Dietary Habits, Life Style and Physical Condition of Junior High School Students.

Ikeda, Junko; Nagata, Hisanori; Yoneyama, Kyoko; Shishioka, Ichiteru

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“…This accelerated the loss of traditional Japanese dietary custom to eat rice, fish, soybean, vegetable and sea weeds [ 1 , 2 ]. The rapid Westernization of dietary custom increased health problem related to metabolic syndrome [ 3 ], such as obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and hyperglycaemia, not only in adults but also in children [ 4 - 7 ].…”

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Taurine in morning spot urine for the useful assessment of dietary seafood intake in Japanese children and adolescents

Mori

Hamada

et al. 2010

J Biomed Sci

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BackgroundSince our previous report on WHO CARDIAC Study data demonstrated that 24-hour urinary (24U) taurine (Tau) excretion was a useful biomarker of seafood (SF) intake and inversely related to the mortality rates of stroke and coronary heart diseases in the world, we determined that SF is important in the risk reduction of lifestyle related-diseases. The amounts of dietary SF intake are so far estimated from a nutritional survey or 24U Tau excretion.The sodium/potassium ratio of spot urine (SU) and the 24U ratio were reported to be significantly correlated with. Therefore, we presently examined the relationship of Tau excretion in the morning SU with 24U Tau for simplifying the population comparison and the follow-up of SF intake changes in the process of food education program (FEP).MethodsAfter informed consent was obtained, 54 children aged 6-11 years (Children) and 193 adolescents aged 13-18 years (Adolescents) participated in collecting precisely 24U and SU of the first urination on the same day and answered the questionnaire including age and height and weight measurements. The urine samples were measured for creatinine (Cre) and Tau, and the association of these between 24U and SU were analyzed.ResultsThe success rates of 24U sampling were very high in Children and Adolescents, 96.4% and 82.4%, respectively. From the result of the multiple regression analysis of SU Tau/Cre and weight we obtained formulas for predicting 24U Tau excretion in Children and Adolescents as follows: Children: 24U Tau = 16.3 (weight) + 314.3 (SU Tau/Cre) -175.2; and Adolescents: 24U Tau = 20.2 (weight) + 644.7 (SU Tau/Cre) - 569.4.ConclusionsThe present study established the regression equation to estimate 24U Tau excretion from SU Tau/Cre and weight. These formulas are expected to contribute to the estimation of fish and SF intake and the follow-up of the change of the dietary behavior by FEP in Children and Adolescents.

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Taurine in morning spot urine for the useful assessment of dietary seafood intake in Japanese children and adolescents

Mori

Hamada

et al. 2010

J Biomed Sci

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“…Subjective chronic fatigue is perceived as a medically unexplained multisymptom complex associated with persistent fatigue, pain, and cognitive complaints (Zhang, Natelson, Ottenweller, Servatius, Nelson, De Luca, Tiersky, & Lange, 2000). Children with subjective chronic fatigue are somewhat less health consciousness as measured on a life style questionnaire than normal children (Monden, 1997;Ikeda, Yoneyama, & Shishioka, 1998). Although there have been a few reports on subjective chronic fatigue in schoolchildren, none have mentioned treatment or lifestyle changes because subjective chronic fatigue is neither critical nor fatal.…”

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“…In Japanese primary and junior high schools, new health problems and behavioral issues have emerged since the early 1970s. Recent data show that awareness in schoolchildren with subjective chronic fatigue, a health problem due to the modern lifestyle, has spread quickly from the city to the suburbs in Japan (Monden, 1997;Ikeda, et al, 1998).…”

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Relationship of Subjective Chronic Fatigue to Academic Performance

Nagane

2004

Psychol Rep

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Psychophysiological variables which affect the activity of schoolchildren with subjective chronic fatigue were studied. For 32 Japanese elementary school children, 15 boys and 17 girls in Grade 4, the major finding was that the majority of children with subjective chronic fatigue were less active in school. The motor and academic performance of children with greater subjective chronic fatigue were significantly inferior to those of normal children. Good learning was associated with less drowsiness. These findings suggest that subjective chronic fatigue is closely related to daily activities, especially adjustment to school.

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“…However, there have been only a few studies on the association between fatigue symptoms and the diet as well as life style [5][6][7][8][9] or the health status [10][11][12][13][14]. In particular, there have been few such studies in primary and junior high school children.…”

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The Characteristics of Fatigue Symptoms and Their Association with the Life Style and the Health Status in School Children.

Okamoto

Tan

Suyama

et al. 2000

Journal of Epidemiology

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In order to evaluate the characteristics of fatigue symptoms and their association with the life style and the health status, we examined using data accumulated by the longitudinal surveys from 1992 to 1998, in 118 six-year primary school children and 129 second-year junior high school children.The complaints of "Drowsiness and dullness", such as "Become drowsy" (71 %),"Give a yawn"(59%) and " Want to lie down"(51 %), respectively, were most frequently observed. The proportion of these complaints was high before the first morning class, but decreased when the children leave school.Notably, the complaints of "Difficulty in concentration" annually have increased. Children with undesirable eating habits, particularly those who often eat salty foods, or poor life style, such as staying up late at night tended to have more complaints of fatigue symptoms. By correlation analysis, these complaints were significantly related to the obesity degree, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol and atherogenic index.These results support the hypothesis that fatigue symptoms increase or are associated with life style and health status. Consequently, it is necessary to improve the life style such as dietary habits and rhythm of life for the reduction of fatigue symptom.

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Dietary Habits, Life Style and Physical Condition of Junior High School Students.

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Taurine in morning spot urine for the useful assessment of dietary seafood intake in Japanese children and adolescents

Taurine in morning spot urine for the useful assessment of dietary seafood intake in Japanese children and adolescents

Relationship of Subjective Chronic Fatigue to Academic Performance

The Characteristics of Fatigue Symptoms and Their Association with the Life Style and the Health Status in School Children.

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