates that the avoidance of colostrum and the introduction of other foods at a very early age are both widespread and persistent. These traditional attitudes should be recognized where there are attempts to reduce infant mortality and morbidity. Further research into these practices is suggested.

▪ Keyword : trend, Thailand, nutrition and health, plans and programs

▪ Content : Thailand's achievements in health and social development, since its First National Economic Development Plan (1961) and those of its National Food and Nutrition Plans beginning in the Fourth National Economic and Social Development Plan (1977), have received worldwide acclaim.

▪ Keyword : iron fortified salt, child development services, Orissa

▪ Content : The present study was undertaken in two backward districts namely Phulbani and Sundargarh, of Orissa State, India, to study operational aspects of the distribution programme of iron fortified salt (IFS), and the extent of any overlap with the ongoing National Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme (NNACP) and possible toxic effects thereof.

▪ Keyword : lactose-reduced milk, milk intolerance

▪ Content : The level of lactose reduction in milk is necessary to alleviate the signs and symptoms of lactose intolerance has received little study. The purpose of this study was to determine whether 50% lactose-reduction in milk is adequate to alleviate the signs and symptoms of lactose maldigestion, even when large amounts of milk are consumed.