The relationship between smoking, body weight, body mass index, and dietary intake among Thai adults: results of the national Thai Food Consumption Survey.

This study examined the relationship between dietary intake, body weight, and body mass index (BMI) in adult Thais as a function of smoking status. A cross-sectional, nationally representative survey using health and dietary questionnaires and anthropometric measurements were used. Participants were 7858 Thai adults aged 18 years and older recruited from 17 provinces in Thailand.

Socioeconomic status and smoking among thai adults: results of the National Thai Food Consumption Survey.

The authors examined the relationship between socioeconomic status and smoking in Thai adults. A nationally representative sample of 7858 Thais adults (18 years and older) was surveyed during 2004 to 2005. Four demographic/socioeconomic indicators were examined in logistic models: gender, education, occupational status, and annual household income.

Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors in five regions of Thailand: InterASIA data.

Background: Age- and sex- standardized mortality rate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was high in Bangkok and central Thailand in the year 2000. This may partially be related to differences in risk factors.

Objective: To compare prevalence of CVD risk factors among regions in Thailand in the same period.

Risk factors for overweight and obesity among Thai adults: results of the National Thai Food Consumption Survey.

We evaluated the associations between overweight and obesity and socio-economic status (SES), behavioral factors, and dietary intake in Thai adults. A nationally representative sample of 6,445 Thais adults (18-70 years) was surveyed during 2004-2005. Information including demographics, SES characteristics, dietary intake, and anthropometrics were obtained.

The relationship between smoking, BMI, physical activity, and dietary intake among Thai adults in central Thailand.

Objective: Evaluate dietary intake, physical activity, and BMI in adult Thais stratified by smoking status, living in the central region of Thailand.

Material And Method: Participants (n = 1,027) were administered a health questionnaires, 24-h dietary recall, and anthropometric measurements were obtained.

Results: Compared to ex-smokers (24.

The association of dietary calcium, bone mineral density and biochemical bone turnover markers in rural Thai women.

Objective: To investigate the relative contribution of dietary calcium intake on bone mineral density (BMD) and biochemical bone turnover markers in rural Thai women.

Material And Method: A cross-sectional investigation was designed in 255 rural Thai women. Usual dietary calcium intake was determined by 3-day food records and quantitative food-frequency questionnaire.

Dietary calcium intake among rural Thais in Northeastern Thailand.

Objectives: The present study examined the amount and relative contribution of calcium from the habitual diet among rural Thais.

Material And Method: Calcium intake was assessed using 3-day food records and interviewer-administered quantitative food-frequency questionnaire, containing 73 food items.

Results: The authors recruited 436 healthy participants (181 men and 255 women), between 20 and 85 years of age.

Factors associated with dual form of malnutrition in school children in Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok.

Objective: The present study examined the influence of family characteristics and maternal feeding practices on eating behaviors, food consumption and nutritional status of children living in 6 districts of Nakhon Pathom province and 3 surrounding districts of Bangkok.

Material And Method: One hundred and ninety nine families were enrolled in the present study. Four specific mother-child pair groups were purposively selected: 62 obese child/overweight mother pairs, 49 obese child/ normal weight mother pairs, 37 wasted child/overweight mother pairs, and 51 normal weight child/normal weight mother pairs.

Defining obesity by body mass index in the Thai population: an epidemiologic study.

The objective of this study was to develop cut-off values and evaluate the accuracy of body mass index (BMI) in the definition of obesity in the Thai population. A cross-sectional, epidemiologic study in 340 men and 507 women aged 50 +/- 16 yr (mean +/- SD; range: 20-84 yr), were sampled by stratified clustering sampling method. Body composition, including percentage body fat (%BF), was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (GE Lunar Corp, Madison, WI).

Prediction of percentage body fat in rural thai population using simple anthropometric measurements.

Objective: To develop and validate sex-specific equations for predicting percentage body fat (%BF) in rural Thai population, based on BMI and anthropometric measurements.

Research Methods And Procedures: %BF (DXA; GE Lunar Corp., Madison, WI) was measured in 181 men and 255 women who were healthy and between 20 and 84 years old.

Contribution of lean tissue mass to the urban-rural difference in bone mineral density.

While the urban-rural difference in bone mineral density (BMD) has been shown in some, but not all, Western populations, such a difference and the reason for the difference is largely unknown, particularly in developing countries. This cross-sectional, epidemiologic study was designed to examine the hypothesis that differences in measures of body composition such as lean mass (LM) and fat mass (FM) contribute to the urban-rural difference in BMD. Lean mass, fat mass, lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD were measured by DXA (GE Lunar Corp, Wis.

Effect of urbanization on bone mineral density: a Thai epidemiological study.

Background: The incidence of fractures in rural populations is lower than in urban populations, although the reason for this difference is unclear. This cross-sectional study was designed to examine the difference in bone mineral density (BMD), a primary predictor of fracture risk, between urban and rural Thai populations.

Methods: Femoral neck and lumbar spine BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (GE Lunar, Madison, WI) in 411 urban and 436 rural subjects (340 men and 507 women), aged between 20 and 84 years.

Bone mineral density in rural Thai adults living in Khon Kaen province.

Objectives: To define the bone status and pattern of bone loss in a normal adult population living in a rural area of Khon Kaen province.

Study Design: A descriptive study.

Settings: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.

The nutrition and health transition in Thailand.

Objective: To explore and describe the nutrition and health transition in Thailand in relation to social and economic changes, shifts in food consumption patterns and nutritional problems, as well as morbidity and mortality trends.

Design: This report reviews the nutrition and health situation and other related issues by compiling information from various reports and publications from several sources. Yearly statistics and reports from the National Statistical Office were used as well as data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and national surveys on the nutrition and health situation of the Thai population.