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Enteric bacteria of food ice and their survival in alcoholic beverages and soft drinks

2017

This study aimed to evaluate the levels of enteric bacteria in ice cubes produced in different environments (home-made, prepared in bars and pubs with ice machines and produced in industrial plants) and to determine their survival in different alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Members of the Enterobacteriaceae family were found in almost all samples analysed. All industrial and the majority of home-made samples did not contain coliforms. Enterococci were not identified in domestic samples while they were detected in two industrial and three bar/pub samples. The samples collected from bars and pubs were characterized by the highest levels of enteric bacteria. Fourteen strains representing…

0301 basic medicineSurvivalPantoea conspicua030106 microbiologyEnteric bacteriaCarbonated BeveragesFood ContaminationMicrobiology03 medical and health sciencesSettore AGR/17 - Zootecnica Generale E Miglioramento GeneticoEnterobacteriaceaeSoft drinkFood scienceCarbonated BeverageColiformAlcoholic beverageMicrobial ViabilitybiologyAlcoholic BeveragesIceIce cubeHygienebiology.organism_classificationEnterobacteriaceaeEnterococcuStenotrophomonas maltophiliaEnterococcusStenotrophomonasAlcoholic beverages; Coliforms; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterococcus; Hygiene; Ice cubes; Soft drinks; Survival; Alcoholic Beverages; Carbonated Beverages; Enterobacteriaceae; Food Contamination; Ice; Microbial Viability; Food Science; MicrobiologyEnterococcus faeciumFood ScienceSettore AGR/16 - Microbiologia Agraria
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The consumption of snacks and soft drinks between meals may contribute to the development and to persistence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease

2019

Abstract The hypothesis The habit of snacking and drinking soft beverages between breakfast, lunch and dinner, which is very widespread in the western world, could be a primum movens, thereby contributing to the development and subsequent persistence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). What does the proposed hypothesis based on? The high prevalence of GERD suggests that it is very probably caused by factors, which are intrinsic and widespread in a western lifestyle. Ingesting snacks or imbibing soft drinks between breakfast, lunch and dinner causes additional gastric acid secretion, acid pocket formation, and additional transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations (TLESRs) with a…

0301 basic medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyCarbonated BeveragesOverweightGastroenterologyEsophageal Sphincter LowerGastric AcidHiatal hernia03 medical and health sciencesEsophagus0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsInternal medicinePrevalencemedicineHumansObesityEsophagusLife StyleGastro-esophageal Reflux GERD Lifestyle modifications Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation TLESR Snacking and Soft drinks consumption Hiatal Hernia Overweight ObesitySnackingbusiness.industrydigestive oral and skin physiologyRefluxfood and beveragesFeeding BehaviorGeneral MedicineModels TheoreticalOverweightmedicine.diseaseObesitydigestive system diseasesDietHernia Hiatal030104 developmental biologymedicine.anatomical_structureGastroesophageal RefluxGERDGastric acidSnacksmedicine.symptombusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Soft drink consumption and unhealthy diet

2013

Consumption (economics)diet soft drinks dietary patternNutrition and Dieteticsbusiness.industryMedicine (miscellaneous)Carbonated BeveragesFeeding BehaviorDietDiabetes Mellitus Type 2Cardiovascular DiseasesSurveys and QuestionnairesEnvironmental healthHumansMedicineObesityFood scienceSettore MED/49 - Scienze Tecniche Dietetiche ApplicatebusinessSoft drinkLife Style
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Socioeconomic differences in selected dietary habits among Norwegian 13–14 year-olds: a cross-sectional study

2014

Background: Social inequalities in health are a major and even growing problem in all European countries.Objective: The aim of the present study was to describe 1) differences in dietary habits among Norwegian adolescents by gender and socioeconomic status; 2) differences in self-reported knowledge of dietary guidelines among their parents according to socioeconomic status.Design: In 2012, a cross-sectional study where students filled in a web-based food frequency questionnaire at school was conducted in nine lower secondary schools in Vest-Agder County, Norway. Socioeconomic status (SES) and knowledge of dietary guidelines were obtained from the parents using a web-based questionnaire. In …

socioeconomic statussoft drinkseducationfruits and vegetableslcsh:TX341-641dietary habits; socioeconomic status; nutrition knowledge; adolescents; soft drinks; fruits and vegetablesDietary intake adolescentsadolescentsnutrition knowledgePublic Health Nutritiondietary habitslcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supplyFood & Nutrition Research
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