title: Nutritional intervention programme among a Japanese-Brazilian community: procedures and results according to gender.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the results of a nutritional intervention programme among Japanese-Brazilians according to gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  A non-controlled experimental study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research included three points of clinical, nutritional and physical activity evaluation: at baseline (in 2005), after the first year and at the end of the second year (in 2007). The paired Student t test and multiple linear regression analysis were used to evaluate changes in the subjects' profile (clinical, nutritional and physical activity variables).
  
  
  METHODS
  Japanese-Brazilians (n 575) of both genders, aged over 30 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We verified statistically significant reductions in body weight (0.9 kg), waist circumference (2.9 cm), blood pressure, fasting blood glucose (>3 mg/dl) and total cholesterol (>20 mg/dl) and its fractions, in both genders. We also found reductions in intake of energy (among men), protein (among women) and fat (both genders) and increases in intake of total fibre (among women) and carbohydrate (among men).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The intervention programme indicated meaningful benefits for the intervention subjects, with changes in their habits that led to a 'healthier' lifestyle positively impacting their nutritional and metabolic profile.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Graduation Course, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Damião
authors.forename: Daniela Saes
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Sartorelli
authors.forename: Amélia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Flávia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Massimino
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poletto
authors.forename: Marselle Rodrigues
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaim
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Morais Antonio
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: de Salvo
authors.forename: Leiko
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Asakura
authors.forename: Sandra Roberta Gouveia
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Solange
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.forename: Suely Godoy Agostinho
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gimeno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012737:Sex Factors