Westernized food habits and concentrations of serum lipids in the Japanese

Egusa, Genshi; Murakami, Fumiyo; Ito, Chikako; Matsumoto, Y.; Kado, Shigenobu; Okamura, Makoto; Mori, Hiroshi; Yamane, Kiminori; Hara, Hitoshi; Yamakido, Michio

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(93)90211-c

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“…Our study showed a trend for a relationship of diet with cholesterol, TRG and LDL, but it did not reach statistical signi®cance. A study in Japanese adults found that eating a more Westernized diet was associated with marked increases in serum total CHOL and TRG but found little difference in HDL-C. 31 That study used a much more detailed diet history than the present study.…”

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Eating habits, activity, lipids and body mass index in Japanese children: The Shiratori Children Study

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the eating habits and physical activity of Japanese children aged 10 y, and to investigate their relationship to lipids and body mass index (BMI); also to study the relationship between BMI and lipids in these children. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at six schools in Shiratori, Japan during 1992±1994. Physical examinations and questionnaires were used to collect data from 457 ®fth grade children, aged 10 y. RESULTS: The diet of these children was mixed, with Japanese and Western foods almost equally reported. Boys were more active than girls. More active children had higher high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and children who ate a more Japanese diet had slightly lower HDL-C. BMI was positively related to cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides and inversely related to HDL-C. The amount of rice intake was positively associated with the BMI of these children. CONCLUSION: In our study of Japanese children aged 10 y, their diets were fairly Westernized, and most children were fairly inactive based on our activity score. Although obesity is low in these young Japanese subjects (14.1%), children who were obese (BMIb20) had worse lipid pro®les than those who were not obese. An exceptionally high rice intake was associated with obesity, and thus may be an early warning sign for future obesity.

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Eating habits, activity, lipids and body mass index in Japanese children: The Shiratori Children Study

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“…Although total energy consumption was similar between the two groups, Japanese-Americans consumed 1.6 times more animal fat compared to that of native Japanese. The intake of saturated fatty acids (1.6 times) and cholesterol (1.4 times) were also significantly higher among Japanese-Americans (8). The intake of simple carbohydrates also increased 1.6 times compared to that of native Japanese.…”

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“…The lifestyle of Japanese-Americans, with an identical genetic background to that of native Japanese, has been rapidly westernized to a higher degree (3,7,8). Risk factors for atherosclerosis such as hyperlipidemia, obesity and diabetes have been increased in Japanese-Americans.…”

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“…In the 1980's study, the difference of eating habits between Japanese-Americans and native Japanese were not in quantity but in quality (8). Although total energy consumption was similar between the two groups, Japanese-Americans consumed 1.6 times more animal fat compared to that of native Japanese.…”

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“…Assessment of physical activity through interviews showed that the proportion of subjects with strenuous physical activity was less common in Japanese-Americans compared to native Japanese in the 1980's (8,9).…”

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Westernized food habits and concentrations of serum lipids in the Japanese

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