Health-related quality of life in individuals with metabolic syndrome: A cross-sectional study

2020

Abstract Introduction and objectives Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a combination of various cardiovascular risk factors with a major impact on morbidity and premature mortality. However, the impact of MetS on self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is unknown. This study evaluated the HRQoL in a Spanish adult population aged 55 years and older with MetS. Method A cross-sectional analysis was performed with baseline data from the PREDIMED-Plus multicentre randomized trial. The participants were 6430 men and women aged 55–75 years with overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥27 and ≤40 kg/m2) and MetS. The SF-36 questionnaire was used as a tool to measure HRQoL. Scores were calculate…

Factors Associated with Meat Consumption in Students of Spanish Universities: UniHcos Project

2019

The level of meat consumption is one of the main deviations from the Mediterranean diet pattern in Spanish university students. The objective of this cross-sectional descriptive study is to analyze the association between sociodemographic factors and the consumption of fresh and processed meat in Spanish university students. This study is part of a cohort of 11 Spanish universities with 9862 university students (UniHcos Project). A descriptive analysis and a chi2 test were carried out to assess differences between personal and sociodemographic variables and meat consumption, and binary logistic regression analysis to assess factors associated with consumption; 19.9% and 73.5% met the recomm…

The Effect of Physical Activity and High Body Mass Index on Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome

2020

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Adherence to recommended intake of pulses and related factors in university students in the UniHcos project

2020

This study was supported by the National Drug Plan, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain (Grants: 2010|145 and 2013|034).

Balance del año 2020 y nuevos propósitos de 2021 para abordar los objetivos propuestos en el Plan Estratégico 2020-2022 de la Revista Española de Nut…

2021

Estigmatización de la obesidad: un problema a erradicar

2021

P056 Occupational exposure to metals and risk of breast, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, colorectal, prostate, and stomach cancer in the MCC-spain cas…

2016

Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and nickel are classified by IARC as human carcinogens (Group 1), while lead as a probable/possible carcinogen to humans (Group 2A). We explored associations between occupational exposure to metals and breast, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), colorectal, prostate, and stomach cancer in the MCC-Spain population based case-control study. Methods The analyses were based on 3047 controls, and 1499 breast, 1539 colorectal, 332 CLL, 1070 prostate, and 382 stomach cancer cases. Occupational exposure to arsenic, cadmium, chromium, iron, lead and nickel was assessed using the MatEmEsp job-exposure matrix. Logistic regression models accounting for education, sex, geogr…

Psychological Distress, Family Support and Employment Status in First-Year University Students in Spain

2019

Mental disorders are consistently and closely related to psychological distress. At the start of the university period, the relationship between a student&rsquo

Evaluación de la ingesta alimentaria: una reflexión que nos acerque al futuro

2021

El mantenimiento de un óptimo estado de salud es un tema de relevancia que ha llevado a científicos/as y clínicos/as a estudiar, investigar e innovar con el fin de disminuir las brechas y vacíos existentes de conocimiento. Actualmente, la epidemiología nutricional es un área de investigación que cobra cada día más importancia, cuyo objeto de estudio se centra fundamentalmente en el rol de la alimentación en el proceso salud-enfermedad. A partir del estudio del consumo dietético y su relación con las enfermedades crónicas, se ha observado que la dieta es uno de los factores modificables que influyen directamente en la prevención de estas enfermedades1. Además, el interés en estudiar la relac…

Spanish Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics editors Conflicts of Interest declaration 2020-2022

2020

Se reconoce como Conflicto de Interés (COI), al conjunto de condiciones en las que el juicio profesional en relación a un interés primario, tiende a ser indebidamente influenciado por un interés secundario (como por ejemplo el beneficio económico)1 . Esta situación no es ajena a los procesos editoriales de revistas científicas, estando presente desde la producción de manuscritos por los/as autores/as, la revisión por pares y las gestiones de los/as miembros de los equipos editoriales.

Menstrual problems and lifestyle among Spanish university women

2020

Menstrual problems affect many young women worldwide, conditioning both their academic performance and quality of life. This study sought to analyse the prevalence of menstrual problems and their possible relationship with lifestyle among Spanish university women, as part of a research project (UniHcos Project) involving a cohort of 11 Spanish universities with 7208 university students. A descriptive analysis was performed using the bivariate chi-square test and the Student&rsquo

La influencia de la nutrición en la industria alimentaria

2021

El equipo editorial rinde cuentas sobre el año 2021 y se plantea nuevos propósitos para el 2022 de la Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética

2022

Drug use, family support and related factors in university students. A cross-sectional study based on the uniHcos Project data

2019

Objective: To assess the prevalence of illegal drug use in college students on any previous occasion, during the previous year and the previous month, and to analyze the relationship between illegal drug use and family support and other factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study using data from students participating in the uniHcos project (n = 3767) was conducted. The prevalence and age of onset of consumption of cannabis, non-prescription sedatives, stimulants and depressants was evaluated. Polyconsumption was also assessed. The independent variables were: family support, age, residence, and employment status. To determine the factors related to drug use multivariate logistic regression mo…