Volume 2 Issue 2

▪ Keyword : nutritional research, Malaysia

▪ Content : Invited editorial

▪ Keyword : review, book

▪ Content : McCance and Widdowson: A Scientific Partnership of 60 Years

▪ Keyword : nutritional management, Crohn

▪ Content : We examined a nutritional approach to the therapy of Crohn's disease with an enteral formula ('Enterued', Terumo Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) which contains low molecular weight peptides as a protein source.

▪ Keyword : evaluation, nutrition education activity, students, China

▪ Content : In China, where cancers and cardiovascular disease are the major causes of morbidity and mortality, an important role for preventative medicine has emerged. Therefore, preparing China's medical students to tackle contemporary health problems requires attention to nutrition and health promotion in the medical curruculum.

▪ Keyword : breakfast, Asia

▪ Content : Studies on changing dietary patterns throughout the Asian region have focused largely on overall alterations in nutrient intakes and changes in the consumption of various food groups.

▪ Keyword : broad beans, Vicia faba, Parkinson's disease, single dose studies

▪ Content : Broad beans (Vicia faba) are a natural source of L-dopa. To investigate a possible role for this substance in the treatment of Parkinsonian motor oscillations, we carried out single dose studies of Vicia faba pod mixture plus carbidopa in six patients.

▪ Keyword : diet therapy, Chinese medicine, Huang Di Nei Jing

▪ Content : Huang Di Nei Jing, the first systematic Chinese medical book, was complied from the observations of imperial herbal doctors in the Qin and Han periods (221 BC - 220 AD).

▪ Keyword : coronary risk, West Sumatra, men

▪ Content : Lifestyle, food habits and blood lipid profiles were studied in two areas - one urban and one rural - of West Sumatra, Indonesia, where coconut oil is commonly consumed. Subjects were 102 randomly selected healthy adult men aged 25-39 years.