Javier Aranceta
Biographic Data
| ID | 7549221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Aranceta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Aranceta |
| SIGNATURE | ARANCETA J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Trends in food availability determined by the Food and Agriculture Organization's food balance sheets in Mediterranean Europe in comparison with other European areas
Objective The aims of this study were to assess the changes that have occurred in food patterns in Europe over the last 40 years based on food availability data and to compare the stability of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the south of Europe in this period. Design An ecological study carried out on the basis of Food and Agriculture Organization food balance sheets for three geographical areas of Europe (Mediterranean, north and east) ove…
Prevention of overweight and obesity
Background Obesity is considered a major public health issue in most developed countries nowadays. This paper provides an overview of current population data available in Spain and the approach to develop preventive strategies in the country. Methods Review of population data available is based on individually measured weight and height as well as determinants. On this basis, the approach used in the country to develop preventive strategies is di…
Inflammation, obesity and comorbidities
The adipocyte metabolism has been shown to change during the fat enlargement process associated to obesity. Several procoagulant proteins such as plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1, tissue factor or factor VII and also inducible nitric oxide synthase show higher expression in adipose tissue of obese people in comparison to lean. This overexpression could explain at least a part of the atherogenic and cardiovascular risk associated with obesit…
Methodological limitations in measuring childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight in epidemiological studies
Objectives International definitions of childhood obesity based on body mass index (BMI) are intended to be used for international comparisons of obesity prevalence. In general, they are not appropriate to be used in clinical practice. The objective of this study is to compare international-ecological vs. national-clinical reference data of obesity in Spain, as well as to describe trends. Design Cross-sectional study from a representative nationa…
Food, youth and the Mediterranean diet in Spain. Development of Kidmed, Mediterranean Diet Quality Index in children and adolescents
Objective: To evaluate dietary habits in Spanish children and adolescents based on a Mediterranean Diet Quality Index tool, which considers certain principles sustaining and challenging traditional healthy Mediterranean dietary patterns. Design: Observational population-based cross-sectional study. A 16-item Mediterranean Diet Quality Index was included in data gathered for the EnKid study (in which two 24-hour recalls, a quantitative 169-item fo…
Nutritional objectives for the Spanish population. Consensus from the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition
The objective of this paper is to present the development of the Nutritional objectives for the Spanish Population. Preparation of draft documents contributed by different working groups was followed by a consensus meeting held in Bilbao on 5–7 October 2000, hosted by the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition and sponsored by the World Health Organisation. Establishing nutritional guidelines was conducted by: (1) analysing current food and nutri…
Breakfast consumption in Spanish children and young people
Background and objectives: Breakfast consumption is important for nutritional balance in all population groups. The objective of this paper is to describe breakfast consumption patterns in Spanish children and young people. Design: Random population cross-sectional nutritional survey. Methods: A random sample of 3534 people aged 2 to 24 years were interviewed by a team of 43 dietitians. The protocol included 24-hour recalls (a second 24-hour reca…
Fortified foods. Criteria for vitamin supplementation in Spain
Objective: To review and analyse criteria for vitamin supplementation and fortification in Spain. Design: Systematic review of scientific literature and simulation analysis of food fortification. Methods: A simulation analysis using a fortified beverage was performed in a random sample of 2855 children aged 2 to 24 years in Spain. Results: High-risk groups for vitamin supplementation and fortification in Spain are highlighted, and target vitamins…
School-based nutrition education
Nutrition is a major environmental influence on physical and mental growth and development in early life. Food habits during infancy can influence preferences and practices in later life and some evidence suggests fair to moderate tracking of food habits from childhood to adolescence 1–4 . Studies support that good nutrition contributes to improving the wellbeing of children and their potential learning ability, thus contributing to better school…
Vitamins in Spanish food patterns
Objective: To describe vitamin intakes in Spanish food patterns, identify groups at risk for inadequacy and determine conditioning factors that may influence this situation. Design: Pooled-analysis of eight cross-sectional regional nutrition surveys. Subjects: Ten thousand two hundred and eight free-living subjects (4728 men, 5480 women) aged 25–60 years. Respondents of population nutritional surveys carried out in eight Spanish regions (Alicante…
Food patterns of Spanish schoolchildren and adolescents
Objective: To evaluate dietary habits and nutritional status of Spanish schoolchildren and adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional study by face-to-face interview. Methods: A random sample of 3534 people aged 2 to 24 years were interviewed by a team of 43 dietitians in the subjects' homes. Interviews included 24-hour recalls (a second 24-hour recall in 30% of the sample), a food-frequency questionnaire and other questions including lifestyles, knowl…
The school setting
Nutrition, physical activity and health related promotion programmes in schools have developed into a mature field of research over the past decades. A number of success factors have been identified and evidence-based interventions have been performed. However, the school setting as an arena for evidence-based health promotion programmes, is still not used to its full potential. Schools provide an excellent arena for reaching large segments of th…
Spanish food patterns
Data from household food budgetary surveys and regional, population-based, crosssectional studies show a declining trend in energy intake in the last decades, also applicable to protein, fat and carbohydrate intakes in absolute terms. The pattern suggests a lower fat content in the diet. Protein intake is 200% of the recommended level. Spanish food patterns underwent dramatic changes between the 1960s and the 1980s, including an important increas…
Dietary guidelines for the Spanish population
Therapeutic properties have been attributed to the diet since ancient times. Epidemiological evidence starting in the early 1960s supports the relationship between different dietary components, dietary balance and the development of risk factors for prevalent chronic diseases in Western societies. There is also evidence supporting the protective effect of other components of the diet and lifestyle, like regular physical activity. During the last …
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Nutritional objectives for the Spanish population. Consensus from the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition
The objective of this paper is to present the development of the Nutritional objectives for the Spanish Population. Preparation of draft documents contributed by different working groups was followed by a consensus meeting held in Bilbao on 5–7 October 2000, hosted by the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition and sponsored by the World Health Organisation. Establishing nutritional guidelines was conducted by: (1) analysing current food and nutri…
Breakfast consumption in Spanish children and young people
Background and objectives: Breakfast consumption is important for nutritional balance in all population groups. The objective of this paper is to describe breakfast consumption patterns in Spanish children and young people. Design: Random population cross-sectional nutritional survey. Methods: A random sample of 3534 people aged 2 to 24 years were interviewed by a team of 43 dietitians. The protocol included 24-hour recalls (a second 24-hour reca…
Fortified foods. Criteria for vitamin supplementation in Spain
Objective: To review and analyse criteria for vitamin supplementation and fortification in Spain. Design: Systematic review of scientific literature and simulation analysis of food fortification. Methods: A simulation analysis using a fortified beverage was performed in a random sample of 2855 children aged 2 to 24 years in Spain. Results: High-risk groups for vitamin supplementation and fortification in Spain are highlighted, and target vitamins…
School-based nutrition education
Nutrition is a major environmental influence on physical and mental growth and development in early life. Food habits during infancy can influence preferences and practices in later life and some evidence suggests fair to moderate tracking of food habits from childhood to adolescence 1–4 . Studies support that good nutrition contributes to improving the wellbeing of children and their potential learning ability, thus contributing to better school…
Vitamins in Spanish food patterns
Objective: To describe vitamin intakes in Spanish food patterns, identify groups at risk for inadequacy and determine conditioning factors that may influence this situation. Design: Pooled-analysis of eight cross-sectional regional nutrition surveys. Subjects: Ten thousand two hundred and eight free-living subjects (4728 men, 5480 women) aged 25–60 years. Respondents of population nutritional surveys carried out in eight Spanish regions (Alicante…
Food patterns of Spanish schoolchildren and adolescents
Objective: To evaluate dietary habits and nutritional status of Spanish schoolchildren and adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional study by face-to-face interview. Methods: A random sample of 3534 people aged 2 to 24 years were interviewed by a team of 43 dietitians in the subjects' homes. Interviews included 24-hour recalls (a second 24-hour recall in 30% of the sample), a food-frequency questionnaire and other questions including lifestyles, knowl…
The school setting
Nutrition, physical activity and health related promotion programmes in schools have developed into a mature field of research over the past decades. A number of success factors have been identified and evidence-based interventions have been performed. However, the school setting as an arena for evidence-based health promotion programmes, is still not used to its full potential. Schools provide an excellent arena for reaching large segments of th…
Spanish food patterns
Data from household food budgetary surveys and regional, population-based, crosssectional studies show a declining trend in energy intake in the last decades, also applicable to protein, fat and carbohydrate intakes in absolute terms. The pattern suggests a lower fat content in the diet. Protein intake is 200% of the recommended level. Spanish food patterns underwent dramatic changes between the 1960s and the 1980s, including an important increas…
Dietary guidelines for the Spanish population
Therapeutic properties have been attributed to the diet since ancient times. Epidemiological evidence starting in the early 1960s supports the relationship between different dietary components, dietary balance and the development of risk factors for prevalent chronic diseases in Western societies. There is also evidence supporting the protective effect of other components of the diet and lifestyle, like regular physical activity. During the last …
Food, youth and the Mediterranean diet in Spain. Development of Kidmed, Mediterranean Diet Quality Index in children and adolescents
Objective: To evaluate dietary habits in Spanish children and adolescents based on a Mediterranean Diet Quality Index tool, which considers certain principles sustaining and challenging traditional healthy Mediterranean dietary patterns. Design: Observational population-based cross-sectional study. A 16-item Mediterranean Diet Quality Index was included in data gathered for the EnKid study (in which two 24-hour recalls, a quantitative 169-item fo…
Trends in food availability determined by the Food and Agriculture Organization's food balance sheets in Mediterranean Europe in comparison with other European areas
Objective The aims of this study were to assess the changes that have occurred in food patterns in Europe over the last 40 years based on food availability data and to compare the stability of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the south of Europe in this period. Design An ecological study carried out on the basis of Food and Agriculture Organization food balance sheets for three geographical areas of Europe (Mediterranean, north and east) ove…
Prevention of overweight and obesity
Background Obesity is considered a major public health issue in most developed countries nowadays. This paper provides an overview of current population data available in Spain and the approach to develop preventive strategies in the country. Methods Review of population data available is based on individually measured weight and height as well as determinants. On this basis, the approach used in the country to develop preventive strategies is di…
Inflammation, obesity and comorbidities
The adipocyte metabolism has been shown to change during the fat enlargement process associated to obesity. Several procoagulant proteins such as plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1, tissue factor or factor VII and also inducible nitric oxide synthase show higher expression in adipose tissue of obese people in comparison to lean. This overexpression could explain at least a part of the atherogenic and cardiovascular risk associated with obesit…
Methodological limitations in measuring childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight in epidemiological studies
Objectives International definitions of childhood obesity based on body mass index (BMI) are intended to be used for international comparisons of obesity prevalence. In general, they are not appropriate to be used in clinical practice. The objective of this study is to compare international-ecological vs. national-clinical reference data of obesity in Spain, as well as to describe trends. Design Cross-sectional study from a representative nationa…
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (9 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Biology (4 works)