Worship Contextualization in Seventh-day Adventist Ethnic Congregations in São Paulo

A Perspective on Seventh-day Adventist Hermeneutics

Adventist life-style or selective factors related to who choosesto become and remain a Seventh-Day Adventist aredescribed. A comparison ofthe mortality experienceof Seventh-Day Adventist and non-Seventh-DayAdventist physiciansshows equal cancermortality, which is consistentwith the hypoth

The Seventh-Day Adventist population abstains from smoking and drinking; about 50% follow a lac to-ovo-vegetanian diet; and most avoid the use of coffee, tea, hot condiments, and spices. Existing data on cancer mortality in Seventh-Day Adventists clearly document mortality rates that are 50 to 70% of general population rates for most cancer sites that are unrelated to smoking and drinking. Seve...

Dietary assessment of males from Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Warsaw.

The main purpose of this research was to assess the quality and quantity of daily food rations and the intakes of selected nutrients by males aged 30 to 50 years--the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) from the Warsaw assembly. The assessment of the daily intakes of nutrients showed no significant difference from recommended values formulated by National Food and Nutrition Institute in Warsaw. Daily ...

Prevalence of arterial hypertension among Seventh-Day Adventists of the São Paulo state capital and inner area.

BACKGROUND Inadequate life habits are known to favor hypertension, and Adventists recommend healthy life habits. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of hypertension among Seventh-Day Adventists from the inner São Paulo state and São Paulo state capital. METHODS This study assessed 264 Adventists (mean age, 41.17 ± 15.27 years; women, 59.8%) with a high religiosity level assessed by use of th...

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Seventh-day Adventist African American and Caucasian college students.

All age, sex, and racial groups are affected by the obesity epidemic in the United States, although disparities exist among these groups. The Seventh-day Adventists are a religious group of people who are believed to live longer and healthier lives than do their non-Adventist counterparts because they do not smoke or drink alcohol and they eat a healthier diet. This study assessed the prevalenc...