Volume 4 Issue 4

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The thrifty genotype hypothesis: concepts and evidence after 30 years

▪ Author : Boyd Swinburn
▪ Keyword : thrifty genotype, concept, evidence
▪ Content : There is no doubt that the thrifty genotype hypothesis is alive and well more than 30 years after Neel gave birth to the concept in 1962.
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Polynesian body size: an adaptation to environmental temperature?

▪ Author : Philip Houghton
▪ Keyword : body size, Polynesia, environmental temperature
▪ Content : A computer simulation of exposure at sea in the tropical Pacific supports the hypothesis that humans colonising this region have been subject to strong directional selection for a large muscular body.
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Cultural elaborations of obesity - fattening practices in Pacific societies

▪ Author : Nancy J Pollock
▪ Keyword : cultural elaboration, obesity, fattening practices, Pacific
▪ Content : Fattening rituals in Pacific societies are examined within a discussion of the cultural aspects of obesity as a disease of modernisation.
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Patterns of colonisation and the "thrifty" genotype in Pacific prehistory

▪ Author : Alexandra A Brewis, Geoffrey Irwin, John S Allen
▪ Keyword : colonisation, thrifty genotype, Pacific prehistory
▪ Content : The seemingly distinctive markers of Polynesian biology -serologic, molecular, anatomical, and developmental - have been argued to have emerged from the special circumstances of colonisation and early settlement of the region.
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Body mass index and cardiovascular risk factors in Pacific Island Polynesians and Europeans in New Zealand

▪ Author : Judy McAnulty, Robert Scragg
▪ Keyword : body mass index, cardiovascular, risk factor, Pacific Island Polynesians, Europeans
▪ Content : Relationships between body mass index (BMI) and cardiovascular risk factors were compared between European and Pacific Island (Polynesian) New Zealand residents in a cross-sectional survey of a 510 (279 European, 231 Pacific Island) Seventh-day Adventist church members.
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Body mass index: is it an appropriate measure of obesity in Polynesians?

▪ Author : B Swinburn, P Craig, B Strauss, R Daniel
▪ Keyword : body mass index, appropriate, obesity, Polynesians
▪ Content : The body mass index (BMI) is commonly used as an estimate of obesity with 20-25 kg/m2 being considered normal.
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Metabolic markers of hyperinsulinaemia in normotensive Maori and Caucasian New Zealanders

▪ Author : T Maling, K van Wissen, R Toomath, R Siebers
▪ Keyword : metabolic markers, hyperinsulinaemia, Maori, Caucasian, New Zealand
▪ Content : New Zealand Maori are hyperinsulinaemic and insulin resistant, compared with age- and blood pressure-matched Caucasians and are therefore an important group in which to study previously described metabolic correlates of insulin resistance, including plasma urate, triglycerides and erythrocytic sodium.
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Antigen absorption: food, fire or fule?

▪ Author : KR Kamath
▪ Keyword : antigen absorption
▪ Content : The epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract is constantly exposed to varieties of antigens.
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Cigarette smoking and socio-economic indicators as determinants of body fatness in three Southern Chinese communities of China

▪ Author : Linda Grievink, Bridget HH Hsu-Hage, Xuxu Rao, Mark L Wahlqvist, Yi-He Li, Kuei Zhang, Tie Han Kuang, Dao Lin Zhang, Zong Rong Dai
▪ Keyword : smoking, socio-economic, body fatness, China
▪ Content : Obesity is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
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Family studies in nutrition at Monash Medical School

▪ Author : Amanda L Smith, Jessica Luzhansky
▪ Keyword : family studies, nutrition, Monash
▪ Content : Diet, lifestyle and health status are inextricably linked.
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The place of food and nutrient supplementation in a family's health belief system

▪ Author : Jessica Luzhansky
▪ Keyword : supplementation, health, belief system
▪ Content : The use of food and nutrient supplements was considered as part of a long-term, in-depth study of a family by medical students of Monash University.
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Overview of the thrifty genotype hypothesis

▪ Author : Kerin O'Dea
▪ Keyword : overview, thrifty genotype
▪ Content : The thrifty genotype hypothesis was proposed by Neel in 1962 to explain the increasing incidence of diabetes in the western world.
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Food shopping practices and family health

▪ Author : Amanda L Smith
▪ Keyword : food shopping, health
▪ Content : The way in which a family selects, obtains and stores food has a major impact on a diet.
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Biographical sketches of nutritionists in the Asia-Pacific region

▪ Author : Poorwo Soedarmo
▪ Keyword : nutritionists, Asia-Pacific
▪ Content : Dr Poorwo Soedarmo, born in 1904 in Malang, East Java, is regarded as the "Father of Nutrition" ("Bapak gizi") in Indonesia.
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"Civilisation" and the thrifty genotype

▪ Author : John S Allen, Susan M Cheer
▪ Keyword : thrifty genotype, civilisation
▪ Content : Over the past 30 years, Neel's "thrifty" genotype concept has received much support from investigators interested in diabetes and the health consequences of changing from traditional to more westernised diets.
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Insulin resistance and low metabolic rate: do they cause obesity?

▪ Author : Boyd Swinburn
▪ Keyword : insulin resistance, low metabolic rate, obesity
▪ Content : Insulin resistance and obesity have genetic determinants which are separate and probably polygenic.
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Role of amylin in the regulation of energy metabolism in health and disease

▪ Author : Garth JS Cooper
▪ Keyword : amylin, energy metabolism
▪ Content : Islet beta-cells play a central role in the regulation of most cells in the body through secretion of the hormone insulin.
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Ethnic comparisons in diabetes and insulin levels

▪ Author : David Simmons
▪ Keyword : ethnic, compare, diabetes, insulin
▪ Content : The prevalence of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is increasing exponentially.
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Intrauterine nutrition and adult disease

▪ Author : Jane Harding
▪ Keyword : intrauterine nutrition, disease
▪ Content : Professor Barker and colleagues have published a large series of epidemiological studies showing that body size and shape at birth are strong predictors of the subsequent risk of developing several adult diseases including coronary artery disease, hypertension, chronic lung disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes.
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Strong and weak linkages in the thrifty genotype hypothesis

▪ Author : Paul T Baker
▪ Keyword : thrifty genotype, hypothesis
▪ Content : Evidence for a substantial variability in the frequency of NIDDM among Pacific island populations is now well documented.
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Thrifty genotype concepts and health in modernising Samoans

▪ Author : Stephen T McGarvey
▪ Keyword : genotype, health, Samoans
▪ Content : Thrifty genotype concepts are described and applied to the case of increasing overweight with modernisation.
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