Food away from home and obesity in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Pauletto Spanhol Finocchio ◽  
Homero Dewes
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Food Away From Home ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
Food Expenditure ◽  
The Individual

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to characterize food consumption outside the home and verify the existence of relationships between income, expenditure and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adult individuals in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – Food expenditure data were used as well as those on the prevalence of overweight and obesity available in the reports from Family Budgets Research carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the years 2002-2003 and 2008-2009. In addition, the authors used the Kruskall-Wallis test to verify whether there were significant differences between the classes of income with respect to the average expenditure on food outside the home. Findings – It was observed that the higher the income of the individual, the greater the expenditure on food outside the home. It was also found that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher in individuals who have higher income, particularly among men. Thus, it is suggested that the higher the income of the individual, the larger the expenditure on food outside the home and the greater the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Research limitations/implications – This study used spending on food away from home (FAFH), but the authors know that is need to use other variables like frequency of FAFH and quantities but this data were not available. Practical implications – The study points to the importance of restaurants in the prevention of obesity, since they can offer in their menus foods with fewer calories, and they can also increase the variety and availability of fruits and vegetables. Originality/value – The study discusses the public health problem, obesity, at the same time as it presents the importance of agribusiness in providing a balanced diet for individuals.

scholarly journals Healthy vs. Unhealthy Food Images: Image Classification of Twitter Images

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 923
Author(s):  
Tejaswini Oduru ◽  
Alexis Jordan ◽  
Albert Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Food Image ◽  
Food Images ◽  
The Individual

Obesity is a modern public health problem. Social media images can capture eating behavior and the potential implications to health, but research for identifying the healthiness level of the food image is relatively under-explored. This study presents a deep learning architecture that transfers features from a 152 residual layer network (ResNet) for predicting the level of healthiness of food images that were built using images from the Google images search engine gathered in 2020. Features learned from the ResNet 152 were transferred to a second network to train on the dataset. The trained SoftMax layer was stacked on top of the layers transferred from ResNet 152 to build our deep learning model. We then evaluate the performance of the model using Twitter images in order to better understand the generalizability of the methods. The results show that the model is able to predict the images into their respective classes, including Definitively Healthy, Healthy, Unhealthy and Definitively Unhealthy at an F1-score of 78.8%. This finding shows promising results for classifying social media images by healthiness, which could contribute to maintaining a balanced diet at the individual level and also understanding general food consumption trends of the public.

scholarly journals SISTEM PAKAR NUTRITION PLANUNTUK ORANG DEWASA DENGAN METODE FORWARD CHAINING BERBASIS WEBSITE

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Adang Nuryana
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Forward Chaining ◽  
Daily Diet ◽  
Good Nutrition

The problem of nutrition is still a public health problem in Indonesia. Malnutrition has not been resolved, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has begun to increase, especially in the middle and upper socioeconomic groups in urban areas. This is particularly troubling because it threatens the quality of Human Resources (HR) is indispensable in the future (Depkes RI, 2007). Changes in diet and physical activity resulted in the increasing number of people experiencing nutritional problems, such as overweight/obesity and malnutrition. Diet as the main factor nutritional problems, basically can be overcome by regulating the intake of good nutrition for consumption. But unfortunately, not many people know the setting of a good and proper diet. The Nutrition Plan was created as an expert system in determining balanced nutrition for adults based on body mass index and daily diet using forward chaining inference. This system will recommend what foods are suitable for every adult in accordance with the needs of calories per day in the hope of prevalence rates for the Indonesian people suffering from malnutrition and overweight can be reduced significantly. In addition to facilitating the public, especially normal adults to know the nutritional information in order to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

scholarly journals The allure of celebrities: unpacking their polysemic consumer appeal

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 2025-2053
Author(s):  
Markus Wohlfeil ◽  
Anthony Patterson ◽  
Stephen J. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Total Period ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Link ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to explain a celebrity’s deep resonance with consumers by unpacking the individual constituents of a celebrity’s polysemic appeal. While celebrities are traditionally theorised as unidimensional semiotic receptacles of cultural meaning, the authors conceptualise them here instead as human beings/performers with a multi-constitutional, polysemic consumer appeal. Design/methodology/approach Supporting evidence is drawn from autoethnographic data collected over a total period of 25 months and structured through a hermeneutic analysis. Findings In rehumanising the celebrity, the study finds that each celebrity offers the individual consumer a unique and very personal parasocial appeal as the performer, the private person behind the public performer, the tangible manifestation of either through products and the social link to other consumers. The stronger these constituents, individually or symbiotically, appeal to the consumer’s personal desires, the more s/he feels emotionally attached to this particular celebrity. Research limitations/implications Although using autoethnography means that the breadth of collected data is limited, the depth of insight this approach garners sufficiently unpacks the polysemic appeal of celebrities to consumers. Practical implications The findings encourage talent agents, publicists and marketing managers to reconsider underlying assumptions in their talent management and/or celebrity endorsement practices. Originality/value While prior research on celebrity appeal has tended to enshrine celebrities in a “dehumanised” structuralist semiosis, which erases the very idea of individualised consumer meanings, this paper reveals the multi-constitutional polysemy of any particular celebrity’s personal appeal as a performer and human being to any particular consumer.

Communicating about raising the retirement age using frames and counterframes

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Vyncke ◽  
Baldwin Van Gorp
Keyword(s):  
Total Sample ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Meaning Of Work ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Existing Frames ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose This study discusses the frames that were used in the public debate about raising the retirement age in Belgium from 65 to 67 years. The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the prevailing frames in order to develop counterframes that are less problematizing and can be used to bring more nuance to the debate. Design/methodology/approach An inductive framing analysis was conducted, using articles from Flemish newspapers and magazines, published in a two-year period (March 2013-March 2015). This sample was complemented by a convenience sample of texts by various stakeholders. The total sample consisted of 182 texts. Findings The analysis yielded four problematizing frames and six deproblematizing counterframes. They cover both the meaning of work for the individual, and the effect that working longer has on society. Practical implications The overview of the frames can be used as a tool to analyze existing communication, and to bring more nuance to future communication by introducing deproblematizing perspectives into the debate regarding the need to work for a longer period of time. Originality/value In addition to giving an overview of existing frames, the study also constructed alternatives which can be used to deproblematize the issue of having to work longer.

Social marketing to improve healthy dietary decisions

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Carrete ◽  
Pilar Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Sensorial Attributes

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to improve the understanding of drivers and inhibitors of healthy diet behaviors in the context of an emerging economy, such as Mexico, with a severe problem of overweight and obesity. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) and protection motivation theory (PMT) provided the theoretical background for this study. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was used, given the limited amount of information available on consumers’ motivations to change behavior. In-depth interviews with experts in nutrition and four focus groups with consumers from two segments were performed to collect information. Thematic analysis was used to analyze information. Findings – PMT provided a better explanation of current dietary behavior; the positive attitudes that, according to TPB, are the immediate antecedent of behavior offered a poor explanation for autoreported behaviors. Results indicate that perceived low self-efficacy and high costs prevent change of behavior. Meanwhile, low vulnerability and severity among younger consumers adds to the low intention to adopt a healthier diet. In general, sensorial attributes of products, such as texture, flavor, color, smell and appearance, prevail over nutritional attributes. Practical implications – The outline of a social marketing program is suggested after the research findings. This program emphasizes prevention and is intended to complement governmental policies designed to modify the environment to facilitate access to healthy food. Originality value – Social marketing principles have been developed and applied mainly in the context of developed countries. This work contributes to the extension of such principles to an emerging economy with a public health problem related to overweight. Results of the research provide the basis to mold an appropriate intervention.

Benchmarking the strategic roles of the project management office (PMO) when developing business ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maqsood Ahmad Sandhu ◽  
Tareq Zayed Al Ameri ◽  
Kim Wikström
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Project Management Office ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Ecosystem ◽  
The Government ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
The Individual

PurposeProjects are an inherent part of implementing strategies. Still, the challenge is to connect a long-term strategy for larger ecosystem development to the individual projects being undertaken. The purpose of this paper is to test the ability of seven project management office (PMO) roles to achieve strategic planning in large society development public organisations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Design/methodology/approachThe questionnaire survey that was employed for data collected from 450 project members in 19 project-based public organisations having PMO unit had a response rate of 60 per cent. The received data analysed quantitatively by using multiple regression.FindingsThe survey data revealed that PMO enhanced the achievement of the strategic plan for better development of the business ecosystem. The analysis outputs, as expected, have indicated that 95 per cent of the targeted organisations established their own PMO for developing business ecosystem.Research limitations/implicationsDespite there are PMOs hosted by private organisations, the study is limited to the PMO within the context of the government and semi-government organisations in the UAE.Practical implicationsThese findings further utilised in developing the conceptual PMO model that would be flexible to be applied to similar project management methodology in various business settings, as well as pave the way for further scholarly investigations.Originality/valueThis work is both exploratory and causal study, which concentrates on investigating the effectiveness of seven proposed PMO roles (as independent variables) in carrying out the strategic plan (as the dependent variable) of the public-sector organisations in the UAE for the development of business ecosystem.

The role of organizational culture in normalizing paramedic exposure to violence

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Mausz ◽  
Mandy Johnston ◽  
Elizabeth Anne Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Urban Service ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Constructivist Epistemology ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose Violence against paramedics is a complex – but underreported – problem. Extant research suggests organizational culture may play a role in sustaining cultural norms that downplay the significance and limit reporting. The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively explore paramedics’ experience with violence, with particular emphasis on understanding how organizational culture contributes to under-reporting. Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed paramedics from a single, large, urban service in Ontario, Canada, asking participants to describe their experiences with violence, including whether – and why or why not – the incidents were reported. Within a constructivist epistemology, we used inductive thematic analysis with successive rounds of coding to identify and then define features of organizational culture that limit reporting. Findings A total of 196 (33% of eligible) paramedics completed the survey. Fully 98% of participants disclosed having experienced some form of violence; however, only a minority (40%) reported the incidents to management, or the police (21%). The authors defined a framework within which a lack of support from management, and consequences for offenders, implicitly positions the ability of paramedics to “brush off” violent encounters as an expected professional competency. Disclosing emotional or psychological distress in response to violent encounters invited questions as to whether the individual is personally suited to paramedic work. Originality/value While the extant research has indicated that underreporting is a problem, the findings shed light on why – a critical first step in addressing what has been described as a serious public health problem.

Diversifying Indian diets - challenges and opportunities.

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (041) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Narayanan Rama Narayanan
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Diet Survey ◽  
Farming Households

Abstract This review reiterates the lack of diversity in Indian diets, especially with regard to fruits, vegetables and pulses, resulting in a deficient intake of essential micro-nutrients. It also highlights the variations in nutrient intake across the life cycle determined by gender and other socioeconomic factors and life styles. It conceptualizes that issues of production, availability, affordable access, knowledge of nutrition and a balanced diet along with awareness be simultaneously addressed to help households to diversify diets. It suggests that a comprehensive district level quinquennial diet survey be undertaken across the country to help understand food choices, preferences and intake against the backdrop of existing policies. It postulates that adult nutrition literacy should take a problem-solving approach and address both men and women. Specific suggestions include increasing productivity of pulses, access to fruits and vegetables by way of better distribution and price control, support to farming households for production of food crops, diversifying the food basket in the public distribution system, increasing allocation for fruits and vegetables in direct feeding programmes and addressing the needs of adolescent boys in Government programmes.

Weighing the odds: an exploration of resistance to obesity and overweight

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Conroy ◽  
Sandra D. Smith ◽  
Catherine Frethey-Bentham
Keyword(s):  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Consumer Resistance ◽  
Under Nutrition ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Obesity And Overweight ◽  
The Social ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Individual

Purpose In 2018, we have surpassed the population landmark of 7.5 billion, and yesterday’s global crisis of under-nutrition in poorer nations is now accompanied by a journey into overweight and obesity. The purpose of our research is to focus on the health and resistance of those who avoid overweight and obesity rather than continuing to focus on the pathology and disease of this phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach Taking a consumer-centric perspective and using the lens of the social-economic framework, the authors report qualitative research conducted with 31 young people (ages 17-26) who have been resistant to weight gain in an increasingly obesogenic environment, followed by a survey of the general population, n = 921. The authors look at this type of consumer resistance to better understand how to develop government and community leadership and build more obesogenically resilient societies. Findings The findings support the contention that obesity is a social problem that requires a social solution. Originality/value The main contribution to the conversation addressing increasing levels of overweight and obesity is that this research demonstrates that these are complex social problems and require complex intervention at the societal level, not the individual level.

scholarly journals Review of literature: carotenoids, chemical composition and dietary reference intake of buriti fruits

2013 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Magda S. Taipina ◽  
Leda C. A. Lamardo ◽  
Norberto Camilo Campos ◽  
Mário Tavares ◽  
Eduardo Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Dietary Reference Intake ◽  
Antioxidant Power ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Immunological Responses ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
The North ◽  
Β Carotene

ABSTRACTAlthough fruits and vegetables, sources of carotenoids, are widely available in Brazil, hypovitaminosis A constitutes a serious public health problem. There is lack of information available to the population about the dietary sources of carotenoids and factors affecting their bioavailability.The carotenoids also known as bioactive compounds have been associated with the reduction of the risk for degenerative diseases, such as cancer (modulators of immunological responses), cardiovascular diseases, macular degeneration and cataract.In Brazil the utilization of buriti fruit is not widespread; it is consumed only by the local population of some parts of the North and Central regions. Among those foods, out the foods of buritizeiro, the buriti has the highest content of β-carotene among the numerous foods already analyzed, as well as a source of oleic fatty acid, similar to olive oil.The buriti fruit provides the needs of DRI.s (Dietary Reference Intake) of vitamin A for adult, being a good source of nutrition, knowing the variety of foods that composes a balanced diet. Also, the buriti fruit is a natural source of β-carotene (provitamin A). Also, it has antioxidant power by having carotenoids, polyphenols, vitamin C compared to other vegetables, can be considered a functional food.

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