Perception, Trust, and Motivation in Consumer Behavior for Organic Food Acquisition: An Exploratory Study

Foods, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(2), С. 293 - 293

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

(1) Background: A sustainable healthy diet assures human well-being in all life stages, protects environmental resources, and preserves biodiversity. This work investigates the sociodemographic factors, knowledge, trust, motivations involved organic food acquisition behavior. (2) Methods: An online survey via Google Forms platform, with 316 respondents, was conducted from 1 March to 31 May 2024. (3) Results: Our findings show that suitably informed people high educational levels (academic post-college) report significant satisfaction consumption (p < 0.05). There is also a considerable correlation between ages 25-65, moderate satisfaction, "yes" for eco-food recommendations The same are associated medium confidence labels monthly income results residence not essential factors higher price perception. Insignificant variation perception correlated weekly Similar correlates highest level daily Obese respondents exhibited minimal opted "abstention" (4) Conclusions: present study extensively analyzed Romanian people's perception, trust regarding foods. It demonstrates differentiate consumers influence attitudes motivation acquisition.

Язык: Английский

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Perspective: Challenges for Personalized Nutrition in the Current U.S. Regulatory Framework and Future Opportunities

Advances in Nutrition, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100382 - 100382

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Psychometric evaluation of the translated arabic version of the geriatrics health behavior questionnaire (GHBQ) for geriatric nurses: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 23(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 13, 2024

The Geriatrics Health Behavior Questionnaire (GHBQ) is essential for assessing health-related behaviors among older adults populations. This study focuses on the translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of Arabic version GHBQ to ensure its relevance accuracy Arabic-speaking individuals.

Язык: Английский

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Lifestyle Factors in the Clinical Manifestation and Management of Atopic Dermatitis

Archives of Internal Medicine Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 8(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Atopic dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema, is an inflammatory dermatologic condition that results in inflamed, itchy skin lesions. The development of this governed by a variety genetic and environmental factors including lifestyle habits. severity atopic has been attributed to be affected various factors, prompting the interest utilizing modifications form treatment for symptoms. Many research studies have conducted investigate effects different such sleep, stress, diet, smoking tobacco use, exposure temperatures humidity levels, skincare cosmetic products on symptoms, how certain habits can modified manage AD conditions. Current demonstrated significant impact some elicit with improving dermatitis, while discussing other require further determine their AD. This review article summarizes findings current literature investigates role exacerbation explores mechanisms which these behaviors trigger

Язык: Английский

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Biosocial Determinants of Health Among Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Liver Cancer

Cancers, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(5), С. 844 - 844

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Metabolic disorders and chronic liver disease (CLD) play crucial roles in the development progression of cancer (LC). Since ethnic minority population increasingly suffers from CLD LC, it is vital to understand biosocial factors contributing LC. The 'All Us' database, with significant participation populations, provides a valuable tool for studies different racial/ethnic groups. Using databases, including 'The Cancer Genome Atlas', this study aimed data, confounding like lack immunization, comorbidities, socioeconomic status (SES) barriers were analyzed cohort 33767 [non-alcoholic fatty disease, alcoholic Hepatitis B C] patients. Among 556 LC patients 92% had CLD. hypoxanthine known be increased urine patients, purine metabolic pathway genes using databases validated publicly available RNASeq data. We identified several associated Hispanic (HA) African American (AA) populations compared non-Hispanic White (NHW) populations. HA AA suffer high SES barriers. While most related upregulated xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH), which converts uric acid, showed downregulation tumor normal tissues. TCGA data among groups that only Asian (AN) tumors XDH expression was significantly lower NHW. decreased mRNA AN benign tissues further RNAseq datasets. Survival analysis confirmed poor overall survival their tumors. Our population. This also as critical alteration has clinical significance

Язык: Английский

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Understanding Millennials and Gen Z’s Organic Food Buying Intentions: A Mediation and Segmentation Study

Cleaner Waste Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100294 - 100294

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Developing an assessment tool for the healthy lifestyles of the occupational population in China: a modified Delphi-analytic hierarchy process study

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024

Lifestyle is an important factor affecting people's health. Evaluating and promoting healthy lifestyles among occupational population can not only improve work ability efficiency, but also contribute to the prevention a variety of potential diseases. This study developed preliminary index system based on literature review group discussion. Two rounds expert consultation were conducted 12 experts using Delphi method. The questionnaire recovery rate two survey was over 85%, authority coefficient 0.70, Kendall W 0.450 0.446, which significant (P < 0.001). weighting each indicator calculated hierarchical analysis Among them, coefficients physical health lifestyle, mental social adaptation lifestyle 0.4133, 0.2922, 0.1078 0.1867, respectively. consistency CI = 0.024 ratio CR 0.027 first-level judgment matrix. acceptable indicators do cause logical confusion. assessment tool constructed in this consists 4 primary indicators, 13 secondary 45 tertiary provide standardized operable for monitoring evaluating Chinese population. At same time, weight various through analytic hierarchy process reference key areas intervention.

Язык: Английский

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There is no association between anxiety and lifestyle in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

SAGE Open Medicine, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Introduction and objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused mental health problems worldwide. Older people have been particularly affected by the lockdown as their conditions changed, although they kept in isolation to avoid exposure contagion. We sought determine association between lifestyles anxiety older adults during pandemic. Materials methods: This study was cross-sectional. enrolled 150 of both sexes with a history chronic diseases from municipality El Agustino (Lima, Peru). 20-item Geriatric Anxiety Scale 25-item Lifestyle Questionnaire on eating, physical activity, rest, sleep were administered Spanish July–August 2021. Results: mean age 70.8 ± 8.1 years, 54.7% male, 75.3% practiced exercise. During pandemic, 99.3% elderly had healthy 40% presented (mild, moderate, severe 26.7%, 8.7%, 4.7%, respectively). found no lifestyle ( p = 0.189), exercise predictor < 0.001) we did not find predictors symptoms > 0.05). Conclusions: Our results suggest that there link lockdown. It is important conduct in-depth research factors associated among residents other regions, focusing population groups highest rates infection death COVID-19.

Язык: Английский

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Lifestyles according to disease duration in patients with diabetes and hypertension

medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Авг. 19, 2024

Introduction: In patients with hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM), lifestyles should be optimal to avoid long-term complications. However, it is sometimes unclear whether the disease duration factor could contribute their improvement. Objective: 1) To analyze trend of in DM or HTN; 2) determine association according time since diagnosis these patients. Materials methods: Analytical cross-sectional study based on Peru's Demographic Family Health Survey between 2014 2023. Lifestyles were: smoking status, alcohol consumption, fruit/vegetable consumption. The variable was dichotomized (< 2 years versus ≥ years). Results: Lifestyle trends established showed a fluctuating pattern, significant interruption 2020, followed by return pre-2020 variations, except for decrease smokers subjects HTN. On other hand, no found any three HTN DM2. Conclusion: have not resulted sustained bad habits constant improvement healthy lifestyles, HTN, but rather general state without substantial changes has been maintained. turn, does seem determining Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Healthy Lifestyles, Peru (MeSH)

Язык: Английский

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Effect of dates on blood glucose and lipid profile among patients with type 2 diabetes

World Journal of Diabetes, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(6), С. 1079 - 1085

Опубликована: Июнь 11, 2024

Poor fruit and vegetable consumption is one of the 10 major risk factors for mortality. There a misconception regarding dates among patients with diabetes. This manuscript assessed effects date on fasting postprandial blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins, high-density microbial markers. Four literature databases were searched relevant articles. Of 595 studies retrieved, 24 glycemic control lipids. Overall, evidence suggests that have lowering effect glucose. Dates reduce cholesterol triglyceride levels increase lipoprotein levels. also promote abundance beneficial gut microbiota. Therefore, diabetes dyslipidemia can consume to their triglycerides.

Язык: Английский

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