Volume 6 Issue 4

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Food regulation as an instrument of public health: future directions

Author : Mark L Wahlqvist
Keyword : food regulation, public health, instrument, future
Content : The relationship between people and their food has changed greatly since the beginnings of food law which sought to prevent adulteration and deception of a limited range of products.
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Effects of childhood malnutrition on Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) and IGF-Binding Protein-3 levels: a Malaysian and New Zealand analysis

Author : Wan Nazaimoon, Rahmah R, Osman A, Khalid BAK, Livesey J
Keyword : childhood, malnutrition, IGF-1, Malaysia, New Zealand
Content : Plasma IGF-1 and IGFNP-3 levels were measured in 190 clinically confirmed malnourished Malaysian children and 86 normal New Zealand children.
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Changes in food, nutrient and energy intake in People's Republic of China samples of urban and rural north and south adults surveyed in 1983-84 and resurveyed in 1987-88

Author : BH Dennis, B Zhou, X Liu, J Yang, J Mai, T Cao, G Ni, L Zhao, J Stamler for the PRC-USA Research Group
Keyword : change, food, nutrient, energy, China
Content : Dietary patterns were assessed in a prospective study of cardiovascular disease (CVD) disease risk factors in four Chinese populations: Beijing urban (BJ-U) and rural (BJ-R), Guangzhou urban (GZ-U) and rural (GZ-R).
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Impact of selective iron and/or iodine interventions on iron and iodine status of adolescents

Author : Nina S Dodd, Meena L Godhia
Keyword : iron, iodine, intervention, adolescent
Content : The impact of iron and iodised salt supplementation and iron with iodised salt supplementation for a period of six months was studied in relation to non-supplemented controls, on selected indicators of iron and iodine status among goitrous and non goitrous adolescents.
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Factors affecting iron status in 15-30 year old female students

Author : AM Rangan, I Aitkin, GD Blight, CW Binns
Keyword : iron status, female, student
Content : Limited Australian data are available on iron status and factors affecting iron status in young women.
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Free radical and antioxidant status in urban and rural Tirupati men: interaction with nutrient intake, substance abuse, obesity and body fat distribution

Author : KK Reddy, R Ramamurthy, BV Somasekaraiah, TP Kumara Reddy, Papa Rao
Keyword : free radical, antioxidant, urban, rural. obesity
Content : Rapid growth in urbanisation and industrialisation causes exposure to toxicant pollution which may contribute to increased incidences of non-communicable diseases.
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Traditional fish intake and fatty acid composition in fish consuming and non-fish consuming populations

Author : Gandham Bulliyya, PC Reddy, P Reddanna
Keyword : fish, fatty acid, fish consuming, non-fish consuming
Content : To evaluate the validity of habitual marine fish intake, the relation between fatty acid composition of serum phospholipids and dietary patterns were investigated.
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Correlation between essential fatty acids and parameters of bone formation and degradation

Author : MC Kruger, N Claassen, CM Smuts, HC Potgieter
Keyword : essential fatty acid, bone, formation, degradation
Content : There are two types of essential fatty acids (EFAs), the n-6 derived from linoleic acid (LA) and the n-3, derived from alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).
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The trans fatty acid content of fats in some manufactured foods commonly available in New Zealand

Author : Russell K Richardson, Bertram Y Fong, Angela M Rowan
Keyword : trans fatty acid, manufactured foods, New Zealand
Content : The trans-unsaturated fatty acid content of 18 foodstuffs was dettermined using infrared analysis for total trans-unstauration and thin layer/ gas chromatography for the trans octadecenoic acids.
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The protective effect of red palm oil in comparison with massive vitamin A dose in combating vitamin A deficiency in Orissa, India

Author : Sarita Mahapatra, R Manorama
Keyword : red palm oil, vitamin A, deficiency, India
Content : Vitamin A deficiency has long been a serious hazard to the world community, especially to children.
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Food consumption patterns and nutrient intake among Nepalese living in the southern rural Terai region

Author : Yoshimi Ohno, Kazuko Hirai, Noriko Sato, Masashi Ito, Teruko Yamamoto, Toshihide Tamura, Mathura P Shrestha
Keyword : food consumption, nutrient intake, Nepalese
Content : The dietary nutrient intake of persons aged 10-68 years (55 males and 54 females) living in the Chitwan district, Nepal, was investigated using the 24-hour recall method.
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Does the eating match the teaching? Food habits in people with non insulin dependent diabetes

Author : Sally Ann Vindedzis, Vincent John McCann
Keyword : eating, teaching, food habits, non insulin dependent diabetes
Content : Three-day food records were used to assess the dietary intake of 50 patients with non insulin dependent diabetes; body mass index (BMI) exceeded 25 in 74% and exceeded 30 in 20%.
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Malnutrition and its risk factors among children 1-7 years old in rural Malaysian communities

Author : M Norhayati, MI NoorHayati, CG Mohammod, P Oothuman, O Azizi, A Fatimah, MS Fatmah
Keyword : malnutrition, children, rural, Malaysia
Content : The aims of this study were to investigate the nutritional status of children aged 1-7 years in Malaysian rural communities and to identify its risk factors.
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The assessment of malnutrition in children under 3 years of age in Sichuan areas of China using two different growth standards

Author : Mao Meng, Qian Yougiong, Xu Bo, Zak Sabry, Liu Zhen, Li Giang, Zhen Deyuan, Liu Zhenyue, Tang Zheyuan
Keyword : assessment, malnutrition, China, growth standards
Content : 6,666 children under 3 years of age were selected from 231 villages in 25 townships of the Sichuan Province using a stratified random sampling design.
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