Determinants of Nutritional Risk among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Social Support.

Background: It is well established that older adults are at risk for malnutrition due to several social and non-social determinants, namely physiological, psychosocial, dietary and environmental determinants. The progression to malnutrition is often insidious and undetected. Thus, nutritional assessment should consider a complex web of factors that can impact nutritional status (NS).

Dietary parameters in patients with drug allergy: Assessing dietary inflammatory index.

Background: Research on the increasing incidence of allergic diseases evidenced the role of diet as a potential key factor. Diet can modulate the low-grade systemic inflammation related to obesity and several diseases. There are no published data on drug allergy.

Obesity markers in patients with drug allergy and body fat as a predictor.

Background: Obesity is a chronic low-grade inflammation state associated with several diseases.

Objective: To investigate a potential link between drug allergy and obesity, exploring whether the association depends on the type (immediate vs nonimmediate) or the severity of the reaction.

Methods: Anthropometric measurements, bioimpedance, and biochemical analysis, including serum adipokines, were performed in 90 consecutive adult patients studied for suspected drug allergy.

Eating behaviour among nutrition students and social desirability as a confounder.

Introduction: The study of eating behaviour should consider the presence of potential sources of bias, including social desirability. This is particularly relevant among students of Nutrition Sciences, since they have a higher risk of eating disorders.

Objective: To analyse the effect of social desirability in the assessment of eating behaviour dimensions among nutrition students.

General and abdominal adiposity in a representative sample of Portuguese adults: dependency of measures and socio-demographic factors' influence.

The aims of this study were: (i) to estimate the dependency between BMI and waist:height ratio (WHtR) as measures of general and abdominal adiposity, and (ii) to evaluate the influence of socio-demographic factors on both measures and on their dependency in risk classification. Data from a cross-sectional study conducted in 2009 among a representative sample of 3529 Portuguese adults were used. Height, weight and waist were measured and socio-demographic data (sex, age, education level, occupational status, marital status, region of residence) were obtained.

Eating behaviour among undergraduate students. Comparing nutrition students with other courses.

Our main aim was to compare eating behaviour between Portuguese undergraduate nutrition students and students attending other courses. Several eating behaviour dimensions were compared between 154 nutrition students and 263 students from other areas. Emotional and external eating were assessed by the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire, dietary restraint was measured using the flexible and rigid control of eating behaviour subscales, binge eating was measured using the Binge Eating Scale, and eating self-efficacy using the General Eating Self-Efficacy Scale.

Attitudes toward genetic testing and personalised nutrition in a representative sample of European consumers.

Negative consumer opinion poses a potential barrier to the application of nutrigenomic intervention. The present study has aimed to determine attitudes toward genetic testing and personalised nutrition among the European public. An omnibus opinion survey of a representative sample aged 14-55+ years (n 5967) took place in France, Italy, Great Britain, Portugal, Poland and Germany during June 2005 as part of the Lipgene project.

[Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome: comparison between ATPIII and IDF criteria in a feminine population with severe obesity].

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome (MS) consists of the conjoint presence of risk factors for coronary. Several study groups have developed diagnostic criteria for MS, standing out those from the "Adult Treatment Panel III" (ATPIII), due to their wide utilization. Recently, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) developed new diagnostic criteria for MS.

[Circadian energy intake evaluation of a group of office workers in Porto].

The importance of food in health promotion and disease prevention is well known. The aims of our study were to evaluate the daily energy intake of an adult group; to study the association of a 24 hour recall (R24h) and a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ); to analyse energy intake variation with obesity and to verify if our sample had an ingestion according to DRI's. We studied a convenience sample of Portuguese adult population of 154 office workers (121 women), with a mean of ages of 44.