The Role of Nutrition in Integral Health and Quality of Life

ISBN-13: 9781774914205 / Twarda / 2024 / 578 str.

Opis

Explores the role of nutrition in creating integral health while considering the challenges of today’s lifestyle and environmental issues. It uses interdisciplinary research while offering outstanding and novel contributions in research studies of integral health and how health is affected by nutrition and its impact on the quality of life.

Spis treści

PART I: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO NUTRITION: STUDIES AND REFLECTIONS 1. Parental Influence on Children’s Food Consumption 2. Nutrition in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases 3. Diet Self-Regulation Behavior as a Protective Factor for Health in Women Adolescents 4. Impact of Nutritional Status on the Health of Older Adults 5. Nutritional Profile of Fermented Foods and Their Health Benefits 6. Microstructured Particles as Bioactive Compound Carriers for Health, Nutrition, and Quality of Life: A Case Study of Fish Burgers 7. Nutritional and Multi-Therapeutic Traits of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) to Enhance Human Health 8. Malnutrition Status of School-Aged Children in Rural Areas of Mexico 9. A Low FODMAP Diet: An Integrative Approach to Cure Gastrointestinal Disorders PART II: ANALYSIS OF OBESITY AND ITS DIMENSIONS 10. Hyperlipidemia/Obesity Crisis: Healthy Food and Lifestyle Changes to Tackle Obesity 11. Childhood Obesity Risks and Challenges in Promoting School Health 12. Globesity: The Socio-Economic Dimensions of the Problem 13. Obesity, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in Elderly People 14. The Role of Genetics and Epigenetics in Obesity PART III: DENTAL/ORAL HEALTH 15. Relationship Between Oral Health with Nutrition during Pregnancy, Nursing, and the First Two Years of Life 16. Oral Health and Nutrition: A Bidirectional Relationship 17. Oral Health, Nutrition, and Quality of Life PART IV: QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH 18. The Incidence of Educational Institutions in the Integral Health of Students 19. Quality of Life in Adult Patients with Diabetes 20. Self-Care: Behavior Before Diseases 21. Quality of Life During Menopause in Latin Women 22. Impact on the Physical and Emotional Health of the Informal Caregiver of Patients with Dementia 23. Sources and Topics of Health Information for Self-Care in Diabetic Men from Saltillo, Mexico

O autorze

Jesús Alberto García-García, PhD, is a full-time Professor at the School of Education and Humanities at Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. He has worked on the issue of quality of life, healthy lifestyles, overweight and obesity, physical activity, and school performance in children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. García-García has published eight papers in indexed journals, four book chapters, and two Mexican book, and has made various contributions at scientific meetings. He is a member of the National Researchers System since 2018 (candidate for national researcher) and a member of the National Association of Schools and Faculties of Education and Pedagogy. Dr. García-García teaches courses on statistical introduction, statistics applied to education, inferential statistics, advanced statistics and expectations, and demands of education. He is graduate of science in education (2011) from the Autonomus University of Coahuila; he holds an MSc and PhD in Science of Education from the Autonomous University of Coahuila.

Julio Cufarfán-López, PhD, is a Research Professor, Faculty of Science, Education and Humanities, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, where he is also General Secretary of the Coordination of Saltillo Unit. He was a Postgraduate Coordinator from 2010 to 2016 and Administrative Secretary from 2016 to 2019 at the same institution. His research work is on quality of life as an socio-educational problem. He has written four books: Studies of the Quality of Life as a Socioeducational Problem; Qualitative and Quantitative Approximations; Empirical Reviews of Human Development, Volumes 1 and 2; and Static, Pathetic and Theoretical, Poematic. He has written articles of national and international dissemination. He is also a speaker and congressman. He has made research stays at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico, and the Agrarian University of Habana, Cuba. Dr. Cufarfán-López hold a graduate in the science in education along with MSc and PhD. He is currently General Secretary of the Coordination of Saltillo Unit of the UAdeC.

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico.. Dr. Aguilar has published more than 530 papers in indexed journals, and 550 contributions in scientific meetings. He has also edited more than 30 books. He has been awarded several prizes and awards, the most important of which are the National Prize of Research (2010) from the Mexican Academy of Sciences; the Prize CCC-2008 from the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering; National Prize AgroBio-2005; and the Mexican Prize in Food Science and Technology. In 2019 he received the Outstanding Research Award by the International Association of Bioprocessing (IBA). Dr. Aguilar is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science, the Central Council of the International Bioprocessing Association, the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and the Mexican Association for Food Science and Biotechnology. He has developed more than 41 research projects, including 25 international exchange projects.