Volume 22 Issue 3

▪ Keyword : poverty, food security, undernutrition, India, agriculture

▪ Content : India is often thought of as a development paradox with relatively high economic growth rates in the past few years, but with lower progress in areas of life expectancy, education and standard of living. While serious inequalities in growth, development and opportunity explain the illusion of the paradox at the country level, still, a significant proportion of the world's poor live in India, as do a significant proportion of the world's malnourished children.

▪ Keyword : National Health and Morbidity Survey III, school children, overweight, Malaysia, IOTF

▪ Content : This study is a secondary data analysis from the National Health Morbidity Survey III, a population-based study conducted in 2006. A total of 7,749 children between 7 and 12 years old were recruited into the study. This study seeks to report the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) children in Malaysia using international cut-off point and identify its associated key social determinants.

▪ Keyword : ovarian Cancer, nutritional status, body composition, nutritional assessment, bioelectrical impedance analysis

▪ Content : Poor nutritional status is a common problem among ovarian cancer patients. In order to detect changes in nutritional status and body composition this study investigates anthropometrical and biochemical parameters among these patients. This study included women with ovarian cancer and woman without cancer.

▪ Keyword : human milk, TFA, elaidic acid, vaccenic acid, linoelaidic acid

▪ Content : Excessive intake of trans fatty acids (TFA) could reduce the fat density of human milk and impair the desaturation of essential fatty acids. Because the mammary glands are unable to synthesize TFA, it is likely that the TFA in human milk come from dietary intake. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the sources of TFA intake for lactating mothers in one of the urban areas in Selangor.

▪ Keyword : breastfeeding, China, hospital support, paternal attitude, discharge

▪ Content : This study aimed to investigate the rate of breastfeeding at discharge and associated influencing factors in rural China. A prospective cohort study of infant feeding practices was undertaken during 2010-2011 in Jiangyou city, Sichuan Province of China.

▪ Keyword : anthropometry, child, preschool, growth, malnutrition, micronutrients

▪ Content : Childhood malnutrition remains a public health issue in Indonesia with a national prevalence of wasting of 13% and stunting of 36%. In rural areas nutritional status depends on local agriculture and may fluctuate in relation to harvest time. The aim of this study was to characterise seasonal variations in nutritional status in two resettlement villages in the Oesao district, Nusa Tenggara Timur.

▪ Keyword : sleep-wake regularity, dietary factor, macronutrient, staple foods, cross-sectional study

▪ Content : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between dietary factors and sleep-wake regularity in the Japanese population. We analyzed 1368 eligible subjects (931 men and 437 women) aged 35-69 years who had participated in the baseline survey of a cohort study in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Information on individual lifestyle characteristics, including dietary habits and sleep-wake regularity, was obtained by a self-administrated questionnaire.

▪ Keyword : Chinese, adolescent, overweight, trend

▪ Content : Objectives: to describe the trend in gender disparities of overweight/obesity and underweight, as well as height, among Chinese adolescents. Methods: the study is based on population-based data from annual health checks of approximately 7,000 students finishing high school each year between 2004-2011. Height and weight were measured. Overweight/obesity and underweight were defined using International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria.

▪ Keyword : stroke, outcome, energy intake, glasgow coma scale, neurosurgical care unit

▪ Content : INTRODUCTION: Stroke accounts for approximately 10% of all deaths. We examined whether energy intake influences the survival rate of severely ill stroke patients. METHODS: We analyzed 86 consecutive severely ill stroke patients. Patients’ background was compared between survivors and non-survivors. Average energy intakes in seven different periods from day one to seven following neurosurgical care unit (NCU) admission were compared between two groups, to examine which period is proper to show an energy difference.

▪ Keyword : malnutrition, iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia, Pakistan

▪ Content : The present review aims to highlight the magnitude of iron status of Pakistani population and possible remedies to address iron deficiency among vulnerable groups. A computer-based search was carried out on “PubMed”, “Google Search” and “Sciencedirect.com” to retrieve relevant scientific literature published in the last two decades. The search yielded 193 articles, of which 64 were culled and further screening was performed based on the type of vulnerable population groups, age, sex and pregnancy.

▪ Keyword : vitamin K deficiency syndromes, coronary artery calcification, warfarin therapy, cheese and natto, apixaban

▪ Content : Coronary artery calcification is a recognised risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and mortality. Evidence is now strong that Mönckeberg’s arteriosclerosis, a form of vascular calcification, can be attributable to vitamin K deficiency, but that vitamin K-2, especially the MK-4 form from foods like cheese can be protective.

▪ Keyword : ascorbic acid, hepcidin, iron deficiency anemia, obese children, Thiamin deficiency

▪ Content : We reported the cases of 3 obese children who presented variously with costochondral beading, numbness of both hands and feet, and hypochromic-microcytic anemia. Serum ascorbic acid concentration, erythrocyte thiamin pyrophosphate effect, and serum hepcidin concentration were done to investigate these symptoms, respectively

▪ Keyword : anthropometric measures, body fatness, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, ethnicity, adolescents

▪ Content : The main objective of this paper was to determine the utility of various anthropometric measures to assess total and regional body fatness using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as the criterion in 454 adolescent boys and girls aged 12-19 years.

▪ Keyword : soy isoflavone, supplementation, vascular endothelial function, oxidative stress, postmenopausal

▪ Content : A 12-month randomized double blind controlled trial was conducted among 182 Indonesian postmenopausal women aged 47 to 60 years to determine the effect of 100 mg/day soy isoflavone supplementation on vascular endothelial function such as vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), nitric oxide (NO) and malondialdehyde (MDA) as oxidative stress marker.

▪ Keyword : ginseng, overweight, obesity, insulin sensitivity

▪ Content : Background: Korean red ginseng is one of the most popular herbs worldwide due to the belief that it contains ingredients that possess a variety of health enhancing effects including anti-diabetic effects. The objective of this study was to determine whether Korean red ginseng supplement has an effect on insulin sensitivity in healthy overweight or obese adults without overt diabetes and hypertension.

▪ Keyword : resistant starch, rice, glycemic index, appetite, satiety

▪ Content : Rice is a staple carbohydrate throughout much of the world. Previous work indicated that resistant starch (RS) content of rice consumed in India varied with rice variety and cooking method. This study quantified RS in 4 white rice varieties (jasmine, long grain, medium grain, and short grain) cooked in three manners (oven baked, conventional rice cooker, and pressure cooker), and analyzed for RS content immediately after preparation or after 3 days of refrigeration at 4°C.

▪ Keyword : gut function, body weight regulation, high-fat diet, high-protein diet, humans

▪ Content : This study investigated the effect of high- and low-energy density preloads on gastrointestinal and metabolic factors, which act to regulate acute energy intake. Sixteen overweight and obese men (BMI range: 27.2-36.5 kg/m2) each received 3 oral preloads in randomised order: i) high-energy-density, high-fat (1.5 kcal/g), ii) low-energy-density, high-fat (1.1 kcal/g), and iii) low-energy-density, high-protein (1.1 kcal/g).

▪ Keyword : metabolic syndrome, serum ferritin, National Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan, dietary iron intake, obesity

▪ Content : Ferritin concentrations in circulation reflect iron stores in healthy individuals. However, elevated serum ferritin (SF) concentrations have recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We aim to investigate factors associated with elevated SF and to evaluate the association between SF and risk of MetS in Taiwanese adults. Data was collected from 2654 healthy individuals aged ≥19 years old, who participated in the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT Adults 2005-2008).