Insatisfação com a imagem corporal e fatores associados em clientes de uma loja de suplementos alimentares

Objective: To identify the predominance of dissatisfaction with the physical image and factors associated in clients of a shop of food supplements. Materials and methods: The study was carried out between the August and September of 2018 with clients of both sexes of a shop specialized in food supplements in the city of Clear Hills, MG. The questionnaire contemplated descriptive questions and of multiple choice that the aspects were boarding sociodemographic, habits of life, knowledge on healthy food, I use food supplements, level of physical activity and dissatisfaction with the physical image. Resulted: 61 individuals were valued, with average of age of 28,8±8,9 years. 88,5 % presented absence of dissatisfaction with the physical image. While associating the dissatisfaction with the image with the profile sociodemographic and the characteristics behavioral, noticed significant association with the variables schooling (p=0,045), knowledge on healthy food (p=0,027), practiced physical activity (p=0,041), number of times in a week which practical physical activity (p=0,030) and it will practice more than a physical activity (0,022). Conclusion: It was concluded that the prevalence of body dissatisfaction in this population was lower than that reported in the literature. This suggests that people are increasingly concerned about body image, and it is important that nutrition professionals attend to this audience and develop action plans to ensure the desired effects while preserving the health of the individual.Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência de insatisfação com a imagem corporal e fatores associados em clientes de uma loja de suplementos alimentares. Materiais e métodos: O estudo foi realizado entre os meses de agosto e setembro de 2018 com clientes de ambos os sexos de uma loja especializada em suplementos alimentares na cidade de Montes Claros, MG. O questionário contemplou questões descritivas e de múltipla escolha que abordavam os aspectos sociodemográficos, hábitos de vida, conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável, uso de suplementos alimentares, nível de atividade física e insatisfação com a imagem corporal. Resultados: Foram avaliados 61 indivíduos, com média de idade de 28,8±8,9 anos. 88,5% apresentaram ausência de insatisfação com a imagem corporal. Ao associar a insatisfação com a imagem com o perfil sociodemográfico e as características comportamentais, observou associação significativa com as variáveis escolaridade (p=0,045), conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável (p=0,027), atividade física praticada (p=0,041), número de vezes por semana que prática atividade física (p=0,030) e praticar mais de uma atividade física (0,022). Conclusão: Conclui-se que a prevalência de insatisfação corporal nessa população foi inferior ao relatado na literatura. Isso sugere que as pessoas estão cada vez mais preocupadas com a imagem corporal, sendo importante que os profissionais da nutrição estejam atentos a esse público e desenvolva planos de ação a fim de garantir os efeitos desejados preservando a saúde do indivíduo

Conhecimentos dos clientes de uma loja de suplementos alimentares sobre a alimentação saúdavel e fatores associados

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of customers of a food supplement store about healthy eating and associated factors. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. This study was carried out in a shop that markets food supplements in the city of Montes Claros-MG. Participants were selected by convenience and intentionally selected clients, who accepted to respond to the questionnaires, which were over 18 years of age. Questionnaires were used to evaluate socio-demographic and economic characteristics, life habits, physical activity level, smoking, alcohol consumption, weight loss treatment and Body Mass Index. To assess knowledge about healthy eating and the use of dietary supplements, subjects responded to a questionnaire adapted from Zamin and Schimanoski (2010). Results: With regard to knowledge about healthy eating, 91.8% of respondents stated that they had very good/sufficient knowledge about this practice and 60.7% believe that healthy eating is indispensable in the practice of physical activity. There was a significant association between knowledge about healthy eating with the variables: schooling (p=0.023), number of daily meals (p=0.020), knowledge about dietary supplements (p=0.003) and physical activity practice (p=0.028). Conclusion: It is concluded that people have increasingly sought knowledge about healthy eating to meet their food needs and that factors such as level of schooling, number of daily meals, knowledge about dietary supplements and physical activity are factors that are associated with knowledge about healthy eating in this population.Objetivo: Avaliar conhecimento dos clientes de uma loja de suplementos alimentares sobre alimentação saudável e fatores associados. Materiais e Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo do tipo analítico, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa. Este estudo foi realizado em uma loja que comercializa suplementos alimentares na cidade Montes Claros-MG. Participaram 61 clientes selecionados por conveniência e de forma intencional, que aceitaram responder aos questionários, que apresentaram idade superior a 18 anos. Foram aplicados questionários que avaliavam as características sociodemográficas e econômicas, hábitos de vida, nível de atividade física, tabagismo, etilismo, tratamento para perder peso e Ãndice de Massa Corporal. Para avaliar o conhecimento acerca da alimentação saudável e o uso de suplementos alimentares, os indivíduos responderam a um questionário adaptado de Zamin e Schimanoski (2010). Resultados: Com relação ao conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável, 91,8% dos entrevistados afirmaram ter conhecimento muito bom/suficiente sobre esta prática e 60,7% acreditam que a alimentação saudável é indispensável na prática de atividade física. Houve associação significativa entre o conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável com as variáveis: escolaridade (p=0,023), número de refeições diárias (p=0,020), conhecimento sobre suplementos alimentares (p=0,003) e prática de atividade física (p= 0,028). Conclusão: Conclui-se que pessoas tem buscado cada vez mais conhecimento sobre a alimentação saudável para suprir suas necessidades alimentares e que fatores como nível de escolaridade, número de refeições diárias, conhecimento sobre o sobre suplementos alimentares e prática de atividade física, são fatores que se associam ao conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável dessa população

G6PD deficiency in Latin America : systematic review on prevalence and variants

Plasmodium vivax radical cure requires the use of primaquine (PQ), a drug that induces haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient (G6PDd) individuals, which further hampers malaria control efforts. The aim of this work was to study the G6PDd prevalence and variants in Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean region. A systematic search of the published literature was undertaken in August 2013. Bibliographies of manuscripts were also searched and additional references were identified. Low prevalence rates of G6PDd were documented in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, but studies from Curaçao, Ecuador, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad, as well as some surveys carried out in areas of Brazil, Colombia and Cuba, have shown a high prevalence (> 10%) of G6PDd. The G6PD A-202A mutation was the variant most broadly distributed across LA and was identified in 81.1% of the deficient individuals surveyed. G6PDd is a frequent phenomenon in LA, although certain Amerindian populations may not be affected, suggesting that PQ could be safely used in these specific populations. Population-wide use of PQ as part of malaria elimination strategies in LA cannot be supported unless a rapid, accurate and field-deployable G6PDd diagnostic test is made available

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Insatisfação com a imagem corporal e fatores associados em clientes de uma loja de suplementos alimentares

Objective: To identify the predominance of dissatisfaction with the physical image and factors associated in clients of a shop of food supplements. Materials and methods: The study was carried out between the August and September of 2018 with clients of both sexes of a shop specialized in food supplements in the city of Clear Hills, MG. The questionnaire contemplated descriptive questions and of multiple choice that the aspects were boarding sociodemographic, habits of life, knowledge on healthy food, I use food supplements, level of physical activity and dissatisfaction with the physical image. Resulted: 61 individuals were valued, with average of age of 28,8±8,9 years. 88,5 % presented absence of dissatisfaction with the physical image. While associating the dissatisfaction with the image with the profile sociodemographic and the characteristics behavioral, noticed significant association with the variables schooling (p=0,045), knowledge on healthy food (p=0,027), practiced physical activity (p=0,041), number of times in a week which practical physical activity (p=0,030) and it will practice more than a physical activity (0,022). Conclusion: It was concluded that the prevalence of body dissatisfaction in this population was lower than that reported in the literature. This suggests that people are increasingly concerned about body image, and it is important that nutrition professionals attend to this audience and develop action plans to ensure the desired effects while preserving the health of the individual.Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência de insatisfação com a imagem corporal e fatores associados em clientes de uma loja de suplementos alimentares. Materiais e métodos: O estudo foi realizado entre os meses de agosto e setembro de 2018 com clientes de ambos os sexos de uma loja especializada em suplementos alimentares na cidade de Montes Claros, MG. O questionário contemplou questões descritivas e de múltipla escolha que abordavam os aspectos sociodemográficos, hábitos de vida, conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável, uso de suplementos alimentares, nível de atividade física e insatisfação com a imagem corporal. Resultados: Foram avaliados 61 indivíduos, com média de idade de 28,8±8,9 anos. 88,5% apresentaram ausência de insatisfação com a imagem corporal. Ao associar a insatisfação com a imagem com o perfil sociodemográfico e as características comportamentais, observou associação significativa com as variáveis escolaridade (p=0,045), conhecimento sobre alimentação saudável (p=0,027), atividade física praticada (p=0,041), número de vezes por semana que prática atividade física (p=0,030) e praticar mais de uma atividade física (0,022). Conclusão: Conclui-se que a prevalência de insatisfação corporal nessa população foi inferior ao relatado na literatura. Isso sugere que as pessoas estão cada vez mais preocupadas com a imagem corporal, sendo importante que os profissionais da nutrição estejam atentos a esse público e desenvolva planos de ação a fim de garantir os efeitos desejados preservando a saúde do indivíduo

Validation of the rapid test Carestart(tm) G6PD among malaria vivax-infected subjects in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: In the Brazilian Amazon, malaria infections are primarily caused by Plasmodium vivax. The only drug that kills the hypnozoite form of P. vivax is primaquine, thereby preventing relapse. However, treating glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals with primaquine can lead to severe hemolysis. G6PD deficiency (G6PDd) affects approximately 400 million people worldwide, most of whom live in malaria-endemic areas. Therefore, clinicians need tools that can easily and reliably identify individuals with G6PDd. This study estimated the accuracy of the Carestart(tm) G6PD rapid test (Access Bio) in the diagnosis of G6PDd in male participants with and without P. vivax acute malaria. METHODS: Male participants were recruited in Manaus. Malaria diagnosis was determined by thick blood smear. G6PD quantitative analysis was performed spectro photometrically at a wave length of 340nm. The Carestart(tm) G6PD test was performed using venous blood. Genotyping was performed for individuals whose samples had an enzyme activity less than 70% of the normal value. RESULTS: Six hundred and seventy-four male participants were included in this study, of whom 320 had a diagnosis of P. vivax malaria. In individuals with enzyme activity lower than 30% (n=13), the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the Carestart(tm) G6PD test were as follows: 61.5% (95%CI: 35.5%-82.3%), 98.3% (95%CI: 97.0%-99.1%), 42.1% (95%CI: 23.1%-63.7%), and 99.2% (95%CI: 98.2%-82.3%), 98.3% (95%CI: 97.0%-99.1%), 42.1% (95%CI: 23.1%-63.7%), and 99.2% (95%CI: 98.2%-99.7%), respectively. Increases in sensitivity were observed when increasing the cut-off value. CONCLUSIONS: Despite low sensitivity, Carestart(tm) G6PD remains a good alternative for rapid diagnosis of G6PDd in malaria-endemic regions