OBJECTIVE To identify dietary patterns among young adults and the relationships with socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle characteristics. DESIGN Population-based, cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study. Food intake was assessed by a frequency questionnaire, and dietary patterns were identified using principal components analysis. SETTING Southern Brazil. SUBJECTS A total of 4202...

BACKGROUND In Chile, overweight and obesity are pressing issues in public health. AIM To identify individual, social and environmental factors that affect the likelihood of adolescents to become overweight or obese. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used physical condition data of a sample of 900 urban eighth grade students from Santiago, obtained in the 2011 National Study of Physical Education. Thi...

BACKGROUND In recent years, childhood overweight and obesity have become an increasing and challenging phenomenon in Western cities. A lot of studies have focused on the analysis of factors such as individual dispositions and nutrition balances, among others. However, little is known about the intra-urban spatial patterns of childhood overweight and its associations with influencing factors tha...

BACKGROUND Given the rapid pace of urbanization and Westernization and the increasing prevalence of obesity, there is a need for research to better understand the influence of the built environment on overweight and obesity in world's developing regions. Culturally-specific food environment survey instruments are important tools for studying changing food availability and pricing. Here, we pres...

OBJECTIVES To assess the availability of food in relation to their degree of industrial processing and the types of food stores in the perimeters of elementary schools. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study. 82 food stores located within a 500 m radius buffer of three public schools located in three distinct regions with different socioeconomic levels in the municipality of Santos, state of...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to gain insight into (i) processed snack-food availability, (ii) processed snack-food salience and (iii) the size of dinnerware among households with overweight gatekeepers. Moreover, associations between gatekeepers' characteristics and in-home observations were determined. DESIGN A cross-sectional observation of home food environments was conducted...

OBJECTIVE The present study was done to confirm the relationship between changes in food patterns and nutrition transition in three South-East Asian countries, namely the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study conducted between August 2008 and August 2009 using three methods: interviews, focus group discussions and analyses of government reports. SETTIN...

OBJECTIVE There has been limited study of all types of food stores, such as traditional (supercenters, supermarkets, and grocery stores), convenience stores, and non-traditional (dollar stores, mass merchandisers, and pharmacies) as potential opportunities for purchase of fresh and processed (canned and frozen) fruits and vegetables, especially in small-town or rural areas. METHODS Data from ...

• A large impact on population health (i.e. >100,000 DALYs prevented per intervention) can be achieved by a limited number of cost-effective interventions: taxation of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods; regulating the salt content of processed food; improving the efficiency of blood pressureand cholesterollowering drugs; gastric banding for severe obesity; and an intensive SunSmart campaign.

In this study the model of convenience orientation suggested by Scholderer and Grunert (2005) is applied in order to examine consumer behavior in the context of convenience food usage. The empirical results indicate that socio-demographic characteristics affect behavior both directly and indirectly through perceived time resources and convenience orientation towards meal preparation and clearin...