Publications by authors named "U Etxeberria"

Dietary interventions are a key strategy to promote healthy ageing. Cooking skills training emerges as a promising approach to acquiring and maintaining healthy eating habits. The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of a culinary programme to improve healthy eating habits among overweight/obese adults (55-70 years old).

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In this paper, we investigate the relevance of using a parental questionnaire (HEGA) to gather information on children's language experience in Basque and early language development in order to better interpret language performance in that language. Both this questionnaire and use of language assessment in Basque are needed in the Basque Country, where multilingualism is well attested. The questionnaire was developed after the PaBiQ with additional questions meant to reflect the Basque context, notably its schooling linguistic model.

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Background: Irritable bowel syndrome is a heterogeneous syndrome and it is difficult to find an effective treatment. Previously, a starch- and sucrose-reduced diet (SSRD) demonstrated promising short-term outcomes. It was proposed that genetic variants in the sucrose-isomaltase gene might influence this success.

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Article Synopsis
  • Culinary medicine (CM) is a new approach aimed at promoting healthy aging by combining nutritional education with cooking skills training.
  • A review of 14 CM programs targeting participants over 40 revealed that while these programs had limited success in improving psychosocial outcomes, they effectively enhanced dietary intake and health-related results when they lasted at least 5 months and used multi-group study designs.
  • Important factors for success included well-optimized culinary curricula, the involvement of chefs, and various educational activities like cooking classes and individualized counseling.
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