Sustainable diet from the urban Brazilian consumer perspective.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sustainability and food, and other possible associations with the socio-demographic characteristics and consumer segmentation, as well as to identify the characteristics of sustainable and unsustainable foods and the sustainable diet concept from a consumer perspective. One hundred and fifty consumers responded a questionnaire with word association, free listing, and sentence completion tasks. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the terms.

[Diabetes mellitus risk screening of parents of private school students in the city of Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil].

Objective: To screen the risk of developing diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) in adult individuals.

Methods: Several risk factors for DM2 (sedentary lifestyle, previous coronary artery disease, hyperglycemia-inducing medications, body mass index [BMI], blood pressure, serum triglyceride, and HDL-cholesterol levels) were assessed in 314 adults as a function of gender and age group.

Results: 73.