Volume 20 Issue 3

▪ Keyword : soy, vegetarian, gout, hyperuricemia, uric acid

▪ Content : Soyfoods have long been a part of traditional Asian diets; they provide plentiful amounts of high-quality protein and have a favourable fatty acid profile. In addition, provocative research suggests soyfoods offer health benefits independent of the nutrients they provide. However, there is a widely-held belief among Asian health professionals and the public that soyfoods increase risk of gout and potentially precipitate acute attacks in patients with this disease.

▪ Keyword : DXA, fat mass, children, skinfold, prediction equation

▪ Content : The present study was performed to develop regression based prediction equations for fat mass from skinfold thickness in Japanese children, and to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal validity of these equations. A total of 127 healthy Japanese prepubertal children aged 6-12 years were randomly separated into two groups: the model development group (54 boys and 44 girls) and the cross-sectional validation group (18 boys and 11 girls).

▪ Keyword : body mass index, adolescence, thinness, obesity, tracking

▪ Content : The objective of this study is to track body mass index (BMI) in obese or thin adolescents from adolescence to childhood on an individual basis. This was performed at a single school with a 12-year combination education system in an urban city in Japan. A total of 617 students in the 3rd grade of senior high school (17 years old) during 2005-2009 were enrolled. Based on the Japanese BMI reference in childhood adjusted for age and gender, obesity and thinness were defined as ≥90th percentile and ≤5th percentile, respectively.

▪ Keyword : FBDGs, dietary guidelines, food guide pagoda, China transition

▪ Content : China promulgated her first food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) in 1989. It was proposed by the standing board of Chinese Nutrition Society. The guidelines consisted of 8 items, each followed by a paragraph of explanation words. The second FBDGs came out in 1997, was expanded to include 3 parts i.e. guide lines for general population, for 7 particular population groups (infants, toddlers and preschool children, school-age children, adolescents, pregnant women, lactating mothers and the aged) and a newly formed food guide pagoda (FGP).

▪ Keyword : Dietary Guidelines, Indonesia, history, nutrition, nutrition guidelines

▪ Content : Nutrition history in Indonesia began in 1887, when Christiann Eijkman discovered the relationship between vitamin B-1 deficiency and beri-beri. In the 1950’s, the socialization of nutrition messages started with the introduction of “Healthy Four Perfect Five” (Empat Sehat Lima Sempurna-ESLS). For the next 25 years after that, ESLS became a favorite in nutrition education and was nationally known. Although the ESLS was never evaluated, food consumption pattern of Indonesians are never balanced.

▪ Keyword : nutritional policies, dietary guidelines, Healthy Japan 21, Japanese Food Guide Spinning Top, Basic Law on Dietary Education

▪ Content : The national government settled on "Healthy Japan 21" as the premier preventive policy of lifestyle related diseases in 2000. In 2005, the effectiveness of the campaign was conducted, but the results did not turn out as expected. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare made the “Japanese Food Guide Spinning Top (JFG-ST)” as a practical and easy way to improve eating habits for all of the people.

▪ Keyword : dietary guidelines, healthy eating, food pyramid, physical activity, Malaysia

▪ Content : Development and promotion of dietary guidelines is one of the key activities outlined in the National Plan of Action for Nutrition of Malaysia for the prevention of nutrition-related disorders. The first official Malaysian Dietary Guidelines (MDG) was published in 1999 and was thoroughly reviewed and launched on 25 March 2010. The new MDG 2010 is a compilation of science-based nutrition and physical activity recommendations.

▪ Keyword : food-based, dietary, nutritional, guidelines, Philippines

▪ Content : This paper reviews the formulation of positive, practical and culturally sensitive food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) to help Filipinos choose an adequate diet and foster wholesome food and nutrition practices to promote good health; and provide those concerned with a framework and reference for their task of educating the public on proper nutrition practices.

▪ Keyword : dietary guidelines, Singapore, nutrition policy, public health

▪ Content : The 2011 Dietary Guidelines were developed with the aim of providing guidance on what dietary strategies can best address increasing rates of obesity and non-communicable chronic disease in Singapore. This set of dietary guidelines was developed with a local expert committee based on a review of scientific literature and data on current dietary patterns from the 2010 National Nutrition Survey.

▪ Keyword : Thai food based dietary guidelines, development, nutrition flag, eating behavior, general population

▪ Content : Dietary guidelines based on 5 food groups was used as a main nutrition education tool until 1996 when food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) were promoted after 2 years of formulation and development. These FBDGs for the general population were designed to promote desirable and culturally acceptable eating behavior.

▪ Keyword : review, Viet Nam, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, infant

▪ Content : Sub-optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are likely a significant contributor to high undernutrition rates in Viet Nam. To date, however, there has been no comprehensive review of IYCF practices in Viet Nam. The objectives of this paper were to review: 1) patterns/trends in IYCF in Viet Nam; 2) the barriers and facilitators to IYCF practices; and 3) interventions and policies and their effectiveness. Methods used include reviewing and analyzing existing data, summarizing and organizing the evidence into broad themes based on a pre-defined conceptual framework.

▪ Keyword : Dietary Guidelines, Indonesia, food consumption, healthy lifestyle, nutritional status

▪ Content : Dietary Guidelines are sets of advisory statements that give dietary advice for population to promote nutritional well-being. They contain information on foods or behaviors that are encouraged and cautionary messages derived from scientific evidence-based reviews and specific local conditions. The Indonesian Dietary Guidelines consisting of 13 messages that were publicized by the Ministry of Health in 1995 and have not been reviewed afterward in relation to nutritional status and health outcome of the population.

▪ Keyword : Dietary guidelines, communication tool, food habit, food culture, food guide

▪ Content : The food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) is a crucial tool for nutrition education and communication in Vietnam. Together with the changes of socio-economic situation, Vietnam needs to deal with different nutritional problems including malnutrition, overweight and undiversified diets at the same time. From 1995 to the present, three versions of FBDGs have been developed and revised in a period of every 5 years.

▪ Keyword : type 2 diabetes mellitus, micronutrients, infection, immune function, nutrition

▪ Content : A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was carried out to investigate the effects of micronutrients supplementation on immunity and the incidence of common infections in type 2 diabetic outpatients. A total of 196 type 2 diabetic outpatients were randomized to receive tablets of micronutrients (n=97) or placebo (n=99) for 6 months.

▪ Keyword : Soy drink, body mass index, waist circumference, females, blood pressure

▪ Content : Background: Soy drink replacement in the diet might have beneficial effects onanthropometric and blood pressure values for overweight and obese subjects. Therefore, we are going to determine the effects of soy drink replacements on the weight, waist circumference and blood pressure among overweight and obese female youths. Patients and Methods: This was a cross-over randomized clinical trial on 23 overweight and obese female subjects.

▪ Keyword : protein requirement, indicator amino acid oxidation, mixed diet, stable isotope, women

▪ Content : Objective: To determine protein requirement of Chinese young female adults on habitual Chinese diet through indicator amino acid oxidation (IAAO) technique. Design: Twenty women with a mean (SD) age of 21.6 (0.9) years were healthy based on questionnaire, physical examinations and screening tests. There were three consecutive periods of 7 days each with six different intakes of protein (0.70, 0.78, 0.86, 0.94, 1.02 and 1.10 g/kg·d) within Chinese habitual diets (proportions of good-quality protein were 40 to 45%).

▪ Keyword : vegan, pescovegetarian, lactovegetarian, nonvegetarian, metabolic syndrome

▪ Content : The purpose of the present study was to assess the risk of the metabolic syndrome (MS) with vegan, pescovegetarian, lactovegetarian and nonvegetarian diets in Taiwan. The design was a retrospective cohort study using secondary data analysis from a Taiwan longitudinal health check-up database provided by MJ Health Screening Center during 1996–2006. A total of 93209 participants were classified as vegans (n=1116),pescovegetarians (n=2461), lactovegetarians (n=4313) and nonvegetarians (n=85319) by food frequency list of self-administered questionnaire at baseline.

▪ Keyword : phosphorus, calcium, bone mineral density, parathyroid hormone, young Japanese women

▪ Content : Phosphorus and calcium are essential for bone health. There is a concern that a low calcium/phosphorus intake ratio resulting from low calcium intake coupled with high phosphorus intake may have a negative effect on bone mineral status, especially in Western countries.

▪ Keyword : adipose tissue, body composition, health status indicators, indices, (tissue) dissection

▪ Content : Many constitutional indices, used as screening parameters in public health, have been explored (in-vivo) and applied for many years, but as yet there is no consensus on a universal index. This reflects confusion, or at least lack of agreement, about what a constitutional index should represent. The aim of this study was to explore the direct relationship of frequently used, unexplored and newly designed indices with adipose tissue masses and trunk adipose tissue distribution, on an anatomical 5-component model.