BACKGROUND There is concern about the negative impact of modern consumer culture on young people's mental health, but very few studies have investigated associations with substance use. In those which have, positive associations have been attributed to attempts to satisfy the unmet needs of more materialistic individuals. OBJECTIVES This study examines associations between different dimension...

BACKGROUND In vulnerable populations, food security in children has been found to be associated with negative health effects. Still, little is known about whether the negative health effects can be retrieved in children at the population level. OBJECTIVE To examine food insecurity reported by Greenlandic school children as a predictor for perceived health, physical symptoms and medicine use. ...

The consumption of shellfish is currently perceived as a marker class and elite status. At the same time, Spanish region Galicia has been acknowledged paradigmatic “best shellfish” in country. intersection these two premises provides starting point for this article. We argue that an anthropological perspective can contribute to scientific assessment shifts dietary practices caused by convergenc...

A review of cultural and historical accounts of anorexia nervosa indicates that this disorder is found primarily in Westernized societies during periods of relative affluence and greater social opportunities for women. Some hypotheses regarding the vulnerability to eating disorders are proposed to the basis of these data.

Attempts to describe and explain socio-economic differences in health have mainly focused on adults. Little is known about the mechanisms of the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health in adolescence including inconsistent findings between SES and health among young people. Data were derived from representative samples of 13 and 15-year-old students in 33 European and North ...

BACKGROUND The risk of end stage renal disease (ESRD) is increased among individuals with low income and in low income communities. However, few studies have examined the relation of both individual and community socioeconomic status (SES) with incident ESRD. METHODS Among 23,314 U.S. adults in the population-based Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study, we assessed par...

Breakfast is often considered the most important meal of the day and children and adolescents can benefit from breakfast consumption in several ways. The purpose of the present study was to describe trends in daily breakfast consumption (DBC) among adolescents across 31 countries participating in the HBSC survey between 2002 to 2010 and to identify socio-demographic (gender, family affluence an...

"Contemporary cities are facing a series of strategic challenges, navigating between affluence and poverty, sustainability ecological impact, tolerance intolerance, participatory governance the weakening democracy. These challenges analyzed, case study is targeted at Cluj-Napoca, city included in EU 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Cities by 2030."

Livestock cultivation is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for 14.5% the total anthropogenic emissions. China responsible considerable share global livestock particularly caused by pork production. We used Kaya identity and logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) to decompose national annual GHG emissions from enteric fermentation manure management in pig farming ...