Insights into nutritionists' practices and experiences in remote Australian Aboriginal communities.

Objective: To explore and describe methods of communication, education practices, perceived challenges and the potential role of nutritionists working in remote Australian Aboriginal communities in order to inform future public health efforts.

Methods: Nutritionists who work or have worked in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia's Northern Territory within the past decade were identified via purposive and snowball sampling, and responded to a semi-structured survey in 2012. Content and interpretive thematic analysis was used to generate themes.

Food, food choice and nutrition promotion in a remote Australian Aboriginal community.

Contemporary diets of Aboriginal people living in remote Australia are characterised by processed foods high in fat and sugar. Within the 'new' food system, evidence suggests many Aboriginal people understand food in their own terms but lack access to consumer information about store-purchased foods, and parents feel inadequate as role models. In a remote Australian Aboriginal community, purposive sampling identified adults who participated in semistructured interviews guided by food-based themes relating to the contemporary food system, parental guidance of children's food choice and channels through which people learn.

Dietary beliefs and eating patterns influence metabolic health in type 2 diabetes: A clinic-based study in urban North India.

Background: Almost 15% of India's urban adult populace now lives with type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to characterize the eating patterns, knowledge, beliefs, and determinants of food choice, and assess associations with the metabolic health among urban Asian Indians with type 2 diabetes.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study of 258 individuals (mean age 55.

Dietary intakes and familial correlates of overweight/obesity: a four-cities study in India.

Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is increasing in India. However, knowledge of, attitude towards and practice of health and nutrition in mothers and children have not been researched.

Objective: To assess knowledge of, attitude towards and practice of nutrition, physical activity and other lifestyle practices in a nationally representative sample of urban children and mothers in India.

Comparison of DEXA-derived body fat measurement to two race-specific bioelectrical impedance equations in healthy Indians.

Aim: Prevalence of obesity is increasing in Asian Indians. Reliable, precise and convenient methods to estimate body composition are required. This study aimed to test the accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) estimates of body composition among Asian Indians according to two BIA equations--one developed for Asians, the other for Caucasians.

Hunger control and regular physical activity facilitate weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

Background: Bariatric surgery facilitates substantial and durable weight loss; however, outcomes vary. In addition to physiological and technical factors, weight loss efficacy is dependent on modification of behavior to maintain a long-term change in energy balance. This study aimed to assess the extent and nature of change in energy intake and physical activity and identify factors associated with percentage weight loss (%WL) 12 months after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB).

Grazing and loss of control related to eating: two high-risk factors following bariatric surgery.

Background: Gastric restrictive surgery induces a marked change in eating behavior. However, the relationship between preoperative and postoperative eating behavior and weight loss outcome has received limited attention.

Objective: This study assessed a range of eating behaviors before and 1 year after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and explored the nature and extent of change in eating patterns, their clinical associates, and impact on weight loss.

Loss of control is central to psychological disturbance associated with binge eating disorder.

Objective: Binge eating disorder (BED) is positively associated with obesity and psychological distress, yet the behavioral features of BED that drive these associations are largely unexplored. The primary aim of this study was to investigate which core behavioral features of binge eating are most strongly related to psychological disturbance.

Methods And Procedures: A cross-sectional study involved 180 bariatric surgery candidates, 93 members of a non-surgical weight loss support group, and 158 general community respondents (81 men/350 women, mean age 45.

Preoperative weight loss with a very-low-energy diet: quantitation of changes in liver and abdominal fat by serial imaging.

Background: A very-low-energy diet (VLED) can result in substantial, rapid weight loss and is increasingly prescribed before obesity surgery to minimize risk and difficulty by reducing liver size and abdominal adiposity. Despite its growing popularity, a VLED in this setting has received little attention.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and acceptability of a preoperative VLED.

Night eating syndrome: impact on bariatric surgery.

Individuals with night eating syndrome (NES) display a time-delayed pattern of food intake, outside the natural circadian rhythm. High prevalence estimates have been reported among bariatric surgery candidates, and some evidence suggests that NES is positively associated with obesity, negatively associated with weight loss efficacy, and follows a chronic course. In order to evaluate current NES theory, and the association between NES and bariatric surgery, literature searches were conducted to identify relevant literature published in English up to 2005.