showed that high caloric dietary intake significantly decreased for the obese group (P < .001). Aerobic exercise activity also increased in both groups (P < .001) and prevalence of obesity declined from 19.3% to 16.8%. Thus, a long-term, participatory effort to promote healthy diets and physical exercise could be effective with primary school students and may establish habits that last to later life.

Rapid changes in Thailand's nutrition and lifestyles have led to increasing diet-related pathologies among people with sedentary occupations. This study examines the extent to which the dietary intake of nutrients and energy by a sample of Thai sedentary workers conforms to the Thai Dietary Reference Intakes (Thai DRIs). The nutrients and energy intake estimates were based on self-reported information collected with a single 24-hour dietary recall and nonweighed 2-day food record. The study participants were Thai adults aged 20–50 years employed in sedentary occupations. A convenience sample of 215 healthy individuals (75 males and 140 females) was based on four randomly selected worksites in the Bangkok metropolitan area. For male participants, the study found a median energy intake of 1,485 kcal/day, with 54.4% of energy coming from carbohydrate, 15.9% from protein, and 29.6% from fat. Females' median energy intake was 1,428 kcal/day, 56% of which came from carbohydrate, 16.2% from protein, and 28.6% from fat. Both genders showed insufficient intake of fiber and most micronutrients. This study provides the material for preventive public health interventions focusing on nutrition-related diseases affecting Thailand's rapidly growing sedentary workforce.

Aim:  To study alcohol consumption patterns and dietary patterns among Thai people living in provinces with high risk of cardiovascular disease. Methods:  A cross‐sectional survey was applied using a face‐to‐face interview. A total of 1698 respondents aged 15–59 years participated. Four provinces from northern, central, eastern and southern Thailand as well as Bangkok were selected. Results:  A total of 724 (42.6%) men and 974 (57.4%) women participated in the study. There were more unhealthy habits associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk in the regular alcohol drinker group than in the occasional drinker and non‐drinker groups. There were differences in diet practices between men and women. Both men and women in the regular alcohol drinker group consumed highly salty food regularly 2.05 and 2.25 times more often than those in the occasional and non‐drinker group. They also regularly added fish sauce to ready cooked food 1.57 and 3.62 times more often than the occasional and non‐drinker group. Men in the regular alcohol drinker group regularly consumed deep‐fried food 1.97 times more often than those in the occasional and non‐drinker group. Men in the occasional and non‐drinker group regularly consumed fibre food 1.69 times more than those in the regular drinker group. Conclusions:  These results showed that alcohol drinkers also consumed poor diets that may put them at risk of development of cardiovascular disease. Programs aimed at increasing knowledge concerning better nutrition and fostering healthy eating habits among alcohol drinkers are warranted.

Dental informatics is a field to supporting dental care. Mostly of dentist unknown about the important of dental informatics is, what its meaning are, what it has accomplish and how dentist can get involved in the protocol for screening in community (Schleyer, 2001). Dental informatics can be consider as sub domain of medical informatics that links information technology, communication and healthcare to improve the quality and safety for patient care data. It has involved some part of biomedical informatics and follows by SNODENT standard (Goldberg et al., 2005;Schleyer, 2003). With the overflowing rapid development of computer application and information technology in the past decade, modern dental data research was becoming more dependent on informatics. However, it is important to differentiate