Influence Food Consumption Research Articles

The productive and food practices in rural space of western Santa Catarina: public action in the search for and critique of modernity

The western region of Santa Catarina was integrated to the “modernization of agriculture” in the 1950s, through the agro-industrialization of the food system, having as protagonists the State, civil society and the market, which acted at the national, state and municipal levels. Based on the sociology of public action, the objective of this paper is to verify how public policies promoted modernity and how the more recent public actions and policies reinforce or delineate new patterns and trajectories of rural development and influence productive and food consumption practices. The methodological procedures consisted of literature review and field research. In 2018, we conducted 13 semi-structured interviews with public managers and mediators from seven organizations operating in the region, two focus groups and 49 questionnaires with family farmers located in Chapecó and nine adjacent municipalities. The results indicate that modernity has led a significant portion of family farmers to produce less food for self-consumption and to consume more industrialized and ultra-processed foods, besides causing concentration of production, rural exodus and environmental pollution. Faced with these risks and uncertainties, “new” food and production practices emerged, and new actors began to build alternatives to modernity. The “new” production strategies consisted of food agro-industrialization, agroecological production, biodiversity restoration, creation of fairs, and the maintenance of production for self-consumption, supported by various actions and public policies. The same State that produces productive and food risks, threats and uncertainties, also contributes to food and nutritional security in the region.Keywords: public action; modernity; productive and food practices.GRISA, Catia; TECCHIO, Andréia; CHECHI, Leticia Andrea; SABOURIN, Eric. As práticas produtivas e alimentares no espaço rural do Oeste de Santa Catarina: a ação pública na busca e na crítica à modernidade. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, v. 28, n. 1, p. 78-108, fev. 2020.Submitted on November 26, 2019.Accepted on December 20, 2019.

Influence of food consumption in the glycemic profile of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes Mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective To review the dietary intake of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes Mellitus and its association with the glycemic profile. Methods Longitudinal observational study. Dietary intake was measured using a three-day dietary record and the glycemic profile with a continuous glucose monitoring (range between 70 and 180mg/dL) and serum glycated hemoglobin levels (ideal <7.5%). Anthropometric data, insulin therapy, and carbohydrate counting were collected. Results The sample included 34 individuals with type 1 diabetes Mellitus aged 13.6±2.1 years. The majority of the population was eutrophic (76.4%). The entire sample used the basal-bolus insulin regimen, with mean insulin dose of 1.0±0.2U/kg/day; for 44.1% of the sample the carbohydrate counting method was used. Macronutrients intake was adequate in only 8.8% of the individuals, the highest frequency of inadequacy was related to carbohydrates (p=0.07). Inadequate glycemic control with hyperglycemia episodes and high mean glycated hemoglobin (9.7%) was observed in all individuals (61.3±18.5%). Carbohydrate counting was responsible for maintaining the percentage of time that the patient had interstitial blood glucose values within the range >40% (p<0.001) and maintaining the percentage of time in hyperglycemia <50% (p<0.001). Conclusion The majority of individuals were eutrophic, but presented inadequate dietary intake and glycemic control. The method of counting carbohydrates positively influenced the glycemic profile.

The influence of ambient scent temperature on food consumption behavior.

This research examines the impact of ambient odor on food consumption. The results of a field experiment and 5 lab experiments show that the presence of a warm ambient odor (e.g., cedarwood) versus a cool ambient odor (e.g., eucalyptus) reduces the amount of calories consumed and also leads to increased choice of lower-calorie food options. This is attributable to established implicit associations formed from the human body's innate physiological response to changes in ambient temperature. Specifically, exposure to a warm (vs. cool) ambient odor influences perceived ambient temperature, which in turn alters food consumption behaviors. The results of this research extend the limited research examining the temperature dimension of odor and enhance the understanding of the role of sensory cues in influencing food consumption. Further, given the link between calorie consumption and widespread obesity worldwide, this research provides important implications for health and wellbeing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Age, mating status and sex influence food consumption and utilization efficiency of Parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister

A study was designed to evaluate the combined effects of age, mating status and sex on the feeding attributes of the Parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister when fed on Parthenium hysterophorus L., a serious weed of wastelands, pastures and agricultural fields. Newly emerged adult beetles were placed in two groups. Adults of the first group were kept unmated and their daily feeding and growth attributes were assessed for the following 20 days. By comparison, males and females of the second group were allowed to mate on the 11th day (attainment of sexual maturity) and mating pairs were kept individually to assess their daily feeding and growth attributes for the following 10 days. Results revealed higher consumption and growth rates of Z. bicolorata females than males. In contrast, males exhibited higher food conversion efficiencies than the females. However, food consumption and growth rates of unmated adults were higher than mated adults. Agebased regression graphs revealed decreased consumption rates, conversion efficiencies and growth rates of Z. bicolorata adults with increase in age. However, the mean body biomass of adults increased with increasing age. This further suggested compensatory feeding in Z. bicolorata adults as they age. The present findings may be helpful to mass-multiply Z. bicolorata in laboratories for the biocontrol of Parthenium weed in agricultural farms on the Indian subcontinent.

No evidence that portion size influences food consumption in male Sprague Dawley rats

In studies of eating behavior that have been conducted in humans, the tendency to consume more when given larger portions of food, known as the portion size effect (PSE), is one of the most robust and widely replicated findings. Despite this, the mechanisms that underpin it are still unknown. In particular, it is unclear whether the PSE arises from higher-order social and cognitive processes that are unique to humans or, instead, reflects more fundamental processes that drive feeding, such as conditioned food-seeking. Importantly, studies in rodents and other animals have yet to show convincing evidence of a PSE. In this series of studies, we used several methods to test for a PSE in adult male Sprague Dawley rats. Our approaches included using visually identifiable portions of a palatable food; training on a plate cleaning procedure; providing portion sizes of food pellets that were signaled by auditory and visual food-predictive cues; providing food with amorphous shape properties; and providing standard chow diet portions in home cages. In none of these manipulations did larger portions increase food intake. In summary, our data provide no evidence that a PSE is present in male Sprague Dawley rats, and if it is, it is more nuanced, dependent on experimental procedure, and/or smaller in size than it is in humans. In turn, these findings suggest that the widely-replicated PSE in humans may be more likely to reflect higher-order cognitive and social processes than fundamental conditioned behaviors.

Estradiol potentiates inhibitory synaptic transmission in the oval bed nucleus of the striaterminalis of male and female rats

17ß-Estradiol (E2) is a potent neuromodulator capable of producing changes in inhibitory synaptic transmission by either changing pre-synaptic GABA release or post-synaptic GABAA receptor function. Physiologically, E2 is important for energy homeostasis, influencing food consumption, body weight, adipose tissue metabolism and energy expenditure. E2 may influence energy homeostasis through estrogen receptor-rich regions such as the oval bed nucleus of the stria-terminalis (ovBNST). However, the neurophysiological effects of estradiol within the ovBNST remain largely unknown. Understanding how E2 affects inhibitory transmission may elucidate the ovBNST’s contribution to energy homeostasis. Here, using brain slice electrophysiology, we saw that E2 produced a long-term potentiation (LTP) of GABAA synaptic transmission (LTPGABA) in the ovBNST in male rats. E2 acted on estrogen receptors α and G-protein coupled estrogen receptors (GPER), involved protein kinase activation and required an intact endocannabinoid system. The effects of E2 in males were sensitive to 24 h of food deprivation. In females, E2 was 100-fold more potent at producing LTPGABA ovBNST compared to male rats and involved all three known subtypes of estrogen receptors (ERα, ERß, and GPER). These results demonstrate that E2 is a potent neuromodulator of inhibitory synaptic transmission within the ovBNST of both sexes to potentially regulate energy homeostasis.

Need-based prioritization of behavior.

When presented with a choice, organisms need to assimilate internal information with external stimuli and past experiences to rapidly and flexibly optimize decisions on a moment-to-moment basis. We hypothesized that increasing hunger intensity would curb expression of social behaviors such as mating or territorial aggression; we further hypothesized social interactions, reciprocally, would influence food consumption. We assessed competition between these motivations from both perspectives of mice within a resident-intruder paradigm. We found that as hunger state escalated, resident animal social interactions with either a female or male intruder decreased. Furthermore, intense hunger states, especially those evoked via AgRP photoactivation, fundamentally altered sequences of behavioral choice; effects dependent on food availibility. Additionally, female, but not male, intrusion attenuated resident mouse feeding. Lastly, we noted environmental context-dependent gating of food intake in intruding mice, suggesting a dynamic influence of context cues on the expression of feeding behaviors.

Healthy eating and restaurants. A review of recent evidence in the literature.

Food environments influence food consumption and population health. This study sought to establish the outstanding themes in recent scientific literature about healthy eating and restaurants. Studies about the topic published from 2011 to 2016 in seven recognized databases were reviewed systematically. From 999 titles, 20 articles were selected. Content analysis through an inductive method by two independent investigators was performed using Nvivo 10.0. Three dominant subjects were identified: Food supply modifications, promotion of healthy choices and barriers against healthy eating promotion. The findings describe research opportunities in the area, particularly in the Latin American context. It is necessary to make interventions that result in healthy food environments given the impact on collective health.

Nesfatin-1: An Anorexigenic Peptid

Nesfatin-1 was identified as a potent anorexigenic peptide. Nesfatin-1 is expressed in the brain and peripheral tissues. Precursor of nesfatin-1 is nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2). This polypeptide is involved in the control of energy balance by food intake. Peripheral nesfatin-1 can potentially affect central nervous food intake regulation either via direct access to the brain. Circulating nesfatin-1 acts in the brain to influence food consumption, peripheral delivery of nesfatin-1may reduce food intake and body weight. Nesfatin-1 appears to contribute to the regulation of food intake by directly and/or indirectly affecting the integration of input and output signals between gut and brain. Nesfatin-1 is association with obesity and glucose homeostasis. Plasma levels of nesfatin-1 can correlate with body mass index, insulin resistance, fasting blood glucose, and fasting insulin levels, as well as with body weight and fat mass, suggesting that nesfatin-1, especially fat-derived nesfatin-1, may play an important rol in human metabolism and food intake. In addition to, lipid accumulation may be reduced by nesfatin-1in cultured hepatocytes. In conclusion, it can be said that nesfatin-1 is not only associated with food intake but also with obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Keywords : Nesfatin-1, anorexigenic peptid, food intake DOI : 10.7176/JSTR/5-2-27

The Effect of Behavioral Contagion and Tie-Strength on Calorie Intake in Food Courts

Major contributors to the obesity epidemic are societal and result from sedentary lifestyles and consumption of high-calorie diets. Previous studies suggest that food choice behavior is socially transmissible. Hence, knowledge of the impact of social influence on calorie intake is critical to improve the understanding about the outcomes of policies related to healthful diets. There is the need to analyze the influence of social networks on choosing food in a public place. Thus, we interviewed groups of food court patrons in an all-you-can-eat college dining hall. Results show individuals dining in a group with at least one obese group member are consuming more calories from high-calorie foods and fewer calories from low-calorie foods. Food-related interactions in a group influenced food consumption. Hence, dining with obese peers likely increases calorie intake.

Food taboos and suggestions among Madurese pregnant women: a qualitative study

BackgroundCultural factors influence food consumption, particularly among pregnant women. Beliefs in certain food-associated myths and taboos still exist in Madura Island. Therefore, this study aims to explore the food taboos and food suggestions among Madurese pregnant women. MethodsThis qualitative study was carried out in Sumenep Regency, Madura Island, Indonesia. Data were collected from pregnant women, traditional birth attendants, and community leaders through in-depth interviews and focus group discussion. ResultsFoods that were mostly considered taboos for pregnant women were squid, shrimp, pineapple, kedondong, cabbage, cold water, and instant noodles. Food suggestions for pregnant women were rice, corn rice, skipjack tuna, tilapia fish, milkfish, egg, moringa leaves, apples, and coconut water. ConclusionMany food taboos and food suggestions were applied for the pregnant women in Madura. Indigenous knowledge about the food suggestions can be good information in supporting nutrition education for the Madurese pregnant women.

Estrategias para la disminución del consumo de bebidas endulzadas

El aumento del consumo de bebidas endulzadas como los refrescos o gaseosas, jugos, leches saborizadas y bebidas energéticas, han sido relacionadas con la prevalencia de sobrepeso, obesidad y enfermedades metabólicas a nivel mundial. Por lo cual, se han establecido diversas estrategias con el objetivo de disminuir su consumo. El objetivo de la presente revisión fue analizar las estrategias aplicadas para la disminución del consumo de bebidas endulzadas. Se realizó una búsqueda en las bases de datos PubMed y Science Direct, identificando 192 artículos potenciales, de los cuales se excluyeron 184, analizando 8 investigaciones en esta revisión. Se identificaron diversas técnicas utilizadas para la disminución del consumo de bebidas endulzadas, enfocadas en la modificación del comportamiento alimentario, en las cuales se propone considerar los múltiples factores que influyen en el consumo alimentario, para establecer estrategias multidisciplinarias que tengan como eje central trabajar en la promoción de la educación nutricional, para garantizar una mejor selección y consumo alimentario en la población.

Determinants of dietary practices during pregnancy: A longitudinal qualitative study in Niger.

Undernutrition is associated with maternal morbidity and poor pregnancy outcomes. This qualitative study seeks to understand the multilevel factors influencing maternal dietary practices in Niger, including the impact of pregnancy illnesses on diet. Criterion‐based, purposive sampling was used to select pregnant women and household members from 24 villages in a rural district of the Maradi Region in south‐central Niger. Semistructured interviews (n = 153) and focus group discussions (n = 38) explored 4 primary themes: (a) perceptions of ideal diet during pregnancy, (b) barriers to consuming the ideal diet, (c) coping strategies including dietary responses related to pregnancy illnesses, and (d) changes in perceptions from early to late pregnancy. Longitudinal data collection allowed for repeated interviews of pregnant women to document changes in dietary practices throughout pregnancy. Transcripts were coded using an inductive approach informed by grounded theory methodology. Participants categorized foods into 4 primary dietary taxonomies when discussing ideal maternal diets but cited constraints related to accessibility and availability impeding routine consumption of these foods. Perceptions of “modern,” urban foods as healthy, coupled with key structural barriers such as food costs, were identified. Maternal morbidity influenced food consumption, as women reported reducing food intake early in pregnancy in response to illness episodes. Although awareness of optimal foods for supporting healthy pregnancies was moderately high, some misconceptions were observed and multilevel barriers to food security restricted opportunities for consuming these foods. Nutrition‐specific and nutrition‐sensitive interventions could improve access and availability of acceptable foods for supporting increased dietary intake during pregnancy.

Seeing more and eating less: Effects of portion size granularity on the perception and regulation of food consumption.

Overeating and resulting obesity is a public health concern in the United States, and portion size is a factor that contributes to these problems (Zlatevska, Dubelaar, & Holden, 2014). The present research demonstrates that the granularity of labels used to describe portions also influences food consumption, independent of previously documented portion size effects. Across 6 studies and 7 different food items, we find a robust and reliable effect of portion size granularity labels on consumption intentions and food consumption. Having people think about food using fine-grained labels leads them to decrease their consumption intentions (Study 1, n = 80) and ultimately eat less food (Study 2a, n = 79; Study 2b, n = 79). This process operates by shifting people's perceptions of the size of foods (rather than changing levels of construal) whereby portions described with fine-grained labels (e.g., "15 gummy candies") are perceived to be bigger than portions described with gross-grained labels (e.g., "one serving;" Study 3, n = 200). In addition, granularity facilitates self-regulation of consumption for individuals with a weight-loss goal both when self-regulation is measured (Study 4, n = 160) and when we manipulate that mediator (Study 5, n = 300). Finally, a high-powered registered report replicated effects of granularity on consumption via shifts in perception and intentions with a diverse community sample (Study 6, n = 323). Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

Dudley grows e il sistema alimentare di comunità di Dudley street a Boston

Food has become one of the arena of new conflicts around justice and sustainability. Especially in US, race and class are influencing food policy, production, distribution and consumption. The article presents the case of the black and low-income neighborhood of Dudley Street in Boston, that is creating a community residents-driven food system respectful of its members’ race and culture.

Arizona Registered Dietitians Show Gaps in Knowledge of Bean Health Benefits.

Registered Dietitians (RDs) promote nutrition practices and policies and can influence food consumption patterns to include nutrient dense foods such as beans. Although many evidence-based health benefits of bean consumption (e.g., cholesterol reduction, glycemic control) have been demonstrated, there is limited research on the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of RDs regarding the inclusion of beans in a healthy diet. To fill this existing research gap, this cross-sectional survey explored the perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes of 296 RDs in Arizona, USA, toward beans. The RDs largely held positive attitudes toward the healthfulness of beans and were aware of many health benefits. Some gaps in awareness were evident, including effect on cancer risk, intestinal health benefits, folate content, and application with celiac disease patients. RDs with greater personal bean consumption had significantly higher bean health benefit knowledge. Twenty-nine percent of the RDs did not know the meaning of ‘legume’, and over two-thirds could not define the term ‘pulse’. It is essential that RDs have up-to-date, evidence-based information regarding bean benefits to provide appropriate education to patients, clients, and the public.

Is it better at home with my family? The effects of people and place on children's eating behavior

The people and places children eat with can influence food consumption. This study investigates the people and places Swiss school-aged children ate with over a 7-day period and analyses the effects of eating at home with family on food consumption. Children completed a 7-day food diary documenting the foods they consumed, the people with whom they ate, and the place where they ate. Analyses were conducted for all meals and included 9911 meal occasions. Most meals (80.5%) were consumed at home with family. Generalized estimating equations were used to model the effects of the home-family dyad on the child's chance of consuming a certain food while controlling for age, gender and BMI of the child, education, nationality and BMI of the parent. Compared to eating in other dyads (e.g. school-peers or restaurant-family), eating in the home-family dyad was associated with higher consumption of vegetables (+66% and +142% at weekday lunch and dinner and +180% and +67% at weekend lunch and dinner), lower consumption of sweets (−45% and −49% at weekday lunch and dinner; −43% and −49% at weekend lunch and dinner), and fewer soft drinks (−37% and −61% at weekday lunch and dinner; −66% and −78% at weekend lunch and dinner). This study shows the positive influence of eating at home with the family on food consumption in a sample of Swiss children. Interventions and policies that encourage children and parents to eat together at home could serve as effective prevention against a poor diet.

Reactions of Melolontha hippocastani adults to high manganese content in food

Rapid adaptation of insect species to environmental changes can be advantageous for their development. Forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani) is herbivorous insect species with high food intake that has been widely studied within European conditions. It can cause huge economic and ecological losses especially in oak-dominated forest stands. Food preference of this species is mainly comprised of trees with a potential to accumulate manganese in their assimilation apparatus. In order to determine cockchafer's reactions to increased Mn concentration in its food, the adults were reared in laboratory conditions controlled for temperature, humidity, and light on a natural diet of oak (Quercus petraea) leaves. Food was contaminated by soaking in solutions of MnCl2·4H2O in concentrations from 0.5 to 10mgml−1. Food consumption, activity period of adults, quantity of eggs laid, body weights of individuals, as well as Mn concentrations in unconsumed food, excrement, and the bodies of cockchafers were determined to indicate how these change in reaction to food quality altered in terms of Mn content.The results showed that very high Mn content in the diet significantly influenced food consumption by M. hippocastani adults and thereby their development. This was in spite of the tendency of individuals to expel Mn through the faeces and incorporate it into undetermined parts of their bodies. Negative reactions of the experimental population were determined in treatments fed leaves with Mn concentration of 1800ppm and more. Our experiment proved that Mn can greatly influence the phytophagous cockchafer (decreased feeding time, food consumption, and fertility).

PENGARUH KONSUMSI MAKAN TERHADAP STATUS GIZI ANAK DI SEKOLAH DASAR

The objectives of this research are to know 1) Food comsumption of kid, 2) Nutrionalstatus of kid, 3) The influence of food consumption and nutritional status of kid in Elementary School Muhammadiyah Parakan Temanggung. The type of the research is ex-post facto. The method to collect the data is done by questionnaire as variable of food consumption, documentation to taking data of student and observation as variable of nutritional status of kid. Data analysis techniques descriptive analysis and hypothesis test used product moment correlation begun by prerequisite analysis, that is normality and linearity examination. The results show that food consumption is categorized fair by relative frequency 50,90%, and the nutritional status is fine by relative frequency 40,01%. Based on correlation test, the score of rxy was 0,268. The score of r table in the significant level 5% for total respondents 55 was 0,266 (rxy 0,268> r table 0,266). It means that there was a positive and significant of food consumption and nutritional status of kid. The score of determinant coefficient (R2) was 0,0718, it means that food consumtion and nutritional status gave a positive contribution 7,18% while 92,82% was example education Key word : Food consumption, Nutrional status

The influence of food consumption and socio-economic factors on the relationship between zinc and iron intake and status in a healthy population.

To examine Zn and Fe nutritional status of a healthy population by means of anthropometric, dietary and biochemical measurements and to investigate the relationship of usual Zn and Fe dietary intakes to Zn and Fe status. In addition, to examine the impact of food choices and socio-economic factors on Fe and Zn dietary intakes and status with the aim to identify groups at risk of dietary deficiency and suggest factors that may influence the status of these nutrients. Food consumption was assessed by 24 h recall questionnaires. Twenty biochemical parameters were measured, of which Hb, haematocrit, erythrocyte count and plasma concentrations of Fe and Zn were directly related to Fe and Zn nutrition. The prevalence of study participants with inadequate micronutrient intakes was calculated using the Estimated Average Requirement cut-point method. Serbia, Europe. Apparently healthy adults (25-65 years of age). Mean daily Zn and Fe intakes were 9·1 mg and 11·6 mg for males and 7·3 mg and 9·4 mg for females, respectively. Five per cent of the study population had inadequate dietary Fe intake and 15-25 % had inadequate Zn intake. Lower Hb concentrations were measured in women with lower Zn intakes. No differences in Fe and Zn intakes and status among various socio-economic groups were observed, except for Fe intake between the low-income and affluent groups. Regular follow-ups are needed to ensure that potential deficiencies of Zn and Fe do get recognized and addressed in a timely manner.