30 research outputs found
Assessment of nutritional risk among in-school adolescents from Cantabria
Seminario “Promoción de hábitos saludables en adolescentes desde el ámbito educativo”.Objetivo:
Evaluar el riesgo nutricional, por edad y
sexo, que presentan los adolescentes escolarizados en la
Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria.
Sujetos:
Se realizó un estudio transversal, analizando
una muestra de 1101 adolescentes, de los que 51,6% eran
varones y 48,4% fueron mujeres de edades comprendidas
entre los 10 y los 17 años, escolarizados en centros de
enseñanza pública, mediante el cuestionario Krece Plus.
Resultados:
Se observa un elevado porcentaje de ado-
lescentes que presentan un riesgo nutricional elevado
(35%). Los varones presentan un riesgo nutricional alto
en un porcentaje ligeramente superior a las mujeres (37,8
%
vs
32,1%). Además, el riesgo nutricional alto sufre un
notable incremento a medida que la edad de los jóvenes
aumenta. Se aprecian diferencias estadísticamente signi-
ficativas tanto en los grupos de edad de los varones (p =
0,024), de las mujeres (p < 0,001) como en el grupo global
(p = 0,001). En los tres casos, la distribución del riego
nutricional en los grupos de menor edad es muy similar
(entre 35,2 y 35,8% en los
h
, entre 27,9 y 29,7% en las
m
, y
entre 31,7 y 32,7% en el grupo total). Mientras que en el
grupo de mayor edad estos valores prácticamente se
duplican (57,1% en los
h
, 69,0% en las
m
, y 62,2 % en el
grupo total).
Conclusión:
Los resultados obtenidos muestran una
realidad preocupante debido, principalmente, al elevado
porcentaje de adolescentes que presentan un riesgo nutri-
cional elevado. Siendo los varones y los adolescentes de
mayor edad los sectores en los que este riesgo nutricional
elevado es superior.Objective:
To analyse nutritional risk, by age and sex,
among primary and secondary education adolescents from
Cantabria.
Methodology:
a cross-sectional study was carried out,
analysing a sample of 1101 adolescents: 568 (51.6%) were
men and 533 (48.4%) were women, aged 12 to 17,
attending 16 different primary and secondary education
centres in Cantabria, by means of a Krece Plus
questionnaire.
Results:
A high percentage of adolescents with a high
nutritional risk (35%) can be observed. Men show a high
nutritional risk slightly higher than women (37.8%
h
vs
32.1%
m
). Moreover, the high nutritional risk expe riences
a notable increase as young people get older. Significant
statistical differences can be seen both in male and female
groups, and as a global group. In all three cases, the
nutritional risk distribution in the youngest group is very
similar (35.2-35.8% in
h
, 27.9-29.7% in
m
, 31.7-32.7% in
the global group); whereas in elder adolescents, those
values are practically doubled (57.1% in
h
, 69.0% in
m
, y
62.2% in the global group).
Conclusions:
Results are alarming mainly given the
high percentage of adolescents with a high nutritional
risk. Men and older adolescents are the groups in which
high nutritional risk is more evident
Prácticas alimentarias de los adolescentes de Cantabria
Objetivo. Analizar determinadas prácticas alimentarias
en adolescentes escolarizados en centros de educación pública
de Cantabria, participantes en el Proyecto "Promoción
de Hábitos Saludables en Adolescentes desde el Ámbito
Educativo".
Sujetos. Se realizó un estudio transversal, analizando
una muestra de 1.101 adolescentes: 568 (51,6%) varones y
533 (48,4%) mujeres, de edades comprendidas entre los 10 y
los 17 años, escolarizados en dieciséis centros de enseñanza
primaria y secundaria, mediante un cuestionario autocumplimentado.
Resultados. Los adolescentes suelen realizar entre cuatro
(41,5%) y cinco (31,6%) ingestas diarias. Durante los días
de colegio, el 34% emplea entre diez y quince minutos en
desayunar, y entre 30 y 35 minutos en comer (33,5%) y cenar
(23%). Un elevado porcentaje (49,4%) de adolescentes desayunaba
en soledad durante los días lectivos. Las principales
ingestas alimenticias se realizan en el hogar. Las bebidas no
alcohólicas (53,6%) y los dulces (42%) son los principales
destinos de su dinero de bolsillo. En la casi totalidad de los
hogares, es la madre la que se encarga de la compra de los
alimentos, de la preparación de las comidas y de decidir
tanto el almuerzo como la merienda. La pizza (72,6%) y las
patatas fritas (70,8%) son los alimentos considerados más
ricos entre los analizados, mientras que el perrito caliente (49,4%) y la hamburguesa (48,5%) son considerados como
los menos sanos. El 58,6% de los encuestados cena viendo
la televisión.
Conclusión. En el estudio del comportamiento alimentario
es necesario analizar la influencia de otros factores que,
en muchas ocasiones, están detrás de las recomendaciones
dietéticas y que casi siempre son ignorados. Prácticas alimentarias
como las analizadas en el presente estudio, permiten,
cuando estas se desarrollan de forma adecuada, una
mejora sustancial en la salud alimentaria y nutricional de
las personas
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Smoke with Fire: Financial Crises and the Demand for Parliamentary Oversight in the European Union.
The handling of the 2008 financial crisis has reinforced the conviction that the European Union (EU) is undemocratic and that member states are forced to delegate overwhelming power to a supranational technocracy. However, European countries have engaged with this alleged power drift differently, with only a few member states demanding more parliamentary scrutiny of EU institutions. This article develops a political economy explanation for why only some states have enforced mechanisms to monitor the EU more closely. Our theory focuses on the role of the crisis and the impact of fiscal autonomy in countries outside and inside currency arrangements such as the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). We argue that, in the aftermath of a severe economic shock, member states outside the EMU possess more monetary and fiscal resources to handle the crisis. These would then demand oversight of EU decision-making if their fiscal sustainability depends on the Union. By contrast, Eurozone states that need policy changes cannot address the crisis independently or initiate reforms to scrutinize the EU. Hence, we argue that during the heated moments of severe economic downturns, parliaments in Eurozone countries discuss supranational supervision rarely. As these legislatures have nevertheless to give in to the popular demand for EU control, they express support for more EU supervision in the infrequent times of debate. We provide evidence for our theory with a cross-national analysis of EU oversight institutions, and a new original dataset of parliamentary debates during the Eurozone crisis. Our findings highlight the political consequences that financial nosedives have across the diverse membership of a supranational organization
Evaluation of appendicitis risk prediction models in adults with suspected appendicitis
Background
Appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency worldwide, but its diagnosis remains challenging. The aim of this study was to determine whether existing risk prediction models can reliably identify patients presenting to hospital in the UK with acute right iliac fossa (RIF) pain who are at low risk of appendicitis.
Methods
A systematic search was completed to identify all existing appendicitis risk prediction models. Models were validated using UK data from an international prospective cohort study that captured consecutive patients aged 16–45 years presenting to hospital with acute RIF in March to June 2017. The main outcome was best achievable model specificity (proportion of patients who did not have appendicitis correctly classified as low risk) whilst maintaining a failure rate below 5 per cent (proportion of patients identified as low risk who actually had appendicitis).
Results
Some 5345 patients across 154 UK hospitals were identified, of which two‐thirds (3613 of 5345, 67·6 per cent) were women. Women were more than twice as likely to undergo surgery with removal of a histologically normal appendix (272 of 964, 28·2 per cent) than men (120 of 993, 12·1 per cent) (relative risk 2·33, 95 per cent c.i. 1·92 to 2·84; P < 0·001). Of 15 validated risk prediction models, the Adult Appendicitis Score performed best (cut‐off score 8 or less, specificity 63·1 per cent, failure rate 3·7 per cent). The Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score performed best for men (cut‐off score 2 or less, specificity 24·7 per cent, failure rate 2·4 per cent).
Conclusion
Women in the UK had a disproportionate risk of admission without surgical intervention and had high rates of normal appendicectomy. Risk prediction models to support shared decision‐making by identifying adults in the UK at low risk of appendicitis were identified