Volume 20 Issue 1

▪ Keyword : hypovitaminosis D, hypovitaminosis K, patients with hip fracture, general malnutrition, principal component analysis

▪ Content : Although hip fracture is considered to be associated with hypovitaminosis D and K, few reports have previously studied both of them. We have studied the vitamin D- and K-status as well as the general nutritional status in ninety-nine patients with hip fracture. Mean serum concentration of 25hydroxy-vitamin D (25OH-D) in female fractured patients was only approximately 9 ng/mL, suggesting severe vitamin D deficiency.

▪ Keyword : breastfeeding, counseling, diarrhea, anthropometry, growth

▪ Content : Background: to report anthropometry and morbidity among term low birth weight infants and anthropometry of their first time mothers during the first six months in relation to breastfeeding practice. Methods: we examined data from a randomized controlled trial in Manila, the Philippines. Of the 204 mothers randomized, 68 mothers received eight postpartum breastfeeding counseling sessions, the rest did not.

▪ Keyword : lactobacillus, bifidobacterium, fructo-oligosaccharide, long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, growth

▪ Content : Bifidobacterium longum (BL999), Lactobacillus rhamonosus (LPR), prebiotics (inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides), and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are believed to have health benefits. In a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial we compared growth and development of toddlers fed milk containing synbiotics (BL999, LPR, and prebiotics) and LCPUFA or a control milk.

▪ Keyword : the metabolic syndrome, nutrition education, adiponectin, leptin, tumor necrosis factor-α

▪ Content : Objective: The objective of this study was to test whether “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents” have beneficial effects on anthropometric and metabolic variables, adipokines and inflammatory markers in metabolic syndrome patients. Methods & Procedures: A multi-stage sampling method was applied to select metabolic syndrome patients in two districts of Shanghai.

▪ Keyword : adolescent nutrition sciences, diet, education, curriculum, food services

▪ Content : This study aimed to examine school principals’ perceptions of the school environment in Hong Kong as a context for the dissemination of food knowledge and inculcation of healthy eating habits. A questionnaire survey was administered in secondary schools in Hong Kong to survey Principals’ views of students’ food choices, operation of the school tuck shop, and promotion of healthy eating at school.

▪ Keyword : health promotion, food guide, campaign, nutrition survey, obesity

▪ Content : The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of awareness of the Japanese Food Guide Spinning Top on eating behavior and obesity in Japan. Participants were 1,558 Japanese male and female adults (40.2±12.2 years) who had been registered with a social research company. The cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted via the Internet in November 2007.

▪ Keyword : Asia, eating behavior, body image, overweight, nutrition

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to examine the nutrition transition in four countries with respect to body dissatisfaction and eating styles. The target population for this study was college students in China (n=207), Japan (n=865), Jordan (n=322), and the United States (n=432). A cross-sectional survey was used to assess eating styles, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, body esteem and dissatisfaction, and media influence.

▪ Keyword : visceral fat area, obesity, cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, abdominal aortic calcification index

▪ Content : The risk of cardiovascular disease is substantially high in hemodialysis patients. The risk factors for cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients include age, malnutrition, duration of dialysis, diabetes mellitus and hyperphosphatemia. However, it is not clear whether cardiovascular disease is associated with abdominal obesity in dialysis patients.

▪ Keyword : wheat flour, fortification, intervention, micronutrients, anemia

▪ Content : This research was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of fortified flour on micronutrient status in poor rural adult women. A total of 4,700 farmers as the intervention group were supplied with multi-nutrient fortified wheat flour for three years, while 2750 farmers as the control group were supplied with unfortified wheat flour.

▪ Keyword : alcohol consumption, endometrial cancer, risk, association, meta-analysis

▪ Content : Epidemiologic findings are inconsistent concerning the association of endometrial cancer risk with alcohol consumption. Therefore, we conduct a meta-analysis of studies that assessed the association of alcohol consumption and the risk of endometrial cancer. A systematic literature search up to April 2010 was performed in MEDLINE and EMBASE, and study-specific risk estimates were pooled using a random-effects model.

▪ Keyword : food industry, packaging, consumers, health claims, nutrition

▪ Content : In the globalised world of the 21st century, issues of food and nutrition labelling are of pre-eminent importance. Several international bodies, including the World Health Organisation and World Trade Organisation, are encouraging countries to harmonise their food and nutrition regulations with international standards, guidelines and recommendations such as those for Codex Alimentarius.

▪ Keyword : simple food frequency questionnaire, 24-hour dietary recall, food group, biomarker, NAHSIT Elderly

▪ Content : A 28-item simplified food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) combined with 9 open questions about staples was designed for the Elderly Nutrient and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) to collect information on participants’ usual food intake of the previous month. We have examined the validity of this SFFQ via comparison with data on multiple 24-hour dietary recall (n=81) and biomarkers (n=1473).

▪ Keyword : infant, child, nutrition, health, Indonesia

▪ Content : The Seminar on Young Child Nutrition: Improving Nutrition and Health Status of Young Children in Indonesia held in Jakarta on November 2009 reviewed the current nutritional and health status of young children in Indonesia and identified key nutrient deficiencies affecting their optimal growth. The continuation of child growth from fetal stage is of paramount importance; and maternal and child health should be a central consideration in policy and strategy development.

▪ Keyword : eating difficulties, elderly, dementia, nutritional assessment, weight loss

▪ Content : Involuntary weight loss is a symptom of protein energy malnutrition often reported among elderly people, especially those with dementia. In this study, we examined whether dementia-related eating difficulties increase the probability of weight loss in the elderly.

▪ Keyword : fatty liver, glucose metabolism, diabetes, body mass index, obesity

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between combinations of body mass index (BMI) categories plus non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) among Korean adults. We prepared the data of 5665 subjects aged 20 years and over who had visited a health promotion center.

▪ Keyword : dieting, body shape questionnaire, body image, Middle East

▪ Content : Dieting is becoming a popular phenomenon among university students to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. The purpose of this study is to obtain a preliminary understanding of what dieting practices university students use in order to achieve their desirable body weight and to determine the magnitude of body dissatisfaction in relation to weight status among a sample of students (n=252) from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon.

▪ Keyword : overweight, eating behavior, eating quickly, eating until full, epidemiology

▪ Content : Obesity is an important risk factor for lifestyle diseases. There has been much interest in the role of eating behavior in the development of obesity, but findings from population-based epidemiologic studies are limited and inconsistent.

▪ Keyword : overweight, obesity, prevalence, oral glucose tolerance test, Malaysia

▪ Content : A total of 4428 adults (>18 years old) from 5 different selected regions in Peninsular and East Malaysia participated in this health survey. Using World Health Organization recommendations for body mass index (BMI), the prevalence of overweight and obesity were found to be 33.6% (95% CI= 32.2, 35.0) and 19.5% (95% CI= 18.3, 20.7) respectively.

▪ Keyword : iron, folate, vitamin B-12, Buddhist vegetarians, vegetarian diet

▪ Content : Nutritional status of iron, folate, and vitamin B-12 in vegetarians were assessed and compared with those of non-vegetarians in Korea. The vegetarian subjects were 54 Buddhist nuns who ate no animal source food except for dairy products. The non-vegetarians were divided into two groups: 31 Catholic nuns and 31 female college students.

▪ Keyword : vitamin K, adequate intake, γ-carboxylation, ucOC, PIVKA-II

▪ Content : In Japan, γ-carboxylation of blood coagulation factors is the basis for determining adequate intake (AI) for vitamin K in Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) issued in 2010. Recently, vitamin K is also known to be essential for preventing fracture. In this study, relative susceptibility of liver and bone to vitamin K deficiency was studied.