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.

[Food habits and nutritional assessment in a tunisian university population].

Introduction: Nutrition and health are of great importance throughout life, in particular in adulthood due to active population is included among the adults. Therefore, it is essential to assess the quality of the diet and the possible conditioning factors.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to characterize food habits and assess the quality of the diet of university students from the Virtual University of Tunisia, a North African country in nutritional transition.

Relationships between nutritional screening and functional impairment in institutionalized Spanish older people.

Objectives: An association between functional status and nutritional status has previously been demonstrated and the value of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) as an indicator of functional status has been investigated. However, experience in nursing homes is still limited. The objectives of this survey were to study the relationships between functional impairment as measured by the Barthel Index (BI) and broad nutritional assessment categories as measured by the MNA.

Adherence to Mediterranean diet in a Spanish university population.

The aim of this work was to characterize food habits of Spanish University students and to assess the quality of their diet and some possible determinant factors according to Mediterranean food pattern among other indices. Two hundred eighty-four enrolled students during the academic year 2012-2013 participated in this survey. For each individual a questionnaire involving anthropometric measurements, types of housing, smoking habits and levels of physical activity were self-reported.

[Food habits and nutritional assessment in a university population].

Introduction: The university students are in critical period for the development of life styles which are very important for their future health. The eating behaviour of other students, the alcohol consumption, their economic situation and the ability of cooking make them change their dietary habits. In Spain there are a few studies on the quality of the diet in this population group.

Kinetic behaviour of proenzymes activation in the presence of different inhibitors for both activating and activated enzymes.

In the present paper, a kinetic analysis of a general model for proenzyme activation, where the activating enzyme and also the activated one are reversibly inhibited in two steps by two different inhibitors, has been performed. The cases in which both inhibitors are the same, or in which the inhibition is irreversible (only one or the two inhibition routes) are treated as particular cases of the general model. In addition, the kinetic behaviour of many other proenzyme activation systems involving inhibition, particular cases of the reaction scheme under study, can be obtained.