Content analysis of sustainability scholarship in apparel and textiles and its implications for future research

Sustainability is a rising concern in all facets of society. Scholarly research on sustainability has been carried out in various fields with a common goal of providing a sustainable future for people, prosperity and the planet. Different dimensions of sustainability – social, environmental, and economic have been the topic of research in the field of apparel and textiles (e.g., use of environmental friendly textile materials, use-reuse-recycle, second hand clothing, design innovations to minimize waste, company’s socially responsible and ethical practices) (Hethorn & Ulasewiz, 2008). The overall purpose of this study was to examine the types of apparel and textiles research that have been conducted on the topic around sustainability so we could understand the various directions that sustainability related research has taken in this discipline. The results of this study would guide various future research opportunities around this topic in the field

Body Mass Index in Children and Their Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Study Population of Children from Southern Italy

The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased over the last decades. Parental obesity plays an important role in determining childhood obesity. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between parental and offspring’ weight status in a population of children from South of Italy, as no data have ever been published from this area. We recruited 636 children (5.7 ± 1.5 years old) and their parents. Seventy-three (11.5%) and sixteen (2.5%) children were overweight and obese, respectively. Offspring weight status was significantly associated with parents’ weight status. The linear regression analysis showed that offspring BMI was more affected by paternal than by maternal BMI. Our data confirmed that parents’ weight status plays an important role on children’s BMI. Interestingly, in our study, parents’ height and weight were measured and not reported as in most of the previous papers, strengthening our conclusions. We suggest that intensive nutritional education and preventive programs should be performed in children with overweight / obese parents rather than in children with normal weight parent. Furthermore, nutritional education should be performed also for overweight parents to modify preventable risk factor for pediatric obesity

Digital news resources: An autoethnographic study of news encounters

We analyze a set of 35 autoethnographies of news encounters, created by students in New Zealand. These comprise rich descriptions of the news sources, modalities, topics of interest, and news ‘routines’ by which the students keep in touch with friends and maintain awareness of personal, local, national, and international events. We explore the implications for these insights into news behavior for further research to support digital news systems