Volume 7 Issue 1

▪ Keyword : micronutrient deficiency, child, iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, malnutrition

▪ Content : The importance of micronutrient deficiencies to child survival and to the health and development of nations is universally recognized.

▪ Keyword : cut-off levels of mid-upper-arm circumference, mid-upper-arm circumference, nutritional assessment, sensitivity

▪ Content : As part of a prospective, longitudinal study that was carried out in Hanoi, Vietnam (as from 1981), mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) measurements, and the weight and height of children were taken from children for the first year of life.

▪ Keyword : Chinese, China, ethnicity, blood pressure, hypertension

▪ Content : The aim of this study was to compare mean blood pressure (BP), anthropometric and body compositional measurements in three Chinese communities and to examine relationships between BP and body composition in these communities.

▪ Keyword : fatty acid composition, taurine, breast milk, rural, Chinese

▪ Content : Long chain w6 fatty acids and taurine have suggested to have structural and/or functional roles in the brain.

▪ Keyword : anti-HIV, alkaline extract, pine seed, shell

▪ Content : The alkaline extracts from pine seed shells (Pinus koraiensis) suppressed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced cytopathicity using HIV (HTLV-III) infected MT-4 cells in vitro, and showed extremely low cytotoxicity.

▪ Keyword : nutritional, pulmonary, assessment, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nutritional supplementation

▪ Content : We found that with oral supplementation by a liquid soy-based protein hydrolysate in malnourished COPD patients (BMI <-20), it possible to increase weight over a 6-week period, and body water and an index of muscle mass (MAMC), but not total body nitrogen (TBN judged by Nitrogen Index) which identifies a particular challenge for nutrition support in COPD patients.

▪ Keyword : ILSI, SEA Regional Forum and Workshop, recommended dietary allowances

▪ Content : Recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) are widely accepted standards for nutrient (energy, protein and micronutrient) intakes.

▪ Keyword : bread, price, value

▪ Content : In the Western world, the basic staple of nutrition is bread.

▪ Keyword : personal, predictor, consumer, food and health concerns

▪ Content : Three surveys were conducted of 429 supermarket shoppers in Canberra, Australia, in order to examine factors that may influence their concerns about food and health.

▪ Keyword : food analysis, national, international, nutrition programmes

▪ Content : This paper outlines the importance of information on the composition of foods for a wide range of national and international activities at government, community and industry levels.

▪ Keyword : dietary intake, trace elements, minerals, underprivileged, India

▪ Content : In developing countries, data on dietary intake of trace elements, and even major elements, is limited.

▪ Keyword : sodium, potassium, blood pressure, Chinese, Hong Kong

▪ Content : The ranges of sodium and potassium intake and their relationship to blood pressure were studied in 126 healthy Chinese subjects (42 men, 84 women) aged between 20 and 65 years living in Hong Kong.

▪ Keyword : bioavailability, formulation, coenzyme Q10, healthy

▪ Content : The bioavailability of coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) formulated as an emulsion in a soft gelatin capsule (EnsorbTM, NDS Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia) was compared with a hard gelatin powder-filled capsule.

▪ Keyword : riboflavin, Filipino, children, women, erthrocyte glutathione reductase activation test

▪ Content : Riboflavin requirements were studied in six non-pregnant, 12 pregnant, 11 lactating women, 20 children aged 4-6 years and 14 children aged 10-12 years.

▪ Keyword : body fat, Indonesian, adult, three-compartment model

▪ Content : Body composition was assessed in Indonesian male (n=18) and female (n=23) students using densitometry (underwater weighing), deuterium oxide dilution, skinfold thickness measurements, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and a prediction equation based on the body mass index.