Patrones de consumo de alcohol en trabajadores de la termoeléctrica "Antonio Guiteras" de Matanzas

Introducción: El enfrentamiento a los problemas relacionados con el alcohol se puede desarrollar desde múltiples contextos, incluidos los relacionados con la atención a trabajadores en instituciones de generación de energía. Para esto es primordial el diagnóstico de los patrones de consumo, como vía para el desarrollo efectivo de los procesos de intervención. Objetivo: Examinar las características del consumo de alcohol en trabajadores de la termoeléctrica "Antonio Guiteras" de Matanzas. Métodos: Investigación descriptiva, entre septiembre de 2018 y agosto de 2019, en una muestra de 126 trabajadores. Se analizaron los patrones de consumo, los niveles de conocimientos, actitudes afines con la ingestión de bebidas alcohólicas y su relación con algunas variables sociodemográficas. Se aplicó un cuestionario de identificación de los trastornos debidos al consumo de alcohol, así como un cuestionario para la exploración de los conocimientos y las actitudes acerca de dicha ingestión. Resultados: Predominaron los patrones de consumo de bajo riesgo. Los patrones de consumo de riesgo se asociaron al sexo masculino, las personas menores de 40 años y el estado conyugal soltero. Se apreciaron altos niveles de conocimientos sobre la peligrosidad de la ingestión de bebidas alcohólicas y la presencia de actitudes beneficiosas hacia estas. Conclusiones: Los resultados acerca del consumo de alcohol son favorables, pero obligan al desarrollo de nuevas líneas de investigación para el enfrentamiento a las adicciones desde la psicología laboral y de las organizaciones, con técnicas, herramientas y esquemas de intervención propios de la atención primaria de salud o de la psicología de la salud.

Introduction: Coping with alcohol-related problems can be developed from multiple contexts, including those related to care for workers in power generation institutions. Thus, the diagnosis of consumption patterns is essential, as a way for the effective development of intervention processes. Objective: To examine the characteristics of alcohol consumption in workers of Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant in Matanzas. Methods: A descriptive research, from September 2018 and August 2019, was carried out in a sample of 126 workers. Consumption patterns, levels of knowledge, attitudes related to the ingestion of alcoholic beverages and their relationship with some sociodemographic variables were analyzed. A questionnaire for the identification of disorders due to alcohol consumption was applied, as well as a questionnaire for the exploration of knowledge and attitudes about said ingestion. Results: Low-risk consumption patterns predominated. Risky consumption patterns were associated with male sex, people under 40 years of age, and single marital status. High levels of knowledge about the danger of drinking alcoholic beverages and the presence of beneficial attitudes towards them were observed. Conclusions: The results regarding alcohol consumption are favorable, but new lines of research are required to confront addictions from occupational and organizational psychology, with techniques, tools and intervention schemes typical of primary care for health or health psychology.

Prevalence, patterns, clinico-social, and behavioral factors associated with the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among undergraduate medical students of central India

Introduction: Excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in adolescents has become a global issue. As its link to obesity and noncommunicable diseases is clear, it is imperative to understand SSB consumption behaviors in the future health-care professionals. The objective of this study is to document the prevalence, patterns, and clinico-social and behavioral factors predicting high intake of SSBs among medical students. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-reported, web-based, questionnaire. All the students and interns who were part of a publicly funded premiere teaching hospital between October and November 2019 were included in this study. The semi-structured questionnaire enquired regarding socio-demographic, clinical details, amount, behavioral patterns, and money spent in connection with SSB consumption. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 24. Results: The mean age of participants was 19.3 ± 1.6 years, 71.7% being males. The current prevalence of SSB consumption was 90.5%. Furthermore, 49.9% and 29.1% of participants preferred soft drinks and sweetened fruit juice, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that male gender (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.83, (1.03–3.25), current alcohol consumption (aOR: 4.09, 1.25–13.42), and recent (last week) consumption of a SSB predicted high intake of SSBs [aOR: 7.36, (3.41–15.87)] whereas, preference of energy/sports category of drinks predicted low intake of SSBs [aOR 0.10, (0.02–0.47)]. Conclusion: The consumption of SSBs among medical students was high. Targeted health education and behavior change interventions should be provided to males, alcohol users, and frequent consumers

Evolución de la relación entre el consumo de huevo de gallina en el mundo (Gallus gallus domesticus) y los principales alimentos entre 1961 y 2009 / Changes in the relationship of egg consumption and other principle food groups between 1961 and 2009; globally

RESUMEN Introducción: el huevo de gallina es un alimento de gran valor nutricional y es importante conocer las relaciones existentes del consumo de éste con respecto a los principales alimentos de origen animal y vegetal. Objetivo: determinar las relaciones entre los alimentos respecto al consumo de huevo, para el período entre1961 y el 2009 en el mundo. Materiales y métodos: teniendo en cuenta la base de datos de la FAO, se extrajo el consumo per-cápita de los principales grupos alimenticios, se aplicó la técnica de componentes principales (ACP), para detectar el porcentaje total de variabilidad y a la vez el nivel de asociación entre un grupo con predominio de las fuentes de origen animal, otro con predominio de fuentes de origen vegetal y el consumo de huevo. Resultados: en la década del 60 el huevo tuvo un aporte del 14,4 % en la explicación de la relación asociada con el grupo de alimentos predominantemente de origen animal, mientras para la primera década del 2000 solo fue del 4,2 %. Conclusión: las tendencias del consumo de huevo a nivel mundial han cambiado a través del tiempo en las décadas del 60 y el 70, y se ubicaba como el quinto alimento más importante consumido en el mundo, mientras en la primera década del 2000 se localizó en el octavo lugar.

ABSTRACT Introduction the chicken egg is a food of high nutritional value and it is important to understand the relationship between egg consumption other common foods of animal and vegetable origin. Objective determine the relationship between common foods and egg consumption globally during the years 1961 to 2009. Materials and Methods Using FAO databases, per capita consumption of major food groups was extracted and the principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to detect the total percentage of variability and the level of association between groups with predominant animal source intake and those with predominant vegetable and egg source intakes. Results: In the 1960's the egg contributed 14.5 % of intake in its food group, while in the decade 2000, the egg's contribution to its food groups was just 4.8 %. Conclusion Egg consumption trends worldwide have changed over time; in the 1960s and 1970s the egg is ranked as the fifth most consumed food in the world, while in the 2000s it ranked eighth.

Standard obesogenic diet: the impact on oral health in children and teenagers at the Recôncavo Baiano - Brazil / Dieta de padrão obesogênico: o impacto na saúde bucal em crianças e em adolescentes no Recôncavo Baiano, Brasil

AbstractThe aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of dietary patterns on the occurrence of dental caries. Using a population-based, cross-sectional study design, we assessed a sample of 1.439 children aged 6-13 years who were enrolled in public schools in the municipality of São Francisco do Conde, Bahia state, Brazil. Oral examinations for dental caries were performed by two dental surgeons (Kappa = 0.72) in the school environment under natural light with the aid of a wooden spatula and gauze. Dietary intake was assessed using the qualitative-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. A questionnaire on the demographic and socioeconomic conditions was applied to the families. The Poisson multivariate analysis was performed for statistical purposes. Considering both dentitions, the prevalence of caries was 82.14% and 37.3% in the permanent and deciduous dentitions, respectively. The identified dietary patterns were classified into “standard obesogenic" and "prudent." The results showed statistically significant association between the obesogenic dietary pattern and dental caries; the proportion of students with dental caries was 1.4 times higher among those who most frequently consumed foods that constitute a standard obesogenic diet (PR = 1.40, 95% CI: 1.04-1.96) compared to those who less frequently consumed these types of foods. A positive association between the obesogenic dietary pattern and dental caries was found in the students investigated. Therefore, the promotion of healthy eating habits and nutritional habits should be encouraged to prevent dental caries in children and adolescents.

ResumoO objetivo deste estudo é avaliar a influência de padrões alimentares sobre a ocorrência de cárie dentária. Realizou-se um estudo transversal de base populacional, com uma amostra de 1.439 crianças de 6 a 13 anos, matriculadas em escolas públicas da cidade de São Francisco do Conde, no Estado da Bahia. Os exames de cárie dentária foram realizados por dois cirurgiões-dentistas (Kappa=0,72) no ambiente escolar, sob luz natural, com o auxílio de uma espátula de madeira e gaze. A ingestão alimentar foi avaliada por meio do questionário qualitativo-quantitativo de frequência alimentar. Um questionário sobre as condições demográficas e socioeconômicas foi aplicado nas famílias. A análise multivariada de Poisson foi realizada para fins estatísticos. Considerando ambas as dentições, as prevalências de cárie foram 82,14 e 37,3% nas dentições permanentes e decíduas, respectivamente. Os padrões alimentares identificados foram classificados em "padrão obesogênico", e os resultados mostraram uma associação estatisticamente significativa entre o padrão alimentar obesogênico e a cárie dentária "prudente". A proporção de alunos com cárie foi 1,4 vez maior entre aqueles que consomem frequentemente alimentos constituídos de uma dieta obesogênica padrão (RP=1,40 e IC95%=1,04-1,96) em comparação com aqueles que consomem, com menor frequência, esses tipos de alimentos.Uma associação positiva entre o padrão alimentar obesogênico e a cárie dentária foi encontrada nos estudantes Portanto, a promoção de hábitos alimentares saudáveis e de hábitos nutricionais devem ser incentivados como forma de prevenção da cárie dentária em crianças e em adolescentes.

Patrones de consumo de heroína en una muestra de consumidores de Medellín - Colombia / Patterns of heroin use in a sample of consumers in Medellín - Colombia

INTRODUCCIÓN: En Colombia no existen estudios específicos de prevalencia de consumo de heroína. Este artículo evalúa los patrones de consumo de esta sustancia en un grupo de consumidores de la ciudad de Medellín y su área metropolitana, evidenciándose que el consumo empieza a ser una amenaza para la salud pública por las particulares formas de consumo, entre las que se incluyen prácticas de riesgo. OBJETIVO: Evaluar el consumo de heroína en la ciudad de Medellín y su área metropolitana. MÉTODOS: La investigación tuvo un enfoque mixto mediante el estudio de casos múltiples hasta saturar cada una de las variables y categorías propuestas. Se accedió a 42 consumidores de heroína de centros de tratamiento de la ciudad de Medellín y área metropolitana mediante la técnica de "bola de nieve", proceso que se realizó entre los meses de julio y septiembre de 2008. La información se recolectó mediante una entrevista estructurada, cara a cara, que consultó el tipo de heroína consumida, vías de administración, frecuencias de consumo, utensilios utilizados, prácticas de consumo y rituales que acompañan estas prácticas. Los datos cuantitativos se analizaron con el paquete estadístico EPI-Info 2.000 y los cualitativos con Atlas ti, versión 5.5, para Windows. RESULTADOS: Los consumidores eran predominantemente hombres, solteros, con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y los 23 años, sin hijos y muchos con estudios universitarios no terminados. Mayoritariamente se ubicaban en un estrato socioeconómico medio, tenían antecedentes familiares de consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y se iniciaron en el consumo de heroína entre los 15 y los 17 años. Tienen formas particulares de nombrar la heroína, los consumidores, y poseen rituales propios para consumir esta sustancia. En el artículo se presentan detalles de la heroína que consumen, la parafernalia y las prácticas asociadas a dicho consumo. CONCLUSIONES: El consumo de heroína es una realidad emergente en Colombia. Es necesario ahondar en estudios cuanti-cualitativos que nos permitan conocer y comprender más este fenómeno con el fin de disminuir su impacto en la salud pública.

INTRODUCTION: In Colombia, there are no specific studies on the prevalence of heroin use. This paper reviews the patterns of substance use in a consumer group in the city of Medellín and its metropolitan area, showing that consumption is becoming a threat to public health due to the particular forms of consumption, among which risk practices are included. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of heroin in the city of Medellín and its metropolitan area. METHODS: The study took a mixed approach using multiple-case study to cover each of the variables and categories proposed; 42 heroin users of treatment centers in the city of Medellín and its metropolitan area were accessed between July and September 2008, using the "snowball", technique. Information was collected by a structured, face to face interview, asking about the type of heroin consumed, routes of administration, frequency of consumption, equipment used, consumption practices and rituals that accompany these practices. Quantitative data were analyzed using the EPI-Info statistical package 2,000 and Atlas ti qualitative, version 5.5, for Windows. RESULTS: Consumers were predominantly male, single, aged between 18 and 23 years, childless and many had not completed college. Most respondents were in the middle socioeconomic stratum, had a family history of psychoactive substance use and had started heroin use between 15 and 17 years. There are special forms to name heroine, consumers, and rituals to consume the substance. The article gives details of the heroin consumed, the paraphernalia and associated practices. CONCLUSIONS: The use of heroin is an emerging reality in Colombia. Qualitative-quantitative studies are necessary to allow us to acknowledge and understand more about this phenomenon in order to decrease the impact on public health.

Health/functional food consumption factors of 20's Korea women based on social cognitive theory

This study was conducted to identify factors influencing Health/Functional Foods (HFFs) consumption for women in their 20's based on social cognitive theory. A total of 295 subjects participated in this study and were divided into two groups based on the experience of HFF use. This study compared their personal, environmental and behavioral factors which influence the consumption of HFFs. With regard to personal factors, the expected effectiveness for HFFs was higher in the user group than the nonuser group. For the environmental factors, the subjects' use of HFFs was critically affected by the use of HFFs regarding the family members. In terms of behavioral factors, there were no significant differences between the two groups. For the user group, it was observed that their use of HFFs was closely related to when their interests for health was high and the family's use of HFF was high. On the other hands, for the nonuser group, there were less people around them using HFFs than the user group and they did not feel that HFFs were necessary. Since non-experts including parents and close acquaintances critically affected the HFF ingestion of the subjects, it is essential to educate all citizens as well as HFFs consumers about HFFs information.

Un criterio taxonómico para los patrones de consumo etílico / Taxonomic criterium for the alcohol consumption patterns

Con el propósito de redactar un boceto sobre la taxonomía de los patrones de consume etílico para ser utilizado en los talleres nacionales de la oncena revisión de la Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades, se proponen reflexiones sobre el concepto de bebedor social y las modalidades de consumo no social manifestadas tanto en personas con dependencia alcohólica como en otras sin dicho diagnóstico. A la luz de la trascendente resolución 58.26 se abordan los criterios de cantidad y frecuencia establecidos por la OMS, así como las razones cuantitativas que explican el mayor impacto del uso nocivo de alcohol en personas sin dependencia, que en los propios alcohólicos. Con objetivos taxonómicos, se propone excluir al consumo perjudicial de la categoría nosográfica alcoholismo y valorarlo como el escalón inmediato a la dependencia en el continuo de los patrones de ingestión que conduce a este estado. Destaca igualmente algunas modalidades de consumo de alta significación social cuando se valoran con criterios cuantitativos y cualitativos. Insiste en la metáfora de la decapitación prefrontal por el uso indebido de drogas duras, entre las que se incluyen el alcohol y la marihuana, por sus nefastos efectos sobre la conducta. Propone finalmente mayor atención a las manifestaciones somáticas derivadas de la ansiedad mantenida de los familiares convivientes con adictos a drogas duras en los que el estrés hace igual papel que el humo indirecto y se comportan como adictos pasivos cuya máxima expresión son los codependientes

With the objective of making a draft on the taxonomy of alcohol consumption patterns for use in the national workshops of the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, some reflections were submitted about the concept of social drinker and the non-social consumption modalities that manifest both in alcohol dependent-persons and non-dependent people. In the light of the transcendental resolution 58.26, the quantity and frequency criteria set by the WHO, as well as the quantitative reasons accounting for the higher impact of the harmful consumption of alcohol in non-dependent persons than in alcoholics were discussed. For taxonomic purposes, it was suggested that harmful consumption be excluded from the nosographic category alcoholism and be assessed as the immediate link to dependency in the patterns of drinking intake leading to this condition. Likewise, this paper underlined some consumption modalities of high social significance when they are evaluated based on quantitative and qualitative criteria. It insisted on the metaphor of frontal decapitation due to the use of hard drugs, including alcohol and marihuana, and their harmful effects on the behaviour. It finally made the proposal of paying more attention to somatic manifestations derived from sustained anxiety in relatives living with hard drug addicts, who are affected by the stress that plays the same role as the indirect smoke and behave as passive addicts whose ultimate expression is co-dependency

Noodle consumption patterns of American consumers: NHANES 2001-2002

Although noodles occupy an important place in the dietary lives of Americans, up until the present time research and in-depth data on the noodle consumption patterns of the US population have been very limited. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the food consumption and diet patterns of noodle consumers and non-consumers according to age, gender, income, and ethnicity. The 2001-2002 NHANES databases were used. The NHANES 2001-2002 data showed that noodle consumers reporting noodle consumption in their 24-h recall were 2,035 individuals (23.3% of total subjects). According to the results, the mean noodle consumption was 304.1 g/day/person, with 334.3 g for males and 268.0 g for females. By age, the intake of those in the age range of 9-18 years old ranked highest at 353.0 g, followed by the order of 19-50 year-olds with 333.5 g, 51-70 year-olds with by 280.4 g, older than 71years old with 252.3 g, and 1-8 year-olds with 221.5 g. By gender, males consumed more noodles than females. Also, according to income, the intake amount for the middle-income level (PIR 1~1.85) of consumers was highest at 312.5 g. Noodle intake also showed different patterns by ethnicity in which the "other" ethnic group consumed the most noodles with 366.1 g, followed by, in order, Hispanics with 318.7 g, Whites with 298.6 g, and Blacks with 289.5 g. After comparing food consumption by dividing the subjects into noodle consumers and non-consumers, the former was more likely to consume milk, fish, citrus fruits, tomatoes, and alcoholic beverages while the latter preferred meat, poultry, bread, and non-alcohol beverages.