Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2008;17 (S1)

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Volume 17, Supplement 1, 2008
Contents:
Plenary Lectures
Overview and perspective in human nutrition / 1
WALTER C WILLETT
New nutritional science in practice / 5
MARK L WAHLQVIST
Nutrigenomics: the cutting edge and Asian perspectives / 12
HISANORI KATO
Low carbohydrate diet, weight reduction and metabolic syndrome
Carbohydrates – the good, the bad and the wholegrain / 16
JENNIE BRAND-MILLER, JOANNA MCMILLAN-PRICE, KATHERINE STEINBECK AND IAN CATERSON
National fortification policy
National food fortification: a dialogue with reference to Asia: balanced advocacy / 20
NOEL W SOLOMONS
National food fortification: a dialogue with reference to Asia: policy in evolution / 24
MARK L WAHLQVIST
Current calcium recommendation
Current calcium recommendation in North American / 30
CONNIE WEAVER
Calcium requirements for Asian children and adolescents / 33
WARREN TAK KEUNG LEE AND JI JIANG
Metabolic Syndrome: From Epidemiology to Genetics
Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome in Asia / 37
WEN-HARN PAN, WEN-TING YEH MS1 AND LU-CHEN WENG
Human genetics of the metabolic syndrome / 43
LEE-MING CHUANG
Nutritional risk and metabolic syndrome in Korean Type 2 diabetes mellitus / 47
WHA YOUNG KIM, JUNG EUN KIM, YOUNG JOO CHOI AND KAP BUM HUH
Dietary Guidelines for Asians
Using DRIs as the basis for dietary guidelines / 52
SUZANNE MURPHY
Revised dietary guidelines for Koreans / 55
YOUNG AI JANG, HAENG SHIN LEE, BOK HEE KIM, YOONNA LEE, HAE JEUNG LEE, JAE JIN MOON AND CHO-IL KIM
From dietary guidelines to daily food guide: the Taiwanese experience / 59
MIN SU TZENG
Practical experience in development and promotion of food-based dietary guidelines in Thailand / 63
PRAPAISRI SIRICHAKWAL AND KITTI SRANACHAROENPONG
Developing and implementing dietary guidelines in India / 66
KAMALA KRISHNASWAMY
Dietary Pattern, Health, and Total Well-Being
Putting the pyramid into action: The Healthy Eating Index and Food Quality Score / 70
EILEEN KENNEDY
Dietary pattern analysis for the evaluation of dietary guidelines / 75
WALTER WILETT AND MARJORIE L MCCULLOUGH
Dietary patterns using traditional Chinese Medicine Principles in epidemiological studies / 79
MARION M LEE AND JENNIFER M SHEN
A global overall dietary index: ODI-R revised to emphasize quality over quantity / 82
MEEI-SHYUAN LEE, CHEN-JU LAI, FENG-YU YANG, HSING-HWEI SU, HSIAO-LI YU AND MARK L WAHLQVIST
Agricultural Food Production and Public Health
Application of agricultural biotechnology to improve food nutrition and health products / 87
SAMUEL SM SUN
Human health problems associated with current agricultural food production / 91
RAMESH V BHAT
Global perspective of health related edible plants from agricultural point of view / 95
YI-YANG LEE, CHIH-SHENG TSOU, HAI-CHEN LIN, CHENG-HUA IEN AND YA-TIEN WU
Improving the bioavailability of iron from mung bean and studying the effect of its supplementation on women / 99
VIJAYALAKSHMI PURUSHOTHAMAN
Approaches to Combat Double Burdens: Micronutrient Deficiencies and Complex Diseases
To what extent can food-based approaches improve micronutrient status? / 103
LINDSAY H ALLEN
Community based nutrition programs / 106
KRAISID TONTISIRIN
Food-based approaches to combat the double burdens among the poor: challenges in the Asian context / 111
GEOK LIN KHOR
Double burden of malnutrition: Vietnam perspectives / 116
NGUYEN CONG KHAN AND HA HUY KHOI
Nutrient-Gene Interactions
Genotype-dependent response to energy-restricted diets by obese subjects: towards a personalized nutrition? / 119
J ALFREDO MARTINEZ, Mª DOLORES PARRA, JOSÉ LUIS SANTOS, Mª JESUS MORENO-ALIAGA, AMELIA MARTI AND MIGUEL A MARTÍNEZ–GONZÁLEZ
Berries as chemopreventive dietary constituents – a mechanistic approach with the ApcMin/+ mouse / 123
MARJA MUTANEN, ANNE-MARIA PAJARI, ESSI PÄIVÄRINTA, MARJO MISIKANGAS, JOHANNA RAJAKANGAS, MAIJA MARTTINEN AND SEIJA OIKARINEN
Dietary regulation of nuclear receptors in obesity-related metabolic syndrome / 126
TERUO KAWADA, TSUYOSHI GOTO, SHIZUKA HIRAI, MIN-SOOK KANG, TAKU UEMURA, RINA YU2 AND NOBUYUKI TAKAHASHI
The omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio, genetic variation, and cardiovascular disease / 131
ARTEMIS P SIMOPOULOS
Diet, Nutrition and Bone Health
The role of nutrition in optimizing peak bone mass / 135
CONNIE M WEAVER
The resurgence of the importance of Vitamin D in bone health / 138
WARREN TAK KEUNG LEE AND JI JIANG
Evaluation of osteoporosis prevention by adlay using a tissue culture model / 143
RONG SEN YANG, WENCHANG CHIANG, YI HSIANG LU AND SHING HWA LIU
Effects of two years’ milk supplementation on size-corrected bone mineral density of Chinese girls / 147
KUN ZHU, HEATHER GREENFIELD, XUEQIN DU, QIAN ZHANG, GUANSHENG MA, XIAOQI HU, CHRIS T COWELL AND DAVID R FRASER
Diet, Nutrition and Mental Health
Mind-body interface: the role of n–3 fatty acids in psychoneuroimmunology, somatic presentation, and medical illness comorbidity of depression / 151
KUAN-PIN SU
Effect of brain DHA levels on cytoskeleton expression / 158
ANN-CHE HASIO, JEN-JUI CHEN, WAN-LING CHUNG AND HUI-MIN SU
Reactive oxygen species induced by diamide inhibit insulin-induced ATP-sensitive potassium channel activation in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells / 162
KAZUAKI MAWATARI, SONOKO YASUI, RAN MORIZUMI, AKIKO HAMAMOTO, HIROKO FURUKAWA, KEI KOYAMA, ATSUSHI HATTORI, EMIKO YOSHIOKA, MASAKI YOSHIDA, MASAYUKI NAKANO, KIYOSHI TESHIGAWARA, NAGAKATSU HARADA PHD, TOSHIO HOSAKA, AKIRA TAKAHASHI AND YUTAKA NAKAYA
L-theanine, a natural constituent in tea, and its effect on mental state / 167
ANNA C NOBRE, ANLING RAO AND GAIL N OWEN
Obesity and Weight Management
The role of protein in weight management / 169
MANNY NOAKES
Childhood obesity in Asian Indians: a burgeoning cause of insulin resistance, diabetes and sub-clinical inflammation / 172
SWATI BHARDWAJ, ANOOP MISRA, LOKESH KHURANA, SEEMA GULATI, PRIYALI SHAH AND NAVAL K VIKRAM
Nutrition Education and Behavior Changes
Nutrition education: linking theory, research and practice / 176
ISOBEL R CONTENTO
Theories of nutrition education and promotion in Japan: enactment of the ”Food Education Basic Law” / 180
MIYUKI ADACHI
Bioactive Lipids
n–3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal function during brain development and ageing / 185
ALAN D DANGOUR AND RICARDO UAUY
Functional lipids and the prevention of the metabolic syndrome / 189
TERUYOSHI YANAGITA AND KOJI NAGAO
New bioactive fatty acid / 192
CHING T HOU
Seaweed carotenoid, fucoxanthin, as a multi-functional nutrient / 196
HAYATO MAEDA, TAKAYUKI TSUKUI, TOKUTAKE SASHIMA, MASASHI HOSOKAWA, KAZUO MIYASHITA
In vitro screening of relative bioaccessibility of carotenoids from foods / 200
MARK L FAILLA, TIANYAO HUO, SAGAR K THAKKAR
Fatty acid and eicosanoid metabolism
The antitumor ether lipid edelfosine (ET-18-O-CH3) induces apoptosis in H-ras transformed human breast epithelial cells: by blocking ERK1/2 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases as potential targets / 204
HYE-KYUNG NA AND YOUNG-JOON SURH
HPV-induced recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis: fatty acid role-players / 208
LOUISE LOUW, RIAZ SEEDAT AND ANDRÉ CLAASSEN
Role of trans fatty acids in health and challenges to their reduction in Indian foods / 212
GHAFOORUNISSA
Metabolism of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in women with dysmenorrhea / 216
CHAO-CHIH WU, MEI-YU HUANG, RAKESH KAPOOR3, CHIH-HUNG CHEN AND YUNG-SHENG HUANG
The role of eicosanoids in the brain / 220
DANIELLA TASSONI, GUNVEEN KAUR, RICHARD S WEISINGER AND ANDREW J SINCLAIR
GMO Foods
Nutritional and safety assessment of foods and feeds nutritionally improved through biotechnology - case studies by the International Food Biotechnology Committee of ILSI / 229
KEVIN C GLEN
International development of methods of analysis for the presence of products of modern biotechnology / 233
RICHARD C CANTRILL
An Asian perspective on GMO and biotechnology Issues / 237
PAUL PS TENG
Constantly evolving safety assessment protocols for GM foods / 241
SESIKERAN B AND VASANTHI SIRUGURI
Dietary Bioactive Compounds and Cancer Prevention
Cancer prevention by tea and tea polyphenols / 245
CHUNG S YANG, JIHYEUNG JU, GARY LU, HANG XIAO, XINGPEI HAO, SHENGMIN SANG AND JOSHUA D LAMBERT
Anticancer effects of diallyl trisulfide derived from garlic / 249
TAIICHIRO SEKI, TAKASHI HOSONO, TOMOMI HOSONO-FUKAO, KAHORU INADA, RIE TANAKA, JUN OGIHARA AND TOYOHIKO ARIGA
Anti-angiogenic function of tocotrienol / 253
TERUO MIYAZAWA, AKIRA SHIBATA, KIYOTAKA NAKAGAWA AND TSUYOSHI TSUZUKI
Inhibition of colon cancer cell growth by dietary components: role of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system / 257
JUNG HAN YOON PARK
Herb, Botanicals, Condiments and Health
Methylglyoxal: its presence and potential scavengers / 261
DI TAN, YU WANG, CHIH-YU LO AND CHI-TANG HO
Traditional Indian spices and their health significance / 265
KAMALA KRISHNASWAMY
NF-kB and Nrf2 as potential chemopreventive targets of some anti-inflammatory and antioxidative
phytonutrients with anti-inflammatory and antioxidative activities / 269
YOUNG-JOON SURH
Multifunctional effects of green tea catechins on prevention of the metabolic syndrome / 273
IKUO IKEDA
Dietary Flavonoids and Cardiovascular Health
Content and distribution of flavonoids among 91 edible plant species / 276
RAY-YU YANG, SHOU LIN AND GEORGE KUO
Cocoa flavanols – measurement, bioavailability and bioactivity / 280
CATHERINE KWIK-URIBE AND ROGER M BEKTASH
Effects of cocoa flavonoids on risk factors for cardiovascular disease / 284
JOHN W ERDMAN JR, LEAANN CARSON, CATHERINE KWIK-URIBE, ELLEN M EVANS AND ROBIN R ALLEN
Tea flavonoids and cardiovascular disease / 288
JONATHAN M HODGSON
Vegetable flavonoids and cardiovascular disease / 291
JUNJI TERAO, YOSHICHIKA KAWAI AND KAEKO MUROTA
Assessmentand Evaluation of Diet in Asian Region
The issues in assessment and evaluation of diet in Asia / 294
HEE YOUNG PAIK
Limitation and resolution for dietary assessment of micronutrient intakes / 296
PATTANEE WINICHAGOON
Using DRIs for dietary assessment / 299
SUZZANE P MURPHY
Development of nutrient databases for epidemiological studies in Taiwan / 302
LI-CHING LYU, I-CHEN CHI, CHU-KAI HUANG, LIANG-LI HUANG, WAN-JUNG LEE AND HSIN-CHIN LU
New Frontiers of Amino Acid Science
Effects of L-carnitine on obesity, diabetes and as an ergogenic aid / 305
YOUN-SOO CHA
Modification of core body temperature by amino acid administration / 308
IPPEI YAMAOKA
An essential role for de novo biosynthesis of L-serine in CNS development / 311
SHIGEKI FURUYA
Nutrition And Health Aspects of Edible Oils and Fats
Health benefits of a natural carotenoid rich oil: a proposed mechanism of protection against ischaemia/ reperfusion injury / 315
JACQUES VAN ROOYEN, ADRIAAN J ESTERHUYSE, ANNA-MART ENGELBRECHT AND EUGENE F DU TOIT
The application of medium-chain fatty acids: edible oil with a suppressing effect on body fat accumulation / 319
HIROYUKI TAKEUCHI, SEIJI SEKINE, KEIICHI KOJIMA AND TOSHIAKI AOYAMA
Soy Foods and Control of Chronic Diseases
Beneficial effects of soy protein consumption for renal function / 323
JAMES W ANDERSON
Health Benefits of Tree Nuts
Phytochemical composition of nuts / 328
C-Y OLIVER CHEN AND JEFFREY B BLUMBERG
The effect of nuts on inflammation / 332
JORDI SALAS-SALVADÓ, PATRICIA CASAS-AGUSTENCH, MICHELLE M MURPHY, PATRICIA LÓPEZ-URIARTE AND MONICA BULLÓ
The energetics of nut consumption / 336
RICHARD D MATTES
Nutrition Bylaws and Policy
Nutrition policy in the U.S.: 50 years in review / 339
EILEEN KENNEDY
Nutrition policy in South Korea / 342
HYE KYUNG PARK
Coexistence of micronutrient malnutrition: implication for nutrition policy and programs in Asia / 345
PATTANEE WINICHAGOON
Institutional Dietetic and School Lunch Program
The integration of school nutrition program into health promotion and prevention of lifestyle-related diseases in Japan / 348
TONG-KYUNG KWAK AND HYE-JA CHANG
Advancing institutional dietetics and school nutrition program in Korea / 351
KWAK TONG-KYUNG
Tawana project-school nutrition program in Pakistan- its success, bottlenecks and lessons learned / 356
SALMA HALAI BADRUDDIN, AJMAL AGHA, HABIB PEERMOHAMED, GHAZALA RAFIQUE, KAUSAR S KHAN AND GREGORY PAPPAS
Sharing Singapore’s experience in dietetic practice and school nutrition programmes / 360
YEN-PENG LIM
Nutrition Education and Promotion through the Mass Media
Development of nutrition education tool: healthy eating index in Thailand / 364
SUNARD TAECHANGAM, UTUMPORN PINITCHUN AND CHANIDA PACHOTIKARN
Metabolic and Nutritional Aspects of Glutamate
Emerging aspects of dietary glutamate metabolism in the developing gut / 367
DOUGLAS G BURRIN, MICHAEL J JANECZKO AND BARBARA STOLL
Physiological role of dietary free glutamate in the food digestion / 371
HISAYUKI UNEYAMA, ANA SAN GABRIEL, MISAKO KAWAI, MIKI TOMOE AND KUNIO TORII
Experimental studies of food choices and palatability responses in European subjects exposed to the Umami taste / 375
FRANCE BELLISLE
Bringing Nutrition to Life Through Food Science
Phytochemicals of foods, beverages and fruit vinegars: chemistry and health effects / 379
FEREIDOON SHAHIDI, JAIME MCDONALD, ANOMA CHANDRASEKARA AND YING ZHONG
The Choices programme: a simple, front-of-pack stamp making healthier choices easy / 382
MARISKA DÖTSCH-KLERK AND LÉON JANSEN
New strategies to overcome cancer cachexia: from molecular mechanisms to the ‘Parallel Pathway’ Maurizio Muscaritoli / 386
MAURIZIO MUSCARITOLI, PAOLA COSTELLI, ZAIRA AVERSA, ANDREA BONETTO, FRANCESCO MARIA BACCINO AND FILIPPO ROSSI FANELLI

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