Junaida Astina, S.Gz., Ph.D

Research Interest

  • Dietary Fiber
  • Obesity and Diabetes
  • Maternal and child nutrition

Biography

Junaida earned her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition Science from Institut Pertanian Bogor in 2014. She was awarded the Karya Salemba Empat (KSE) scholarship during her bachelor’s study. She was involved in many student activities and community services during her bachelor’s study, including creating an educational board game related to health and nutrition for school-aged children. This program brought Junaida and her team to win the gold medal in National Science Week (PIMNAS XXIV) in Makassar. Junaida was also granted an Outstanding Student during her bachelor’s program.

Junaida started her career as Brand Communication Executive in a multinational company. Her main role was to give nutritional education to society about the benefits of soybean and its association with non-communicable diseases, including obesity and diabetes. She also helped raise people’s awareness of diabetes by creating some seminars in many hospitals.

In 2014, she received a scholarship program from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand for her doctoral study.  Her Ph.D. research was on the development of nutritional supplements using tapioca maltodextrin and resistant maltodextrin that were intended for people requiring nutritional support to improve their nutritional status. She received research grants from Thailand Research Fund and Banpong Novitat, co., Ltd. during her Ph.D. study. Junaida published several articles in Scopus-indexed journals. She finished her doctoral study in 2021 and was awarded an Outstanding Graduate Student in the same year.

Junaida and her friends also created an online-based education program for mothers which focuses on complementary feeding. Her dream is to create a stunting-free generation. She believes that every child has the right to have proper nutrition. Therefore, she hopes to solve the nutrition problems in Indonesia by giving nutrition education to mothers since mothers’ knowledge plays important role in children’s nutritional status.

Award

Year

Award

Source

2021

Outstanding Graduate Student- Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

Chulalongkorn University

2017

Awarded research grant

Thailand Research Fund and Banpong Novitat, co., Ltd.

2014

Awarded the 100th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University Scholarship for Doctoral fund

Chulalongkorn University

2011

Outstanding Student award

IPB University

2011

Gold medal position for community dedication program

National Science Week (PIMNAS) XXIV Makassar

Research Activity and Highlighted Project

Year

Research project

Partners

2018-2021

Development of nutritionally complete oral nutritional supplement using tapioca maltodextrin as carbohydrate source, Bangkok, Thailand 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suwimol Sapwarobol

Assoc. Prof. Chaleeda Borompichaichartkul, Ph.D

Weeraya Saphayakajorn, M.Sc

2018

Long-term evaluation of defatted rice bran supplementation for 12 weeks in obese subjects, Bangkok, Thailand 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suwimol Sapwarobol

Weeraya Saphayakajorn, M.Sc

2012

School feeding program in Pasanggrahan 1 elementary school, Purwakarta, West Java, Indonesia 

Prof. Dr. Ikeu Tanziha, M.S.

Didik Toro Basan, S.Gz

Dea Nurul Azizah, S.Gz

Mury Kuswari, M.S.

Selected Publication

Astina, J., Borompichaichartkul, C., & Sapwarobol, S. (2021). Comparison of Physicochemical and Sensory Evaluation of Polymeric ONS Utilizing Tapioca Maltodextrin DE 7 And DE-19 as a Carbohydrate Source. Songklanakarin Journal of Science & Technology, 43(2). 

Sapwarobol, S., Saphyakhajorn, W., & Astina, J. (2021). Biological Functions and Activities of Rice Bran as a Functional Ingredient: A Review. Nutrition and Metabolic Insights, 14, 11786388211058559. 

Astina, J., & Sapwarobol, S. (2020). Attenuation of glycaemic and insulin responses following tapioca resistant maltodextrin consumption in healthy subjects: a randomised cross-over controlled trial. Journal of Nutritional Science, 9. 

Astina, J., Borompichaichartkul, C., & Sapwarobol, S. (2019, January). The Physicochemical Properties of Newly Developed Nutritionally Complete ONS Using Tapioca-Starch Maltodextrin De7 and De19. In Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, Vol. 75, Pp. 159-159. Allschwilerstrasse 10, CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland: Karger.

Astina, J., & Sapwarobol, S. (2018). Resistant Maltodextrin and Metabolic Syndrome: A Review. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1-6. 

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