Browsing by Author "Gonzalez-Medina, Gabriel"

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    Anxiety, Anhedonia, and related food consumption at the beginning of the COVID-19 quarantine in populations of Spanish-speaking Ibero-American countries: An online cross-sectional survey study
    (2021) Landaeta-Diaz, Leslie; Duran Aguero, Samuel; Fernanda Vinueza-Veloz, Maria; Carpio Arias, Valeria; Cavagnari, Brian M.; Rios-Castillo, Israel; Nava-Gonzalez, Edna J.; Camacho Lopez, Saby; Ivankovich-Guillen, Sonia; Perez-Armijo, Patricio; Jairo Bejarano-Roncancio, Jhon; Nunez-Martinez, Beatriz; Cordon-Arrivillaga, Karla; Romina Meza-Miranda, Eliana; Ortiz, Alfonsina; Mauricio-Alza, Saby; Gonzalez-Medina, Gabriel
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    Bodyweight change and its association with food and beverage consumption at the beginning COVID-19 confinement
    (2022) Cavagnari, Brian M.; Fernanda Vinueza-Veloz, Maria; Carpio-Arias, Valeria; Duran-Aguero, Samuel; Rios-Castillo, Israel; Nava-Gonzalez, Edna J.; Perez-Armijo, Patricio; Camacho-Lopez, Saby; Mauricio-Alza, Saby; Jairo Bejarano-Roncancio, Jhon; Nunez-Martinez, Beatriz; Gonzalez-Medina, Gabriel; Ivankovich-Guillen, Sonia; Ortiz, Alfonsina; Cordon-Arrivillaga, Karla; Romina Meza-Miranda, Eliana; Landaeta-Diaz, Leslie
    Objectives: SARS-CoV-2, a newly identified coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has challenged health services and profoundly impacted people's lifestyles. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic on food consumption patterns and body weight in adults from 12 Ibero-American countries.Methods: Multicentric, cross-sectional study. Data was collected using an online survey disseminated by social networks. The sample included 10 552 people from Spain and 11 Latin American countries who were selected by snowball sampling.Results: While 38.50% of the sample reported weight gain, 16.90% reported weight lost. Weight change was associated with sex, age, country of residence, and education level. People who were not confined more often reported having maintained their weight in comparison to people who were confined. All Latin American countries showed an increased consumption of sweetened drinks, pastry products, fried foods, and alcoholic beverages during confinement. Consumption of eggs and dairy products was independent from body weight change. People who consumed more fruits and vegetables during confinement more often reported having lost weight. In contrast, body weight gain during confinement was associated with increased intake of sugary drinks, baked goods and pastries, pizza, fried foods, and alcoholic beverages.Conclusion: During COVID-19 confinement, the Latin American countries included in this study showed a change in their consumption patterns toward less healthy diets, which in turn was associated with an increase in the body weight of their population. (c) 2022 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Exploring food intake networks and anhedonia symptoms in a Chilean Adults sample
    (2023) Landaeta-Diaz, Leslie; Duran-Aguero, Samuel; Gonzalez-Medina, Gabriel
    Introduction: high-calorie and sugar-sweetened food is considered more pleasant food. People with anhedonia symptoms have difficulties experiencing pleasure in daily activities. However, is still unclear if anhedonia symptomatology increases palatable food consumption in the Chilean Adults sample.Objective: to explore food networks in the Chilean Adults sample and in people with anhedonia symptom.Methods: the sample was recruited through digital platforms. Pregnant or lactating women and subjects under pharmacological treatment or psychotherapy were excluded. A total of 1242 subjects, 76.6% women, with a mean age of 30.7 (SD 9.3) and who were highly educated, participated in the study. Data were collected through an online survey. A questionnaire on food consumption based on daily and weekly frequency was used, as well as the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale to measure anhedonia symptoms. We employed the Gaussian graph model (GGM) to analyze food consumption as networks. We started with the total sample, and then we repeated the analysis on a subsample with anhedonia symptoms, and next on a subsample with exclusively food-related anhedonia.Results: in the total sample, a positive and strong relationship was observed between fruits and vegetables, as well as a negative association with the triad of sugar-sweetened beverages, fast food, and fried food. The network in anhedonic subjects shows that "pasta, rice & potatoes" and "bread" have a stronger association and a more central place in the network compared those without anhedonia symptoms.Conclusions: Subjects with anhedonia symptoms have a more central consumption of foods with a high or medium glycemic index compared to subjects without anhedonia symptoms, which could trigger the development of chronic diet-related diseases.
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    Psychological factors of diet quality among rural populations of Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cress-sectional study
    (2022) Duran-Aguero, Samuel; Fernanda Vinueza-Veloz, Maria; Gonzalez-Medina, Gabriel; Carpio-Arias, Valeria; Rios-Castillo, Israel; Cavagnari, Brian M.; Nava-Gonzalez, Edna J.; Camacho-Lopez, Saby; Cordon-Arrivillaga, Karla; Nunez-Martinez, Beatriz; Romina Meza-Miranda, Eliana; Ortiz, Alfonsina; Perez-Armijo, Patricio; Jairo Bejarano-Roncancio, John; Ivankovich-Guillen, Sonia; Mauricio-Alza, Saby; Landaeta-Diaz, Leslie
    Introduction: This study aimed to determine the relationship between symptoms of anxiety and/or anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure) and diet quality during confinement due to COVID-19 in rural populations in Latin America.