Nutritional status of Japanese-Brazilian subjects: comparison across gender and generation
| dc.contributor.author | Freire, Renata D. [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cardoso, M. A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shinzato, Alexandre R. [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, Sandra Roberta Gouvea [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Japanese-Brazilian Diabet Study Group | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-24T12:33:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-24T12:33:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-05-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present paper describes a nutritional survey carried out among Japanese-Brazilian subjects living in Bauru, south-eastern Brazil. Data were from a cross-sectional population-based study of 1283 first-generation Japanese-Brazilian subjects (Japan-born; 127 men and 121 women) and second-generation Japanese-Brazilian subjects (Brazil-born; 456 men and 573 women) aged 30-90 years. Anthropometric measurements and % body fat were measured and BMI and waist:hip ratio calculated. Dietary assessment was performed using a validated food-frequency questionnaire. A considerable proportion of men (51 %) and women (47 %) had excess weight (BMI>24.9 kg/m(2)). A greater waist circumference in men and women (age-adjusted by covariance analysis) was observed among Brazil-born participants. in general, only 10 % of the participants reported current practice of sports or other vigorous physical activity. Age-adjusted mean energy intakes and % energy from macronutrients were found to be similar across generations. the age-adjusted mean daily % energy intake from fat were similar across generations: among Japan-born participants, they were 31.5 (95 % CI 30.6, 32.4) % for men and 32.6 (95 % CI 31.7, 33.5) % for women. the respective figures for Brazil-born subjects were 32.1 (95 % CI 31.6, 32.6) % and 33.2 (95 % CI 32.7, 33.5) %. These values are quite different from the usual intakes reported in Japan during the last decades (about 25 %). Taking into account the traditional Japanese diet, a high energy density diet and a sedentary lifestyle may be implicated in the high prevalence of central obesity and metabolic syndrome observed among Japanese-Brazilian subjects across gender and generations. | en |
| dc.description.affiliation | Univ São Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, BR-01246904 São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliation | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Prevent Med, BR-04023062 São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Prevent Med, BR-04023062 São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
| dc.format.extent | 705-712 | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/BJN2002824 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Nutrition. Wallingford: C A B I Publishing, v. 89, n. 5, p. 705-712, 2003. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1079/BJN2002824 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-1145 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/27219 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000182801100016 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | C A B I Publishing | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | British Journal of Nutrition | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | nutrition survey | en |
| dc.subject | dietary patterns | en |
| dc.subject | abdominal obesity | en |
| dc.subject | Japanese-Brazilians | en |
| dc.title | Nutritional status of Japanese-Brazilian subjects: comparison across gender and generation | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |