Publications by authors named "Mary Carmen Diaz Gutierrez"
Background: Evidence suggests that disordered eating behaviors can result in eating disorders, which is already a reality for the Mexican population, representing an increasingly complex public health problem. Early detection is therefore essential.
Aim Of The Study: To obtain the sensitivity, specificity, and cut-off points of the Brief Questionnaire for Measuring Disordered Eating Behaviors to identify eating disorders in Mexican women.
When clean eating isn't as faultless: the dangerous obsession with healthy eating and the relationship between Orthorexia nervosa and eating disorders in Mexican University students.
J Eat Disord
October 2020
Background: Orthorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that has been scarcely studied in characteristics, causes and symptoms, as well as in consequences and the relationship with other eating disorders. The present study had as its main objective the analysis of said relationship and inquisition of the possibility of predicting the development of an eating disorder from the presence of orthorexia nervosa. Also, it analyzed the differences by sex in Mexican university students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence of metilentetrahidrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism, consumption of vitamins B6, B9, B12 and determination of lipidic hydroperoxides in obese and normal weight Mexican population.
Nutr Hosp
November 2013
Article Synopsis
- Oxidative stress contributes to obesity-related health issues, and the MTHFR enzyme, influenced by its C677T genetic variant, may play a role in this process by affecting folate metabolism and homocysteine levels.
- The study aimed to assess the frequency of the C677T SNP in the MTHFR gene, evaluate the intake of vitamins B6, B9, and B12, and measure lipid hydroperoxide levels in obese and non-obese individuals.
- Findings indicated no significant difference in the C677T variation or vitamin consumption between normal-weight and obese groups, but there was a notable increase in lipid hydroperoxide levels in the obese group, highlighting oxidative stress across obesity levels.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to compare different predictive formulas for calculating resting energy expenditure (REE) against indirect calorimetry in Mexican women with varying grades of obesity (I to III).
- Findings indicate that the Harris-Benedict, World Health Organization, and Valencia formulas provided REE estimates with good accuracy (around 63-67%), while other formulas like Mifflin and Institute of Medicine had lower accuracy (53-58%).
- For women with grade III obesity, the Valencia and "Formula Rápida" had the highest accuracy in estimating REE, making them more reliable options for this demographic.