Volume 5 Issue 4

▪ Keyword : nutrition, foundation, Asia Pacific

▪ Content : The involvement of non-government organisations (NGOs), which are not-for-profit, in scientifically-based nutrition education can be of great national and international benefit to community health

▪ Keyword : glycaemic response, insulin, diabetic, traditional Malaysian meals, guar gum

▪ Content : The aims of the project were to determine the glycaemic and insulin responses of non-insulin dependent diabetic patients (NIDDM) to 3 traditional Malaysian meals compared to oral glucose, and to determine whether guar gum would affect these responses.

▪ Keyword : lipid, peroxidation, glutathione peroxidase, long-term, coconut oil, ghee

▪ Content : We determined the relative atherogenecity of two saturated fats by studying their effects on lipid peroxidation (LP), by way of malonaldehyde (MDA) and conjugated dienes (CD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) activity in serum, liver and heart; and on serum lipid profile after 4 months and 9 months of feeding.

▪ Keyword : hypolipidaemic, foods, China

▪ Content : With the changes in dietary pattern in China, in recent years, hyperlipidaemia has become an important problem in the pathogenesis of chronic degenerative diseases, especially the cardio-cerebro-vascular diseases.

▪ Keyword : International Symposium on Clinical Nutrition, APCNS Training Course in Clinical Nutrition

▪ Content : The 5th International Symposium on Clinical Nutrition (4-7 February 1996) and The 1st APCNS Training Course in Clinical Nutrition

▪ Keyword : Australian Nutrition Foundation, future, member, nutrition information, needs

▪ Content : The Australian Nutrition Foundation (ANF) conducted a survey of members which investigated their nutrition information needs together with their preferred communication formats, considering the technological advances in informatics.

▪ Keyword : simple, quick, food price policy, nutrition status, intervention

▪ Content : Food price policies have a major influence on population food choice and nutritional status, especially for low income families.

▪ Keyword : body composition, disease

▪ Content : The observation that disease has an effect on the tissues of the human body is as old as medicine, itself, and was not lost on preliterate and pre-technological societies.

▪ Keyword : multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance, predict, body water, validation, ethnic

▪ Content : Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance for the prediction of body water compartments: validation in different ethnic groups

▪ Keyword : body composition, physical activity, Indonesian, elderly

▪ Content : Body composition and physical activity of institutionalised elderly were studied.

▪ Keyword : cardiovascular disease, risk profile, Chinese, Indonesia

▪ Content : A cross sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk profile, with emphasis on coronary heart disease, was carried out in North Jakarta, Indonesia.

▪ Keyword : dietary survey, Chinese population, urban, rural, Tianjin

▪ Content : A survey was carried out to assess the food pattern and of nutrient intakes of 15-64 year old Chinese in Tianjin.

▪ Keyword : body composition, ethnic groups, South Africa

▪ Content : South Africa is in a state of nutrition transition.