A survey of life-style diseases of inhabitants of Thailand.
To elucidate the way to prevent lifestyle-related diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension, in Asian countries, a comparative study between Mongoloids was conducted at Palau, in Oceania, the Republic of China, Thailand, Mongolia and Japan, from 1998 to October 2002. The survey comprised a social survey, nutrition survey, physical and medical examinations, biomedical analyses, urinalyses, and DNA analyses. This is an interim report for Thailand.
Sakuma
Mitsuru
M
Faculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Watanabe
Sanae
S
Kawabata
Terue
T
Kaneko
Yoshinori
Y
Miyagi
Shigeji
S
Shibat
Shigeo
S
Hasegawa
Kyoko
K
Kagawa
Yasuo
Y
Charupoonphol
Phitaya
P
Supannatas
Somjit
S
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology