Publications by authors named "G A Armendariz"

Article Synopsis
  • - In 2020, Mexico introduced front-of-package nutrition warning labels (FoPWLs) on packaged foods to help consumers better understand nutrition info, and this study focused on how Mexican Americans in the U.S. respond to these labels while shopping.
  • - A survey of 3,361 adult Mexican Americans revealed that 88% shop at Mexican grocery stores, with 64% noticing FoPWLs; many reported being influenced to buy fewer unhealthy foods like snacks and sodas due to these labels.
  • - Factors that increased the likelihood of noticing FoPWLs included being younger, having children, using Spanish frequently, and having higher education and income levels, with females showing a stronger tendency to buy fewer unhealthy foods because
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Objective: To examine awareness and recall of healthy eating public education campaigns in five countries.

Design: Data were cross-sectional and collected as part of the 2018 International Food Policy Study. Respondents were asked whether they had seen government healthy eating campaigns in the past year; if yes (awareness), they were asked to describe the campaign.

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Pencil-point spinal needles are popular for combined spinal-epidural analgesia because they cause less dural puncture headache than cutting-edge spinal needles. However many parturients move, grimace, vocalise or experience paraesthesia or dysaesthesia during dural puncture when performing 'needle through needle' combined spinal-epidural analgesia. We compared dural puncture responses induced by pencil-point and cutting-edge needles (both 27 gauge).

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Tibial intercondylar eminence (TIE) fractures are well described in the pediatric orthopedic literature. Adult TIEs are much less common, and limited literature exists on the subject. Adult knee hyperextension injuries commonly result in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; however, with significant trauma, a TIE enters the differential diagnosis.

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The psychometric properties of analogue assessment measures of child behavior problems are reviewed. Analogue assessment refers to an observational measure of targeted behaviors that are elicited by simulated experimental conditions, which, in turn, are devised to approximate natural circumstances. For the most part, this assessment approach has been used sporadically in the clinical setting with children who are behaviorally disturbed.

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