Alicia Aguilar
Biographic Data
| ID | 7874182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alicia Aguilar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alicia |
| FAMILY NAME | Aguilar |
| SIGNATURE | AGUILAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1004-9548 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A mixed-methods study of food environment and consumer perception in Catalonia
The rise of ultra-processed foods has led to unhealthy food environments in Southern Europe, including Catalonia, where Mediterranean diets are being replaced by Western eating habits. This shift is contributing to obesity and diet-related diseases. While food policies often focus on consumer choices, they overlook broader environmental factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the food environment and consumer perceptions and how these i…
Consumers’ Acceptability and Perception of Edible Insects as an Emerging Protein Source
In recent years in Western Europe, studies on entomophagy have drawn the attention of many researchers interested in identifying parameters that could improve the acceptability of insect consumption in order to introduce insects as a sustainable source of protein into the future diet. Analysing the factors involved in consumer acceptability in the Mediterranean area could help to improve their future acceptance. A cross-sectional study was conduc…
Family Meals, Conviviality, and the Mediterranean Diet among Families with Adolescents
Two aspects that characterize the Mediterranean diet (MD) are "what" and "how" we eat. Conviviality relates to "how" we eat and to the pleasure of sharing meals with significant people. The most studied concept is "family meals", which includes conviviality, which involves "enjoying" family meals. Given the lack of research on convivial family meals in Mediterranean countries, the purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the family meal r…
Impact of Olive Oil Supplement Intake on Dendritic Cell Maturation after Strenuous Physical Exercise: A Preliminary Study
Physical exercise is known to have a dose-dependent effect on the immune system and can result in an inflammatory process in athletes that is proportional to the intensity and duration of exertion. This inflammatory process can be measured by cell markers such as dendritic cells (DCs), which, in humans, consist of the myeloid DC (mDCs) and plasmacytoid DC (pDCs) subpopulations. The aim of this study was to measure DC differentiation to determine …
Obesity, Mediterranean Diet, and Public Health: A Vision of Obesity in the Mediterranean Context from a Sociocultural Perspective
Obesity is a disease that straddles medico-nutritional, psychological, and socio-cultural boundaries. There is a clear relationship between lifestyle and obesity, and today the Mediterranean diet in the Mediterranean area may represent an interesting corrective asset. However, we should not be under any misapprehension about the model's capacity for action in non-nutritional terms. Our societies are experiencing a process of rapid change, and the…
Alimentación, cultura y economía social. Los efectos de la crisis socioeconómica en la alimentación en Cataluña (España)
En un periodo de crisis socioeconómica como el que vive actualmente Europa, y en especial los países del sur, el poder adquisitivo de la población y el acceso a los alimentos pueden verse fuertemente alterados. Dicha crisis, sin embargo, no afecta únicamente a losaspectos materiales de la alimentación y al consumo, sino que, por el contrario, implica también una dimensión sociocultural más amplia que afecta a los estilos de vida de modo más integ…
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Alimentación, cultura y economía social. Los efectos de la crisis socioeconómica en la alimentación en Cataluña (España)
En un periodo de crisis socioeconómica como el que vive actualmente Europa, y en especial los países del sur, el poder adquisitivo de la población y el acceso a los alimentos pueden verse fuertemente alterados. Dicha crisis, sin embargo, no afecta únicamente a losaspectos materiales de la alimentación y al consumo, sino que, por el contrario, implica también una dimensión sociocultural más amplia que afecta a los estilos de vida de modo más integ…
Family Meals, Conviviality, and the Mediterranean Diet among Families with Adolescents
Two aspects that characterize the Mediterranean diet (MD) are "what" and "how" we eat. Conviviality relates to "how" we eat and to the pleasure of sharing meals with significant people. The most studied concept is "family meals", which includes conviviality, which involves "enjoying" family meals. Given the lack of research on convivial family meals in Mediterranean countries, the purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the family meal r…
Impact of Olive Oil Supplement Intake on Dendritic Cell Maturation after Strenuous Physical Exercise: A Preliminary Study
Physical exercise is known to have a dose-dependent effect on the immune system and can result in an inflammatory process in athletes that is proportional to the intensity and duration of exertion. This inflammatory process can be measured by cell markers such as dendritic cells (DCs), which, in humans, consist of the myeloid DC (mDCs) and plasmacytoid DC (pDCs) subpopulations. The aim of this study was to measure DC differentiation to determine …
Obesity, Mediterranean Diet, and Public Health: A Vision of Obesity in the Mediterranean Context from a Sociocultural Perspective
Obesity is a disease that straddles medico-nutritional, psychological, and socio-cultural boundaries. There is a clear relationship between lifestyle and obesity, and today the Mediterranean diet in the Mediterranean area may represent an interesting corrective asset. However, we should not be under any misapprehension about the model's capacity for action in non-nutritional terms. Our societies are experiencing a process of rapid change, and the…
Consumers’ Acceptability and Perception of Edible Insects as an Emerging Protein Source
In recent years in Western Europe, studies on entomophagy have drawn the attention of many researchers interested in identifying parameters that could improve the acceptability of insect consumption in order to introduce insects as a sustainable source of protein into the future diet. Analysing the factors involved in consumer acceptability in the Mediterranean area could help to improve their future acceptance. A cross-sectional study was conduc…
A mixed-methods study of food environment and consumer perception in Catalonia
The rise of ultra-processed foods has led to unhealthy food environments in Southern Europe, including Catalonia, where Mediterranean diets are being replaced by Western eating habits. This shift is contributing to obesity and diet-related diseases. While food policies often focus on consumer choices, they overlook broader environmental factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the food environment and consumer perceptions and how these i…
Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Mediterranean diet (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Diet and metabolism studies (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)