Ecology of Food and Nutrition最新文献

{"title":"Changing patterns of food, nutrition, and health.","authors":"Sunil K Khanna","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2022.2041297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2022.2041297","url":null,"abstract":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition (EFN) promotes scholarly discussion and engagement on the holistic and cross-cultural dimensions of food and nutrition. Articles published in this journal focus on foods and food systems in terms of their utilization to satisfy human nutritional needs and improve health and well-being. The journal also publishes articles that examine how ecological, social, and cultural factors influence food availability, choices, and consumption, food cultures, and nutrition. Only a handful of journals publish articles that explicitly address the intersections of food and nutrition, biology and culture, and policy and practice from a holistic and global perspective. It is this kind of scholarship that EFN seeks to promote. The current issue of EFN includes eight articles based on studies conducted in Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Kenya, the Mediterranean Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States. These articles focus on a range of topics, including household food insecurity, prenatal maternal health, child nutrition, changing food consumption patterns, and determinants of dietary awareness and food behavior. The article by Pedrero-Tome and colleagues presents the results of a crosssectional study exploring the relationship between household food insecurity and the nutritional status of schoolchildren in rural El Salvador. The authors used the Food Security Perception Survey to collect data on 143 households and performed anthropometric measurements in a sample of 334 schoolchildren. The authors report that anthropometric failure was observed in nearly 38% of the schoolchildren and nearly 59% of the sample households experienced food insecurity. In their article, Suri and colleagues present the results of a cross-sectional study on the socio-demographic determinants of nutritional status in preschool children (3–6 years) in north India. The authors collected data using a 24-hour dietary recall and food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and anthropometric measurements on a sample of 350 preschoolers. The results of this study suggest that the majority of children consumed less than 60% of the nutrient intake recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Furthermore, family income, the number of siblings, and birth order were associated with dietary insufficiency, and stunting and wasting were more prevalent among girls as compared to boys. The article by Owens and colleagues focuses on examining the relationship between cultural context and food consumption. The authors used cultural consensus analysis – a method commonly used to determine shared ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION 2022, VOL. 61, NO. 2, 125–127 https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2022.2041297","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"125-127"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39804038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Association of Dietary Habits and Lifestyle Characteristics with Successful Aging among Older Greek Origin Individuals Living in France, Canada, and Greece: The Epidemiological Mediterranean Islands Study (MEDIS).","authors":"Alexandriani Piperidi,&nbsp;Alexandra Foscolou,&nbsp;Konstantina Kouki,&nbsp;Ioanna Moussikoudi-Hatterer,&nbsp;Anastasios Papalazarou,&nbsp;Stefanos Tyrovolas,&nbsp;Evangelos Polychronopoulos,&nbsp;Labros S Sidossis,&nbsp;Demosthenes Panagiotakos","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1982708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1982708","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of the present work was to investigate the association of dietary habits and lifestyle characteristics with successful aging among native Greeks and Greeks of Diaspora (Canada and France). During 2005-2019, 2,434 Greek men and women, living in Greece, in France, and in Canada, over 65 years of age were enrolled voluntarily in the study. Anthropometric, clinical and socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits, and lifestyle parameters were derived through standard procedures, while successful aging was evaluated using the validated Successful Aging Index (SAI, range 0-10). The SAI of the overall sample was 2.8 ± 1.4. Greeks of Diaspora had higher SAI levels compared to their counterparts in Greece (<i>p's < .001</i>). However, there was no difference between Greeks of Canada and these of France (<i>p > .05</i>). Actually, Greeks of Diaspora had almost 1.9 units higher SAI compared to native Greeks (<i>p < .001</i>). Work and financial status, dietary and lifestyle behaviors (i.e., physical activity, smoking habits), and several clinical characteristics (i.e., history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia) were statistically different between the three groups (<i>all p's < .05</i>). Greeks of Diaspora had higher SAI levels, probably because of their healthier lifestyle practices, which mainly depend on their traditions and cultural background of their homelands and living conditions in the host countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"201-214"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39476035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Context Matters for Food Security: Multi-Sited Evidence of Shared Cultural Models of Food Consumption.","authors":"C Owens,&nbsp;L J Weaver,&nbsp;B N Kaiser,&nbsp;T Kalk,&nbsp;F Tesema,&nbsp;F Tessema,&nbsp;C Hadley","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1969927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1969927","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anthropologists have long emphasized the social significance of foods and the contexts in which they are consumed. Expanding on this idea, we define the context of consumption as the non-eating behaviors that surround eating, such as the manner of food preparation, food sharing, and dietary patterns. In this study, we used cultural consensus analysis to assess whether there exist consistently shared, normative ideas about preferable context of food consumption in three diverse research sites: urban Ethiopia, rural Brazil, and rural Haiti. Our analysis demonstrates that in all three communities, there are distinct sets of behaviors that people identified as non-preferable because they reliably associate them with poverty and food insecurity, and behaviors that people identify as preferable because they reliably associate them with wealth and food security. Across the settings, there was little variation in agreement about behaviors across household composition, age, gender, and food security status. These findings suggest that people do indeed share culturally specific ideas about the context in which foods should be prepared and consumed, beyond the actual content of one's diet. Exploring these cultural models elucidates the social consequences of food insecurity, enabling researchers to better examine the relationship between food insecurity, social context, and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"162-181"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39373228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Caught between Worlds: Assessing Generational Change in Palauan Foodways Post-Independence.","authors":"Chad T Morris,&nbsp;Allison Kellam,&nbsp;Emily Spangler,&nbsp;Rebecca A Shannon,&nbsp;Raynold Mechol","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1982710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1982710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Palauan foodways have changed significantly over the last 100 years. Current nutritional norms in Palau have led to increased prevalence of nutrition-based noncommunicable disease. While generational change in Palauan foodways in the decades immediately following World War II has been documented, less attention has been paid to change since national independence. Parents, teachers, and students at Palauan elementary schools participated in focus groups designed to advance understanding of the current state of Palauan nutrition across generations at home, school, and elsewhere (including after-school snacks and ritual events). We document these perspectives and share Palauan ideas for improving local nutrition.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"235-249"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39479543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring and Influencing Behavior Change in Dietary Intake: Integrated Photovoice Approach in Nutrition Interventions in Eastern Kenya.","authors":"Catherine Mawia Mwema,&nbsp;Christine Wangari,&nbsp;Seetha Anitha,&nbsp;Cornellius Muendo,&nbsp;Simon Nyaga,&nbsp;Moses Siambi,&nbsp;Murali Krishna Gumma,&nbsp;Pranay Panjala,&nbsp;Joanna Kane-Potaka","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1982709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1982709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A study conducted in two wards of Tharaka Nithi subcounty in Kenya documented the impact of using photovoice as a learning tool to build awareness about diets in order to influence behavior change, as well as a method to measure dietary intake. After a year's nutrition awareness drive using Smart Food branding, in the intervention area, a total of 60 participants from intervention and control areas were identified for the photovoice exercise. The analysis showed household and women's dietary diversity scores to be higher in the intervention group by 35% and 45%, respectively. An estimate of nutrient intake revealed a higher intake of calories, protein, calcium, iron and zinc ranging from 70% to 205% in the intervention group. Qualitative feedback on the photovoice approach reflected increased nutrition awareness and behavior change. Results showed the efficacy of the approach in evaluating diets while simultaneously improving participants' realization of what they were consuming using images captured and a one-on-one discussion with nutritionists. The improvement in dietary diversity scores reflected the effectiveness of this creative participatory and branded approach in imparting a strong message on and enthusiasm for learning about nutrition, resulting in behavior change.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"215-234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39485824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Locally-Produced Plant-Based Supplement <i>Swathi Savi</i> (SAVI) Enrichment Improves Body Growth, Bone Development, and Immune Functions in Protein Malnourished Mice: Implications for Strategies to Combat Child Malnutrition.","authors":"Kristen Pinchun Yang,&nbsp;Carmen P Wong,&nbsp;Sunil K Khanna,&nbsp;Tammy M Bray","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1977636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1977636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Child malnutrition is a critical global challenge. India alone is home to nearly 46 million stunted children, a third of the world's total. Supplementing locally-produced foods has been acknowledged as a sustainable strategy for combating child malnutrition. We used an established protein malnutrition (PM) model in young mice to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the SAVI-enriched diet as a food supplement to combat child malnutrition in India. Results indicate that feeding the SAVI-enriched diet improves body weight, lean muscle mass, bone, and immune health in PM young mice. Based on the results of our study in mice, we suggest future human trials to examine the supplement's potential benefits for humans.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"182-200"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39475085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Household food insecurity and nutritional status of schoolchildren in rural regions of Bajo Lampa, El Salvador (2018-2019).","authors":"Roberto Pedrero-Tomé,&nbsp;Noemí López-Ejeda,&nbsp;María Sánchez Alvarez,&nbsp;Cristina Herrero-Jaúregui,&nbsp;Belén Acosta Gallo,&nbsp;María Dolores Marrodán","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1968851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1968851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2018, a cross-sectional study was conducted in six communities of Tecoluca, Bajo Lempa (El Salvador). Weight, height, sitting-height, skinfolds thickness and head, arm, and waist circumferences were measured in a sample of 334 schoolchildren. Nutritional status, body composition, and Extended Composite Index for Anthropometric Failure (ECIAF) were estimated. The Food Security Perception Survey (Spanish acronym: EPSA) was applied to 143 households. Anthropometric failure was observed in 37.5% of the schoolchildren. Association between stunting and underweight in boys and stunting and weight excess in girls was observed. About 58.7% of the households suffered from food insecurity.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"128-143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39339237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nutritional and Obstetric Determinant of Iron Deficiency Anemia among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Services in Public Health Hospitals in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire): A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Stéphane Claver Vanié,&nbsp;Angèle Edjème-Aké,&nbsp;Kouakou Nestor Kouassi,&nbsp;Grodji Albarin Gbogouri,&nbsp;Allico Joseph Djaman","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1987229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1987229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Poorly diversified and micronutrient-deficient dietary intakes during pregnancy remain one of the major causes of nutritional anemia in developing countries. However, data on diet and its relation to anemia in pregnant women in Côte d'Ivoire are scarce. The objective of this study was to determine prevalence and iron deficiency anemia associated factors in pregnant women in Abidjan. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 389 pregnant women attending antenatal care services at public health hospitals in Abidjan. Sociodemographic, obstetrical, and dietary data were collected. Blood samples taken by venipuncture were analyzed for hemoglobin and iron biomarkers. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression. 47.8% of the pregnant women tested were anemic, 25.8% and 30.4% had iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia, respectively. Based on AORs, the second and third trimesters of pregnancy (6.04 v 4.18, respectively), multiparity (13.18), skipping meals (3.05), inadequate energy (5.369), protein (2.74), and vitamin C (2.43) intakes and low dietary diversity (8.35) are the independent and significant determinants of iron deficiency anemia. The high prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in Abidjan reveals a real public health problem. Iron deficiency anemia is due to multiparity, gestational age, inadequate intake, low dietary diversity, and skipping meals.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 2","pages":"250-270"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39539048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Kitchen Adequacy and Child Diet Quality in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample.","authors":"Angela R Fertig, Amanda C Trofholz, Katie Loth, Allan D Tate, Michael Miner, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Erin C Westfall, Andrea Westby, Jerica M Berge","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1968848","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1968848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined kitchen adequacy in a racially/ethnically diverse low-income sample and associations with child diet quality. Families with children age five to seven years old (n = 150) from non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, Native American, Hmong, and Somali families were recruited through primary care clinics. More than 85% of families had 15 of the 20 kitchen items queried, indicating that the sample had adequate kitchen facilities. Only one item (a kitchen table) was associated with higher overall diet quality of children. In contrast, children living in households with can openers and measuring spoons consumed more sodium and added sugars, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"61 1","pages":"81-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8821113/pdf/nihms-1736426.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10823689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adapting a Nutrition Education Curriculum for Spanish-Speaking Adults Experiencing Low-Income: Recommendations from Key Stakeholders.","authors":"Sarah Stotz,&nbsp;Mona Habibi,&nbsp;Laurel Sanville,&nbsp;Edda Cotto-Rivera,&nbsp;Ana Soler,&nbsp;Ariathni Powell,&nbsp;Silvia Giraudo,&nbsp;Jung Sun Lee","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2021.1899917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1899917","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to understand recommendations of key stakeholders regarding cultural adaptation of an evidence-based nutrition and physical activity education curriculum for Spanish-speaking adults. Findings from focus groups with Spanish-speaking adults (n=43) and telephone interviews with experts in Spanish nutrition and health education (n=9) revealed: 1) emphasis of the heterogeneity of Spanish-speaking communities; 2) importance of including family in nutrition education; 3) importance of addressing cultural differences between Spanish-speaking and general United States culture; and 4) tips for engaging Spanish-speaking adults in health education. These findings were used to inform cultural adaptation of a nutrition education curriculum.","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"60 6","pages":"737-750"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03670244.2021.1899917","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9425200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}