Food consumption in Tunisian university students and its association with sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle behaviours.

Objective: This study aimed to characterise food consumption among students at the University of Carthage (Tunisia), assessing quality of diet and main dietary patterns, and their association with potential conditioning factors.

Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants self-reported food consumption in two 24-h recalls and information about sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics such as BMI, birthplace, physical activity, eating places or kitchen appliances.

The relationship between socioeconomic status and beverage consumption in children: The Cuenca Study.

Introduction: beverage consumption constitutes a source of children's daily energy intake. Some authors have suggested that consumption of caloric beverages is higher in children with a low socioeconomic position because families limit their spending on healthy food in order to save money.

Objective: the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status and Spanish children's beverage consumption.

Fiber Patterns in Young Adults Living in Different Environments (USA, Spain, and Tunisia). Anthropometric and Lifestyle Characteristics.

Benefits of dietary fiber go beyond its effect on chronic diseases associated with development. Consequently, the pattern of fiber intake has been considered an indicator for diet quality. Young adults are especially vulnerable to a food environment that drives an increase in chronic diseases linked to economic development.

Individual and institutional factors associated with functional disability in nursing home residents: An observational study with multilevel analysis.

Background: High prevalence of functional limitations has been previously observed in nursing homes. Disability may depend not only on the characteristics of the residents but also on the facility characteristics. The aims of this study were: 1, to describe the prevalence of functional disability in older people living in Spanish nursing homes; and 2, to analyze the relationships between individual and nursing home characteristics and residents' functional disability.

The association between water intake, body composition and cardiometabolic factors among children - The Cuenca study.

Introduction: Beverage consumption and its possible association with current obesity epidemic and metabolic syndrome is under investigation in recent years, however water intake is probably the most underestimated of all beverages and could play an important role.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between water intake, body composition and cardiometabolic factors in a sample of Spanish children.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 366 schoolchildren (53.