scholarly journals Dietary Intake of New Zealand European and Pacific Woman from the PROMISE Study

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Nikki Renall ◽  
Jo Slater ◽  
Rozanne Kruger ◽  
Marilize Richter ◽  
Gerald Tannock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Culturally Diverse

Background: New Zealand is culturally diverse and has one of the highest rates of obesity in theworld, especially among women. [...]

Dietary Tryptophan Ratio and Suicide in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Kitahara
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
The United States ◽  
Brain Neurons ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Per Capita

It was hypothesized that when relative dietary intake of tryptophan per capita is low compared to certain other amino acids, less serotonin is formed in brain neurons, and suicide rates tend to be high. The hypothesis was supported for males and for both sexes combined.

scholarly journals Selenium Intake in Iodine-Deficient Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in New Zealand

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Jin ◽  
Jane Coad ◽  
Janet L Weber ◽  
Jasmine S Thomson ◽  
Louise Brough
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Thyroid Function ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Selenium Deficiency ◽  
Selenium Concentration ◽  
Selenium Intake ◽  
The North ◽  
In Pregnancy

Selenium plays a role in antioxidant status and, together with iodine, in thyroid function. Iodine deficiency exists in New Zealand during pregnancy and lactation, and selenium deficiency may further affect thyroid function. This study investigated selenium intakes of pregnant and lactating women, in Palmerston North, in the North Island of New Zealand. Dietary intake was estimated using three repeated 24-h dietary recalls. Dietary intake in pregnancy was also estimated from 24-h urinary excretion of selenium. Selenium concentrations were determined in urine and breastmilk using inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Median selenium intakes based on dietary data were 51 (39, 65) μg/day in pregnancy and 51 (36, 80) μg/day in lactation, with 61% and 68% below estimated average requirement (EAR). Median daily selenium intake in pregnancy based on urinary excretion was 49 (40, 60) µg/day, with 59% below EAR. Median selenium concentration in breastmilk was 11 (10, 13) µg/L and estimated median selenium intake for infants was 9 (8, 10) µg/day, with 91% below the Adequate Intake of 12 μg/day. These pregnant and breastfeeding women were at risk of dietary selenium inadequacy. Further research is required to assess selenium status in relation to thyroid function and health in this group.

Dietary intake of New Zealand European women with different body composition profiles – The women's EXPLORE study

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Rozanne Kruger ◽  
Jenna K. Schrijvers ◽  
Kathryn L. Beck ◽  
Sarah A. McNaughton
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Composition Profiles ◽  
European Women

scholarly journals Dietary Intake and Eating Behaviours of Obese New Zealand Children and Adolescents Enrolled in a Community-Based Intervention Programme

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e0166996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne C. Anderson ◽  
Lisa E. Wynter ◽  
Michelle S. Butler ◽  
Cameron C. Grant ◽  
Joanna M. Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Interpersonal conflict between employees and managers: The Chinese immigrants experiences of acculturation in New Zealand public sector workplaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Yi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Conflict Management Styles ◽  
New Zealanders

<p>With the increase in globalisation and migration, the future workplace will become more culturally diverse. Significant literature points out that culturally diverse workplaces can create organisational conflict because of the workers’ differences in cultural values, attitudes, and work styles. New Zealand, like other countries, has also faced the challenge of an increasingly diverse workforce. Although the associations between cultural diversity and conflict management styles in different countries have been widely discussed, the existing literature focuses more on comparison studies with participants who are from different countries. There is a lack of research investigating Chinese employees who live overseas and work in overseas organisations. Research on how young Chinese migrants cope with conflict in New Zealand organisations is scarce.  The purpose of this study is to explore Chinese migrant employees’ preferences for styles of conflict management and the reasons they perceive these styles, as well as the influence of acculturation and ethnic identity orientation. The study argues that acculturation, the process of cultural change, is one of the factors that relates to the use and perceptions of different conflict management styles. This study explores how immigrants who have acculturated, learned and adopted their host society’s cultural characteristics, perceived and faced conflict issues in the workplace. More particularly, this study investigates how the role of ethnic identity influences different conflict management styles.  A qualitative phenomenological method is employed in this study to obtain a deeper picture of conflict phenomena among Chinese migrant employees who have been through the process of acculturation. This method is useful for describing the lived experiences of conflict and acculturation. The data consisted of twenty one in-depth interviews with Chinese migrant employees from mainland China who work in twenty different New Zealand public sector organisations.  The findings of this study reveal that due to their acculturation experiences, interviewees have developed an integrated bicultural identity that is rooted in good feelings about being New Zealanders, accompanied by a positive sense of Chinese ethnic identity. They view their own identity as a combination of both New Zealand and Chinese identities. Depending on the situation and the nature of their interpersonal relationships, interviewees can switch between these two identities without a problematic struggle.  Based on the influence of this integrated bicultural identity, the study finds that young Chinese migrant employees prefer to use a combination of integrating and compromising conflict management styles. The tendency to use integrating conflict management is highly influenced by their adaptation to New Zealand cultural values and attitudes. Being New Zealanders gives these bicultural Chinese migrant employees confidence to confront and integrate conflict directly, and solve it in cooperative manner.  The findings also show that Chinese beliefs and values continue to be maintained. The principles of Confucianism are deeply rooted and included showing mutual respect, avoiding embarrassment to other parties, controlling emotions or psychological impulses. Under the influence of being Chinese, young Chinese migrant employees incline towards compromising style depending on the circumstances. However, if integrating and compromising styles fail to resolve the conflict because the other party refuses harmony and escalates the conflict, young Chinese migrant employees would change their strategies by asking for third-party interventions and seeking for a sense of justice and fairness.</p>

scholarly journals Dietary intake of manganese by New Zealand infants during the first six months of life

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara E. McLeod ◽  
Marion F. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Breast Milk ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Atomic Absorption ◽  
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry ◽  
Mixed Feeding ◽  
Solid Foods ◽  
Absorption Spectrophotometry ◽  
Young Infants

The manganese concentrations of breast-milk, liquid and dried cow's milk, and foods widely used in mixed feeding of infants in New Zealand, were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.The dietary supply of Mn to infants during the first 6 months was calculated. This varied from 2.5 to 75 μg/d per kg body-weight depending upon the age of the infant, the type of milk and the quantity of solid foods consumed. Young infants in New Zealand received about as much Mn as has been reported for infants elsewhere.

scholarly journals Body composition of New Zealand European and Pacific women is associated with lower dietary fibre intake and gut microbiota diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (OCE2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikki Renall ◽  
Benedikt Merz ◽  
Blair Lawley ◽  
Gerald W. Tannock ◽  
Marine Corbin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Dietary Fibre ◽  
Alpha Diversity ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Microbiota Diversity

AbstractDiet is considered one of the key drivers of the world-wide obesity epidemic, and the gut microbiota may play a role in this multifaceted disease due to their mutualistic relationship. This study investigated relationships between habitual dietary intake of New Zealand European and Pacific women and their gut microbiota and body fat content. Pacific (44%) and NZ European (NZE; 56%) women (n = 287) aged 18–45 years were recruited based on body mass index (normal versus obese) and stratified as low (< 35%) or high (≥ 35%) body fat percentage (BF%). Dietary intake was assessed with a 5-day estimated food record and a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, which were used to calculate habitual dietary intake using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) method. BF% was assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Fasting blood samples were analysed for markers of insulin sensitivity. The DNA from faecal samples was analysed following shotgun sequencing. There were no significant differences in BF% between Pacific and NZE women (p = 0.498). Significant differences in homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index were observed between Pacific (3.4 [2.3, 5.9]) and NZE (2.1 [1.5, 3.1], p ≤ 0.001) women, and between; low-BF% (1.9 [1.3, 2.7]) and high-BF% (3.4 [2.5, 5.9], p ≤ 0.001) groups. The highest (27.6g/d [24.9, 30.6]) compared to the lowest tertile (16g/d [13.3, 17.6]) of habitual total dietary fibre (DF) intake was associated with a significantly lower HOMA-IR (2.1 [1.3, 3.1] versus 3.3 [2.1, 5.3] p ≤ 0.001) respectively. Higher DF intake was also associated with significantly lower BF% (β -0.35, p ≤ 0.001), and this relationship became stronger when considering the intake of other macronutrients (β -0.47, p ≤ 0.001). Alpha diversity; observed taxonomic units (OTU's; rs = -0.15, p = 0.011), Pielou's evenness (rs = -0.20, p = 0.001), and Shannon index (rs = -0.22, p ≤ 0.001), were all negatively correlated with BF%. In contrast BF% was positively correlated with the Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes ratio (rs = 0.26, p ≤ 0.001). HOMA-IR index was significantly higher in Pacific and women in the higher BF% group, indicating an increased metabolic disease risk. Higher habitual DF intake was associated with lower BF% and HOMA-IR, suggesting a potential metabolically protective effect. The positive effects of higher DF intake may be associated with microbiota diversity, as higher BF% was associated with reduced alpha diversity and an increased Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes ratio. Further analysis will explore which foods contributed to the higher DF intake, and associations with body composition, microbiota and biomarkers of metabolic health.

scholarly journals Associations between parental feeding practices, problem food behaviours and dietary intake in New Zealand overweight children aged 4–8 years

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1036-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian J Haszard ◽  
Paula ML Skidmore ◽  
Sheila M Williams ◽  
Rachael W Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Overweight Children ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Child Control

AbstractObjectiveParents report that children’s eating behaviours are a major barrier to providing them with a healthy diet. Links between problem eating behaviours and parental feeding practices are not well established and have not previously been examined in overweight children. The aim of the present study was to assess associations between problem food behaviours, dietary intake and parental feeding practices of overweight children aged 4–8 years.DesignParticipants were recruited for a lifestyle intervention (n 203). At baseline, children’s BMI was measured and parents completed comprehensive questionnaires about the feeding practices they used, the problem food behaviours their children exhibited and the foods their child consumed. A fussy eating scale was developed and associations were determined using correlations and regression analysis, including interactions.SettingDunedin, New Zealand.SubjectsOverweight children aged 4–8 years.ResultsHealthy eating guidance and monitoring by parents were related to the consumption of fewer unhealthy foods (B=−0·4, P=0·001 and B=−0·4, P<0·001). Conversely, a lack of parental control (child control) was related to a higher intake of unhealthy foods (B = 0·5, P<0·001). Parents of children who were fussy eaters monitored their child’s food intake less (P<0·001) and allowed the child more freedom over what he/she ate (P<0·001). These children consumed fewer fruit and vegetables than those who were not fussy eaters (P<0·001). However, fussy eaters with food-restrictive parents ate more fruit and vegetables (B=2·9, P<0·001).ConclusionsThese results suggest that a more structured food environment might be beneficial for the diet and food behaviours of young overweight children.

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