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Alati, Rosa, Elizabeth Maloney, Delyse M. Hutchinson, Jake M. Najman, Richard P. Mattick, William Bor, and Gail M. Williams. "Do maternal parenting practices predict problematic patterns of adolescent alcohol consumption?" Addiction 105, no. 5 (May 2010): 872–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02891.x.
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Tyagi, Anupama, and Marc Cohen. "Oxygen Consumption Changes With Yoga Practices." Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine 18, no. 4 (July 17, 2013): 290–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2156587213492770.
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Oxygen consumption varies with physical and mental activity as well as pathological conditions. Although there is a strong relationship between yoga and metabolic parameters, the relationship between yoga and oxygen consumption has not yet been formally reviewed. This systematic review attempted to include all studies of yoga that also measured oxygen consumption or metabolic rate as an outcome. A total of 58 studies were located involving between 1 and 104 subjects (average 21). The studies were generally of poor methodological quality and demonstrated great heterogeneity with different experimental designs, yoga practices, time periods, and small sample sizes. Studies report yoga practices to have profound metabolic effects producing both increase and decrease in oxygen consumption, ranging from 383% increase with cobra pose to 40% decrease with meditation. Compared to nonpractitioners, basal oxygen consumption is reported to be up to 15% less in regular yoga practitioners, and regular yoga practice is reported to have a training effect with oxygen consumption during submaximal exercise decreasing by 36% after 3 months. Yoga breathing practices emphasize breathing patterns and retention ratios as well as unilateral nostril breathing, and these factors appear critical in influencing oxygen consumption. A number of studies report extraordinary volitional control over metabolism in advanced yoga practitioners who appear to be able to survive extended periods in airtight pits and to exceed the limits of normal human endurance. More rigorous research with standardized practices is required to determine the mechanisms of yoga’s metabolic effects and the relevance of yoga practices in different clinical populations.
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You, Huay Woon. "Modelling Analysis on Dietary Patterns and Oral Health Status among Adolescents." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22 (November 18, 2022): 15255. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215255.
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Adolescence is a crucial stage between childhood and adulthood during which an individual learns new behaviours and practices including dietary patterns. This study aimed to examine the diet and oral health status among adolescents, and employed a structured questionnaire with three sections, namely, demographic, Adolescents’ Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) and the Kayser–Jones Brief Oral Health Status Examination (BOHSE). The AFHC was formulated consisting of 23 items to collect information about dietary patterns with respect to food purchase, preparation and consumption habits. Meanwhile, the BOHSE contained nine items to evaluate the oral conditions of adolescents. The relationship between dietary pattern and oral health in adolescents was investigated. A total of 160 adolescents were randomly selected in this study. The data analysis was presented in the form of tables. This study adhered to the STROBE checklist’s Guidelines for Systematic Reporting of Examination. According to the findings, food consumption dietary patterns among adolescents had the highest mean score (4.475). This demonstrates that adolescents practiced healthy food consumption. A significant positive correlation was found between food purchase, food preparation, food consumption and dietary patterns. Moreover, females had a slightly higher mean score than males, showing that females have a healthier diet status than males. This study can serve as points of reflection and recommendations on dietary patterns and oral health status.
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., Rajiva, Sukhmeet Minhas, Basavaraj ., P. M. P. Singh, and A. K. Yadav. "Tobacco consumption patterns amongst recruits at a training centre." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 9, no. 1 (December 27, 2021): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214991.
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Background: Approximately 3 million premature deaths occur every year due to tobacco. Gaps were observed in the scientific knowledge about tobacco consumption practices among armed forces personnel in our country. Keeping in view the paucity of studies in this field workers chose to undertake the present study.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among service personnel across a training centre to determine prevalence of tobacco consumption. The sample size was calculated to estimate 95% confidence interval for prevalence of tobacco consumption with 5% absolute precision. The minimum sample size was calculated to be 250, however, 285 personnel were included in the study. “Personal interview technique” was used for data and standard statistical methods were utilized for data analysis.Results: The mean age (standard deviation) of the study subjects was 20.80 years (1.23). The overall prevalence of currently using tobacco in any form was 9.82%, mean (SD) of number of years of tobacco use was 2.33 years (1.27). Mean (SD) of number of cigarettes/bidis smoked per day was 7.52 (6.71). Average amount spent on tobacco consumption per month was Rs310.95 (2.42% of monthly salary). The commonest reasons for smoking is peer pressure, to relax and feel like hero.Conclusions: Our study has helped to fill in the existing gaps in the scientific knowledge about tobacco consumption practices among armed forces personnel in our country.
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Deming, Denise M., Ronette R. Briefel, and Kathleen C. Reidy. "Infant Feeding Practices and Food Consumption Patterns of Children Participating in WIC." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 46, no. 3 (May 2014): S29—S37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2014.02.020.
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Christensen, Bjarke B., Hanne Rosenquist, Helle M. Sommer, Niels L. Nielsen, Sisse Fagt, Niels L. Andersen, and Birgit Norrung. "A Model of Hygiene Practices and Consumption Patterns in the Consumer Phase." Risk Analysis 25, no. 1 (February 2005): 49–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0272-4332.2005.00566.x.
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Osikominu, Jessica, and Nancy Bocken. "A Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyle: Values, Adoption, Practices and Effects." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (March 3, 2020): 1903. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12051903.
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Adopting a voluntary simplicity lifestyle (VSL) contributes to a change in consumption patterns towards more sustainable ones, which is urgently needed. This study defines the VSL as a voluntary reduction of income and consumption in exchange for more free time. Our research aims to contribute with more detailed VSL criteria. A literature review develops initial VSL criteria, which are validated against and enriched by data gathered through in-depth interviews with nine voluntary simplicity practitioners. This study contributes with: (1) more detailed insights into the value changes during lifestyle adoption of a VSL, (2) a detailed perspective on significant aspects in VSL adoption as well as how they tend to happen in sequence, and (3) insight into how consumption reduces or changes and how free time is spent when adopting a VSL. A conceptual framework for more detailed VSL criteria, as proposed in this study, is valuable to characterise the VSL lifestyle and differentiate it from other lifestyles. In sum, the study contributes to clearer perspectives on the VSL and provides detailed VSL criteria. Finally, we reaffirm the potential of VSL to contribute toward changing dominant unsustainable consumption patterns and indicate directions for future research.
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Silva, Sara Araújo, Ariene Silva do Carmo, and Kênia Mara Baiocchi Carvalho. "Lifestyle patterns associated with common mental disorders in Brazilian adolescents: Results of the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA)." PLOS ONE 16, no. 12 (December 14, 2021): e0261261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261261.
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The association between lifestyle factors and mental health has been evaluated in isolation; however, there has been a lack of information about lifestyle patterns and Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in adolescents. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the association between sets of lifestyle patterns and the occurrence of CMD in Brazilian adolescents evaluated in a national school-based cross-sectional survey. The outcome variable considered was presence of CMD. Lifestyle patterns were identified from the Principal Component Analysis. Consumption of foods, water and alcoholic beverages, sleep, physical activity, and smoking were used to identify patterns as explanatory variables. Sociodemographic characteristics, administrative dependence of the school and, nutritional status, were considered adjustment factors in the regression model. A total of 70,427 adolescents were evaluated. The principal component analysis identified three lifestyle patterns: high consumption of ultra-processed foods and low consumption of unprocessed or minimally processed foods (pattern 1); high consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the last 30 days (pattern 2); and high consumption of water and high level of physical activity (pattern 3). In the adjusted model, in patterns 1 and 2, the third tertile presented greater chance of CMD (OR 1.68; CI 95% 1.51–1.87 and OR 1.38; CI 95% 1.19–1.60, respectively). In pattern 3, the second (OR 0.88; CI 95% 0.80–0.96) and the third (OR 0.80; CI 95% 0.72–0.88) tertiles presented lower chances of CMD among the adolescents evaluated. Therefore, we suggest that health-promoting practices aimed at adolescents include multiple behaviors, with the objective of ensuring physical, mental, and social well-being.
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Sahakian, Marlyne, Czarina Saloma, and Sunayana Ganguly. "Exploring the Role of Taste in Middle-Class Household Practices." Asian Journal of Social Science 46, no. 3 (June 14, 2018): 304–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685314-04603005.
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Abstract Food consumption patterns and practices are undergoing changes in the mega-cities of South and Southeast Asia. Based on a qualitative, comparative case study, this article examines food consumption practices among middle-class households in Bangalore and Metro Manila. We demonstrate how taste preferences, shaped by and shaping food consumption practices, directly relate to increases in meat consumption, food packaging and household food waste—all areas of environmental significance. Taste preferences, which evolved over time, are explained through three inter-related dimensions: (a) the competencies involved in preparing food or eating out; (b) the material dimension of consumption, or products available in sites of food consumption; and (c) the different meanings attached to what makes for a tasty meal. The differences and similarities in food consumption practices between each research site provide insights into how food consumption practices might shift towards more sustainable pathways in Bangalore and Metro Manila, and in similar settings.
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Trotta, Gianluca, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen, and Pernille Lykke Jørgensen. "Heterogeneity of Electricity Consumption Patterns in Vulnerable Households." Energies 13, no. 18 (September 10, 2020): 4713. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13184713.
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A key aspect of the design of specific tariff structures is to identify and characterize homogeneous electricity consumption profiles. Recent research in residential electricity demand has explored load profile segmentation via cluster analysis combined with descriptive data from the dwelling and occupants, which has partly explained electricity load patterns and their underlying drivers but has failed to investigate any consumption heterogeneity among similar households. Thus, the aim of this paper is to reverse this approach and investigate the extent that households with similar characteristics have different electricity consumption patterns. This study combines population-based register data with hourly electricity consumption data for a sample of 67 Danish households. First, a homogenous household group is selected based on several indicators that signal vulnerability. The specific group under investigation is single-person, older, low-income households in detached housing. Second, K-means clustering is used to identify similarities and differences in consumption patterns. The results indicate four distinct vulnerable household profiles characterized by different start and end times of peak and off-peak times, peak intensities, and overall consumption, which vary across seasons. These profiles are discussed concerning the performance of everyday practices and the design of demand-side management strategies targeted at vulnerable households.
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Jacobsen, Mette Hove. "Social bases of material consumption: The relationship between social groups and possession of household appliances in Denmark." Journal of Consumer Culture 19, no. 1 (December 21, 2016): 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540516684190.
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In this article, possession of household appliances in Denmark is used to address the role of social groups in reproducing social norms of material consumption practices. This has been down-played in studies engaging with the ‘practice turn’, especially within the sociology of sustainable consumption. Using latent class analysis, four distinct latent subgroups with similar patterns of material consumption are identified and analysed. On the basis of the possession of appliances, these groups are characterised and labelled unlimited, outdated, limited and updated. After assigning the households to the latent group to which they have the highest probability of belonging, the social character of these groups is examined using logit models, thus making explanations of differences in material consumption practices possible. As identified in other domains of consumption, this study found that patterns of material consumption are socially structured. Researchers within the sociology of sustainable consumption have been particularly interested in studying the role of material arrangements and infrastructures in reproducing shared understandings and common procedures. This article argues that, in order to fully understand the dynamic mechanisms of consumption patterns and the possibilities for sustainable development, the field should equally engage with shared understandings generated and reproduced by social groups.
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Lazanyuk, Inna, Svetlana Ratner, Konstantin Gomonov, Svetlana Revinova, and Swati Modi. "The impact of the circular economy on the pro-ecological behaviour of consumers in Russia." SHS Web of Conferences 110 (2021): 01029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202111001029.
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Russia is at the beginning of the development of a circular economy (CE). The development of pro-ecological behavior is one of the main goals to transition to circular patterns of production and consumption. The lack of readiness of technologies and infrastructure to support consumer behavior patterns can inhibit pro-ecological consumer patterns. However, world experience shows that cultural and economic barriers have the most significant impact on which of the practices of pro-environmental behavior are spreading and which are not. The study aims to analyze the reasons for the popularity and unpopularity of the patterns of pro-ecological behavior among Russia’s population. The research methodology is based on a developed questionnaire of 57 practices and aimed at assessing consumer responsiveness in pro-environmental behavior. The processing of the survey results carried out using descriptive and nonparametric statistics. This study argued that widespread adoption of circular economy approaches would require profound changes in manufacturing practices and consumption patterns. The results showed that environmental competence is influenced by external and internal factors that can coordinate the education process.
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LIEVONEN, S., A. S. HAVULINNA, and R. MAIJALA. "Egg Consumption Patterns and Salmonella Risk in Finland." Journal of Food Protection 67, no. 11 (November 1, 2004): 2416–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-67.11.2416.
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To estimate the consumer risk of contracting Salmonella infection via shell eggs and to evaluate the effect of possible preventative measures, quantitative microbiological risk assessment is being developed in Finland. As a part of the risk assessment, a survey of 918 respondents was conducted to study how households purchase, store, handle, and use eggs. In addition, suitability of the Internet as a survey method was compared with a postal survey. Shell eggs were usually purchased once every 2 weeks (41% of all the respondents). Ninety-one percent of the respondents bought eggs in groceries and 93% stored eggs at chilled temperatures. The majority of the respondents (80%) only had eggs in their home for which the best-before date had not expired. Only 34% of the respondents said that they always washed their hands after breaking eggs. Consumption of well-cooked eggs accounted for 84%, consumption of soft-boiled eggs for 12%, and consumption of raw eggs for 4% of the total amount of eggs consumed. The elderly used eggs more frequently than the whole population, but the consumption of raw egg dishes decreased with age. The Internet survey was a rapid method for transmitting information, but its response rate was low (9%), and it did not appear to be a suitable tool for data collection in a general population. The results indicate that although the majority of the respondents had safe egg-handling practices, a substantial minority of the consumers had risk-prone behavior.
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Laska, Melissa N., Mary O. Hearst, Katherine Lust, Leslie A. Lytle, and Mary Story. "How we eat what we eat: identifying meal routines and practices most strongly associated with healthy and unhealthy dietary factors among young adults." Public Health Nutrition 18, no. 12 (December 2, 2014): 2135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980014002717.
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AbstractObjective(i) To examine associations between young adults’ meal routines and practices (e.g. food preparation, meal skipping, eating on the run) and key dietary indicators (fruit/vegetable, fast-food and sugar-sweetened beverage intakes) and (ii) to develop indices of protective and risky meal practices most strongly associated with diet.DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingMinneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota (USA).SubjectsA diverse sample of community college and public university students (n 1013).ResultsMeal routines and practices most strongly associated with healthy dietary patterns were related to home food preparation (i.e. preparing meals at home, preparing meals with vegetables) and meal regularity (i.e. routine consumption of evening meals and breakfast). In contrast, factors most strongly associated with poor dietary patterns included eating on the run, using media while eating and purchasing foods/beverages on campus. A Protective Factors Index, summing selected protective meal routines and practices, was positively associated with fruit/vegetable consumption and negatively associated with fast-food and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (P<0·001). A Risky Factors Index yielded significant, positive associations with fast-food and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (P<0·001). The probability test for the association between the Risky Factors Index and fruit/vegetable intake was P=0·05.ConclusionsMeal routines and practices were significantly associated with young adults’ dietary patterns, suggesting that ways in which individuals structure mealtimes and contextual characteristics of eating likely influence food choice. Thus, in addition to considering specific food choices, it also may be important to consider the context of mealtimes in developing dietary messaging and guidelines.
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Kirbiš, Andrej, Monika Lamot, and Marija Javornik. "The Role of Education in Sustainable Dietary Patterns in Slovenia." Sustainability 13, no. 23 (November 25, 2021): 13036. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132313036.
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The most sustainable dietary patterns involve the consumption of plant-based (vegan) foods, excluding or reducing animal products, including meat, fish, and dairy, yet there is a lack of research on determinants of sustainable dietary patterns in central European countries. The present article aimed to examine the prevalence of sustainable dietary practices and attitudes among the Slovenian public and to investigate the role of education in fostering sustainable dietary patterns. We analyzed a representative national sample of Slovenians, with data gathered in 2019 (ISSP/Slovenian Public Opinion; N = 1079; 51.2% females). The results indicate that most Slovenians do not have sustainable dietary practices or attitudes with regard to health, the environment, animals, and dietary minorities. One in four Slovenians consume meat at least once per day and one in two consume meat three to six times per week. In addition, 78.2% of Slovenians consume milk at least three times per week; more than half consume milk daily or more often. Fish consumption is the least frequent among the three food groups. At least two-thirds of Slovenians also hold attitudes that are low in sustainability. Results also show that, after controlling for confounding variables, higher educational level emerged as an independent predictor of lower meat consumption, but not of lower fish or milk consumption. Furthermore, those in the lowest educational group are significantly less likely to hold sustainable attitudes than those in the higher educational group. Finally, current student status only decreases meat consumption. Since our results show an educational gradient in meat consumption and attitudes, public health and environmental campaigns should focus on the less-educated groups, encouraging them to reduce meat intake and fostering more sustainable attitudes.
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Woodhall-Melnik, Julia, and Flora I. Matheson. "More than convenience: the role of habitus in understanding the food choices of fast food workers." Work, Employment and Society 31, no. 5 (June 1, 2016): 800–815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017016648255.
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This article explores the consumption practices of fast food workers through the lens of Bourdieu, specifically his notion of habitus. The authors address a gap in knowledge in the field of fast food work and explore the ways that the family environment and social relationships outside the family shape adult food choices using qualitative interviews with 40 fast food workers. Most fast food workers eat fast food when they are at work but their consumption patterns and choices reflect familial, cultural and class-based eating patterns and learning in adult social relationships (e.g., eating practices with friends). Some engage in a deliberate (conscious) process in their eating habits. The findings suggest that structure, disposition and conscious thought may influence food consumption.
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Jekabsone, Anda, Marika Rosa, and Agris Kamenders. "Impact of COVID-19 on Energy Consumption in Public Buildings." Environmental and Climate Technologies 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 306–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0023.
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on energy consumption in the world and many researchers have found very different energy consumption patterns. The goal of this study was to analyse the patterns of energy consumption in municipal buildings. Altogether data from 262 buildings from 4 municipalities were used and analysed. Results show very different energy consumption patterns for different types of buildings. In schools and education facilities the link between Covid-19 restrictions and energy consumption deviations are visible, but in administration and office buildings it is not the case. This leads to a conclusion that energy consumption in the buildings is not always linked to the level of occupancy of the building, meaning that there is room for improvements on energy management practices and procedures in the municipalities.
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Vericker, Tracy C. "Limited Evidence That Competitive Food and Beverage Practices Affect Adolescent Consumption Behaviors." Health Education & Behavior 40, no. 1 (April 4, 2012): 19–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198111435095.
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Childhood obesity is emerging as a considerable public health problem with no clear antidote. The school food environment is a potential intervention point for policy makers, with competitive food and beverage regulation as a possible policy lever. This research examines the link between competitive food and beverage availability in school and adolescent consumption patterns using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999. Results from value-added multivariate regression models reveal limited evidence that competitive food policy affects fruit and vegetable consumption. Findings suggest a stronger link between competitive beverage policy and consumption of sweetened beverages for population subgroups.
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Gram-Hanssen, Kirsten, Toke Haunstrup Christensen, Line Valdorff Madsen, and Carolina do Carmo. "Sequence of practices in personal and societal rhythms – Showering as a case." Time & Society 29, no. 1 (January 12, 2019): 256–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961463x18820749.
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This paper explores methodologically and theoretically how to understand variations in the temporal performances of showering as a practice-as-entity. Time-based data on domestic hot water consumption in 134 Danish households show distinctly different patterns, where some households exhibit highest consumption in the morning and others in the evening. This temporal pattern of showering is analysed based on an innovative combination of statistical cluster analysis and qualitative interviews. Focus is on the timing of showering related to sequences of other everyday practices, and to the rules, meanings and dispositions guiding this practice. From a sustainability perspective, the consumption of water and energy entailed by showering is problematic, and with increasingly intermittent renewable energy production, the timing of showering also becomes an issue. The study demonstrates that the time of showering is closely related to sequences of different practices, that dispositions and socio-demographics influence the order of sequences, and that meanings of showering may vary accordingly. However, there are also common meanings and rules related to showering across these variations, which contribute to the formation of showering as a practice-as-entity.
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Okube, Okubatsion Tekeste, Samuel Kimani, and Mirie Waithira. "Association of dietary patterns and practices on metabolic syndrome in adults with central obesity attending a mission hospital in Kenya: a cross-sectional study." BMJ Open 10, no. 10 (October 2020): e039131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039131.
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ObjectiveDietary patterns and practices can predispose or protect against metabolic syndrome (MetS) in humans. Despite the growing problem of MetS in adults, the underpinning dietary behaviour is poorly understood. We determined the dietary patterns and practices relevant to MetS in adults with central obesity attending a mission hospital in Kenya.Study designDescriptive, cross-sectional.SettingOutpatient clinic of a mission-based hospital in Nairobi.ParticipantsAdults (N=404) aged 18–64 years diagnosed with central obesity as per the International Diabetes Federation definition for MetS.Primary outcomesAnthropometric measurements, clinical-biochemical markers and dietary components, quantity and frequency of food intake, as well as time-lapse between consumption of dinner and sleeping.ResultsA high (87.2%) prevalence of MetS was observed for respondents who reported consumption of large amount of carbohydrates (p<0.001), proteins (p<0.001), processed/fast foods (p<0.001) and sugar (p=0.009). Frequent consumption of legumes (p<0.001), nuts (p<0.001), fruits (p<0.001) and vegetables (p=0.021) was linked to reduced MetS. Additionally, longer interval between eating dinner and going to bed was associated with reduced MetS.ConclusionRegular consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts, as well as observing sometime after eating dinner before sleeping, was the dietary pattern significantly associated with a lower risk of MetS. Whereas, consumption of a large quantity of carbohydrates, proteins, processed/fast foods and sugar is likely to predispose to MetS. The findings underscore the need to focus on specific dietary intake patterns including frequency, quantity, quality and variety for MetS prevention and management. The MetS-related interventions could be implemented during individual consultation, group and community health messaging sessions.
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Burger Chakraborty, Laura, Marlyne Sahakian, Uma Rani, Megha Shenoy, and Suren Erkman. "Urban Food Consumption in Metro Manila: Interdisciplinary Approaches Towards Apprehending Practices, Patterns, and Impacts." Journal of Industrial Ecology 20, no. 3 (February 17, 2016): 559–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12402.
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Martins, Carla Adriano, Giovanna Calixto Andrade, Mariana Fernandes Brito de Oliveira, Fernanda Rauber, Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro, Marcia Thereza Couto, and Renata Bertazzi Levy. "“Healthy”, “usual” and “convenience” cooking practices patterns: How do they influence children's food consumption?" Appetite 158 (March 2021): 105018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.105018.
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Kaiser, Lucia L., Alberto L. Aguilera, Marcel Horowitz, Catherine Lamp, Margaret Johns, Rosa Gomez-Camacho, Lenna Ontai, and Adela de la Torre. "Correlates of food patterns in young Latino children at high risk of obesity." Public Health Nutrition 18, no. 16 (January 29, 2015): 3042–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980014003309.
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AbstractObjectiveThe present paper examines the influence of age and gender on food patterns of Latino children.DesignData are from baseline of a 5-year, quasi-experimental obesity prevention study:Niños Sanos, Familia Sana(NSFS; Healthy Children, Healthy Families). In 2012, the researchers interviewed Latino parents, using a thirty-item questionnaire to ask about their children’s food consumption and feeding practices. Statistical tests includedttests and ANCOVA.SettingRural communities in California’s Central Valley, USA.SubjectsTwo hundred and seventeen parents (87–89 % born in Mexico) and their children (aged 2–8 years).ResultsFifty-one per cent of the children were overweight or obese (≥85th percentile of BMI for age and gender). Mean BMIZ-scores were not significantly different in boys (1·10 (sd1·07)) and girls (0·92 (sd1·04);P=0·12). In bivariate analysis, children aged 2–4 years consumed fast and convenience foods less often (P=0·04) and WIC (Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-allowable foods more often than children aged 5–8 years (P=0·01). In ANCOVA, neither age nor gender was significantly related to food patterns. Mother’s acculturation level was positively related to children’s consumption of fast and convenience foods (P=0·0002) and negatively related to consumption of WIC foods (P=0·01). Providing role modelling and structure in scheduling meals and snacks had a positive effect on the vegetable pattern (P=0·0007), whereas meal skipping was associated with more frequent fast and convenience food consumption (P=0·04).ConclusionsAcculturation and child feeding practices jointly influence food patterns in Latino immigrant children and indicate a need for interventions that maintain diet quality as children transition to school.
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Mais, Laís Amaral, Sarah Warkentin, Juliana Bergamo Vega, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Susan Carnell, and José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei. "Sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural risk factors for ultra-processed food consumption in a sample of 2–9-year-olds in Brazil." Public Health Nutrition 21, no. 1 (October 9, 2017): 77–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980017002452.
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AbstractObjectiveThe present study aimed to identify food patterns among 2–9-year-olds and investigate sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural predictors of less healthy dietary patterns.DesignCross-sectional study. Parents of 2–9-year-olds completed an FFQ and factor analysis was applied to identify dietary patterns. Parents also completed questionnaires assessing sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural characteristics of parents and children, including parental feeding practices.SettingParticipants were recruited from private schools of Campinas and São Paulo, SP, Brazil, between April and June 2014.SubjectsParents of 2–9-year-olds (n 929).ResultsTwo dietary patterns emerged: ‘traditional food’ and ‘ultra-processed food’. Lower maternal education (OR=2·05, P=0·010) and higher maternal weight status (OR=1·43, P=0·044) were associated with a greater likelihood of the ultra-processed food pattern. Lower perceived parental responsibility for adequacy of food group intake (OR=2·41, P=0·020), and lower scores on the parental feeding practices of ‘Healthy Eating Guidance’ (OR=1·83, P<0·001) and ‘Monitoring’ (OR=2·52, P<0·001), were also associated with the presence of this pattern, as was higher child’s screen use during mealtimes (OR=1·61, P=0·004).ConclusionsThe present study is the first to evaluate associations between less healthy dietary patterns of Brazilian 2–9-year-olds and parental feeding practices. Our findings highlight sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural factors within families that could be used to target tailored policies to at-risk populations.
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Zhou, Xun-Bo, Quan-Qi Li, Shun-Zhang Yu, Wei Wu, and Yu-Hai Chen. "Row spacing and irrigation effects on water consumption of winter wheat in Taian, China." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 87, no. 3 (July 1, 2007): 471–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/p06-035.
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Management practices can have a major impact on the successful production of winter cereals. A field experiment was conducted with winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) to compare the effects of two row spacing planting patterns (row width set at 30 cm, 30; or row widths set at a narrow row of 20 cm and a wide row of 40 cm, 20 + 40) and four irrigation schedules (no irrigation, T0; irrigation given at stem elongation stage, T1; at stem elongation and heading stage, T2; at stem elongation, heading and milk stage, T3) on yield, water use efficiency (WUE), evapotranspiration (ET) and soil water content (SWC) for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 seasons at Taian, Shandong Province, China. Mean soil daily evaporation (Es) was greater in the wide row than the narrow row, and resulted in decreased SWC in the wide row. For the same irrigation treatment, no significant differences in changes of SWC and yield were found between the row-spacing planting patterns in either season. Differences in ET were found in 2005 with ET from the T0 treatment being much lower than the irrigated treatments for both planting patterns. During the cropping season in 2005, WUE of the T3 treatment was lower than from the T1 and T0 treatments at the same planting patterns. The WUE of the 20 + 40 planting pattern was lower than that of the 30 planting pattern with the same irrigation schedule, perhaps due to elevated levels of evaporation from the soil beneath the canopy and decreased yields for the 20 + 40 planting pattern. Therefore, based on WUE, the effect of the 30 planting pattern was better than that of the 20 + 40. Key words: Planting pattern, soil water content, evapotranspiration, water use efficiency, grain yield, Triticum aestivum
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VENN, S., K. BURNINGHAM, I. CHRISTIE, and T. JACKSON. "Consumption junkies or sustainable consumers: considering the grocery shopping practices of those transitioning to retirement." Ageing and Society 37, no. 1 (September 4, 2015): 14–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x15000975.
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ABSTRACTThe current generation of older people who are approaching or recently experiencing retirement form part of a unique generational habitus who have experienced a cultural shift into consumerism. These baby boomers are often portrayed as engaging in excessive levels of consumption which are counter to notions of sustainable living and to intergenerational harmony. This paper focuses on an exploration of the mechanisms underpinning the consumption patterns of baby boomers as they retire. We achieve this through an understanding of the everyday practices of grocery shopping which have the potential to give greater clarity to patterns of consumption than the more unusual or ‘extraordinary’ forms of consumption such as global travel. In-depth interviews with 40 older men and women in four locations across England and Scotland were conducted at three points in time across the period of retirement. We suggest that the grocery shopping practices of these older men and women were influenced by two factors: (a) parental values and upbringing leading to the reification of thrift and frugality as virtues, alongside aspirations for self-actualisation such as undertaking global travel, and (b) the influence of household context, and caring roles, on consumption choices. We conclude with some tentative observations concerning the implications of the ways baby boomers consume in terms of increasing calls for people to live in more sustainable ways.
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Rehman, Shuja Ur, and Saima Baig. "Water Consumption Patterns and Waterborne Diseases in Slums of Karachi." Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 6, no. 1 (March 28, 2017): 37–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/ajis.2017.v6n1p37.
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Abstract The prime objective of the present study was to evaluate the water consumption patterns and systems in relation to water borne diseases in slum areas of Karachi. It also aimed to, to highlight the major incidence of water-borne diseases due to unhygienic practices and also investigated the role of Government and Non-Governmental Organizations for the provision of safe drinking water. The field-based exploratory approached and quantitative method of research was operated and has been given weighted in accordance with the primary data collection. A structured interview schedule was used as the tool for the collection of data. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used for the purpose of interpretation of the results. The result of the study indicates and elaborates that the people in slum areas of Karachi face problems related to water shortage, water pollution and water borne diseases. The results also depict that the majority of the population suffered from water related diseases such as Typhoid, Dysentery, Diarrhea, etc. The result of the study clearly highlights the fact that the condition of water supply system is quite unhygienic and poor which is the main cause behind the outbreak of these diseases.
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Beckerman, Jacob P., Emily Slade, and Alison K. Ventura. "Maternal diet during lactation and breast-feeding practices have synergistic association with child diet at 6 years." Public Health Nutrition 23, no. 2 (July 10, 2019): 286–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980019001782.
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AbstractObjective:Children breast-fed during infancy consume more fruits and vegetables than formula-fed children. This pattern is likely due, in part, to infant learning from flavours of the mother’s diet transmitted through breast milk, but more research is needed to understand associations between early flavour exposures and later dietary patterns. We examined whether breast-feeding and maternal fruit and vegetable consumption during nursing were synergistically associated with higher child fruit and vegetable consumption.Design:Prospective cohort study of breast-feeding duration, maternal diet postpartum and child diet. Complete breast-feeding and maternal diet data were available for 1396 mother–child dyads; multiple imputation was used for missing data in other variables. In separate multivariable logistic regression models, we estimated the adjusted odds of high child fruit or vegetable consumption at 12 months or 6 years as a function of breast-feeding duration, maternal fruit or vegetable consumption during nursing, and their interaction.Setting:The Infant Feeding Practices Study II and Year 6 Follow-Up.Participants:Mother–child dyads followed from birth to 6 years during 2005–2012 in the USA.Results:Longer breast-feeding duration was associated with high child fruit and vegetable consumption at 12 months. At 6 years, the interaction between breast-feeding duration and maternal vegetable consumption was associated with high child vegetable consumption.Conclusions:Higher maternal vegetable consumption and longer breast-feeding duration were synergistically associated with high child vegetable consumption at 6 years, independent of sociodemographic characteristics and fruit and vegetable availability. Exposures to vegetable flavours through breast milk may promote later child vegetable consumption.
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Barrett, Scott, Aisha Dasgupta, Partha Dasgupta, W. Neil Adger, John Anderies, Jeroen van den Bergh, Caroline Bledsoe, et al. "Social dimensions of fertility behavior and consumption patterns in the Anthropocene." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 12 (March 12, 2020): 6300–6307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909857117.
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We consider two aspects of the human enterprise that profoundly affect the global environment: population and consumption. We show that fertility and consumption behavior harbor a class of externalities that have not been much noted in the literature. Both are driven in part by attitudes and preferences that are not egoistic but socially embedded; that is, each household’s decisions are influenced by the decisions made by others. In a famous paper, Garrett Hardin [G. Hardin,Science162, 1243–1248 (1968)] drew attention to overpopulation and concluded that the solution lay in people “abandoning the freedom to breed.” That human attitudes and practices are socially embedded suggests that it is possible for people to reduce their fertility rates and consumption demands without experiencing a loss in wellbeing. We focus on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa and consumption in the rich world and argue that bottom-up social mechanisms rather than top-down government interventions are better placed to bring about those ecologically desirable changes.
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Sesini, Giulia, Cinzia Castiglioni, and Edoardo Lozza. "New Trends and Patterns in Sustainable Consumption: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda." Sustainability 12, no. 15 (July 23, 2020): 5935. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12155935.
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The challenge of sustainable development and consumption is to meet current wants without impoverishing future generations and the planet in the long term. Therefore, new patterns of sustainable practices are increasingly promoted. The purpose of the present study is to realize a systematic review aimed to analyze the contents and features of articles dealing with new trends in consumers’ sustainable consumption. One hundred and four papers published in the last five years were retrieved and analyzed through a lexicographical analysis using the software T-LAB. The results show that, even if most of the current studies focus almost exclusively on the environmental impact of sustainability, the social perspective is also recently taking hold. Evidence suggests prevailing attention towards consumers’ appeal and consumption of eco-friendly food products, together with a growing interest in the last years in consumers’ practices in other key sectors, such as tourism, commerce, and clothing. Future research should spotlight the less explored frameworks, looking at the economic and social sides of sustainability in a variety of contextual settings. At the same time, consumer-focused research should not forget to look at consumers’ sustainable behavior as a whole and its impacts from the perspective of planet, people, and profit.
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Exner, Andreas, and Anke Strüver. "Addressing the Sustainability Paradox: The Analysis of “Good Food” in Everyday Life." Sustainability 12, no. 19 (October 5, 2020): 8196. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12198196.
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This paper investigates food consumption in terms of socio-spatial practices as complex patterns of meanings, competencies and materialities that shape daily life. The praxeological approach that we advise might improve food sustainability policies by tackling the current sustainability paradox: persisting unsustainable food consumption despite significant media coverage of food sustainability issues and considerable political attention to this matter. Acknowledging the importance of both individual action and collective conditions in shaping food routines, we argue that the sustainability paradox might be overcome through integrating the analysis of social structures and individual behavior, and consequently addressing the determinants of sustainability in daily life. To this end, we analyze narrative interviews on “good food” regarding cultural meanings, individual competencies, and diverse materialities that govern food consumption, identify common themes and discuss their relevance for food policy. We show that food is part of complex orderings of socio-spatial practices, including embodied knowledge, patterns of commensality and constraints of orchestrating daily life, which cannot be addressed appropriately by targeting individual consumption behavior only.
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Ratner, Svetlana, Inna Lazanyuk, Svetlana Revinova, and Konstantin Gomonov. "Barriers of Consumer Behavior for the Development of the Circular Economy: Empirical Evidence from Russia." Applied Sciences 11, no. 1 (December 23, 2020): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11010046.
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This paper contributes to the literature on sustainable consumption by in-depth analysis of the factors affecting the probability of 57 different practices of proenvironmental behavior (PEBs) in Russia. The set of studied PEBs includes not only popular energy-saving and waste-management practices but also more circular patterns of plastic consumption, shopping, and city mobility. To study real and potential barriers to greening consumer behavior models, we conducted a survey of 623 respondents using a questionnaire developed based on a comparative analysis of similar studies conducted in other countries. The processing of the survey results was carried out using nonparametric statistics due to the absence of a normal distribution of the sample for most of the studied characteristics. The results of the study revealed that the main barriers to sustainable consumption in Russia are the lack of appropriate infrastructure as well as a lack of knowledge. Infrastructural barriers in some situations makes sustainable consumer behavior impossible or inconvenient (in this case, preference is given to other types of consumption), or in some cases necessitates spending additional time and money (then sustainable consumer behavior is not completely denied but practiced less often).
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Bull, Anna, and Christina Scharff. "‘McDonald’s Music’ Versus ‘Serious Music’: How Production and Consumption Practices Help to Reproduce Class Inequality in the Classical Music Profession." Cultural Sociology 11, no. 3 (July 13, 2017): 283–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1749975517711045.
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This article draws on two empirical studies on contemporary engagements with classical music in the United Kingdom to shed light on the ways in which class inequalities are reproduced in practices of production and consumption. It discusses three ways in which this occurs. First, classical music was ‘naturally’ practiced and listened to in middle-class homes but this was misrecognised by musicians who labelled families as ‘musical’ rather than as ‘middle class’. Second, the practices of classical music production and consumption such as the spaces used, the dress, and the modes of listening show similarities with middle-class culture. Third, musicians made judgements of value where classical music was seen as more valuable than other genres. This was particularly visible in studying production. In data on consumption, musicians were careful about making judgements of taste but described urban genres as illegible to them, or assessed them according to the criteria that they used to judge classical music, such as complexity and emotional depth. This hierarchy of value tended to remain unspoken and uncontested. Studying production and consumption together allows these patterns to emerge more clearly.
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Atikessé, Laura, Sylvie Boucher de Grosbois, Mélissa St-Jean, Basile (Mashen) Penashue, and Manipia Benuen. "Innu Food Consumption Patterns: Traditional Food and Body Mass Index." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 71, no. 3 (September 2010): e41-e49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/71.3.2010.125.
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Purpose: Food consumption patterns of an Innu community were described and the benefits of traditional food (TF) were investigated in relation to body mass index (BMI). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using food frequency and 24-hour recall questionnaires to evaluate consumption patterns (n=118) and to assess energy and nutrient intakes from TF and store-bought food (SBF) (n=161). Body mass index was calculated with a sub-sample of 45 participants. Results: Mean yearly TF meal consumption was significantly related to age (p=0.05). Participants reporting high TF and low SBF consumption presented with a normal body weight (BMI=24.1) at the lower quartile and a slightly overweight status (BMI=25.8) at the median. Mean values for protein and carbohydrate intake were higher than the Dietary Reference Intakes, whereas dietary fibre intake was below these guidelines for both genders. Store-bought food provided higher levels of energy and nutrients, except for protein. Conclusions: Although Innu consume high amounts of TF and SBF, a lack of some essential nutrients was observed. Because TF intake was related to a tendency toward a lower BMI, a combined, targeted diet could be proposed. Health services could reinforce the importance of TF consumption and promote traditional dietary practices that offer advantages at many levels.
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Singhal, Poonam, Ranjay Singh, Santosh Satya, and S. N. Naik. "Changing Consumption Patterns of Bamboo shoots: A Case Study of Traditional Food-Related Knowledge Systems." International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources 3, no. 3 (December 28, 2022): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.46676/ij-fanres.v3i3.66.
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Bamboo shoots form an integral part of the local diet of the Northeastern states of India. Fermented shoots have been consumed by tribal communities since ancient times. However, with increasing globalization and fast-food consumption, the traditional knowledge and skills of processing bamboo shoots seem to be changing. This paper highlights the changes in processing ways over the years in the younger generation. Data were collected using an unstructured interview schedule and observation through home visits from Adi women of four villages namely Balek, Sibut, Runne, and Mirbuk in Pasighat Block of Arunachal Pradesh. It was observed that some newer practices of processing bamboo shoots had been adopted while ignoring the traditional practices which emphasized eliminating toxicity in bamboo shoots.
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Ziesemer, Florence, Alexandra Hüttel, and Ingo Balderjahn. "Pioneers’ Insights into Governing Social Innovation for Sustainable Anti-Consumption." Sustainability 11, no. 23 (November 25, 2019): 6663. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11236663.
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Transcending the conventional debate around efficiency in sustainable consumption, anti-consumption patterns leading to decreased levels of material consumption have been gaining importance. Change agents are crucial for the promotion of such patterns, so there may be lessons for governance interventions that can be learnt from the every-day experiences of those who actively implement and promote sustainability in the field of anti-consumption. Eighteen social innovation pioneers, who engage in and diffuse practices of voluntary simplicity and collaborative consumption as sustainable options of anti-consumption share their knowledge and personal insights in expert interviews for this research. Our qualitative content analysis reveals drivers, barriers, and governance strategies to strengthen anti-consumption patterns, which are negotiated between the market, the state, and civil society. Recommendations derived from the interviews concern entrepreneurship, municipal infrastructures in support of local grassroots projects, regulative policy measures, more positive communication to strengthen the visibility of initiatives and emphasize individual benefits, establishing a sense of community, anti-consumer activism, and education. We argue for complementary action between top-down strategies, bottom-up initiatives, corporate activities, and consumer behavior. The results are valuable to researchers, activists, marketers, and policymakers who seek to enhance their understanding of materially reduced consumption patterns based on the real-life experiences of active pioneers in the field.
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Kempny, Marta. "CONSUMER TRICKS AND STRATEGIES AMONG POLISH MIGRANTS IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND." Studia Humanistyczne AGH 19, no. 4 (2020): 7–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/human.2020.19.4.7.
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This paper examines practices and strategies of consumption among Polish migrants in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Bridging theoretical perspectives on postmodernism, transnationalism and consumer society, the author discusses extent to which consumerism among Polish migrants can be seen as their way of integration with the local community in Northern Ireland. Focusing on conspicuous and inconspicuous consumption, this article explores the reasons why migrants take on the local consumption practices. Furthermore it examines migrants’ attempts to increase their social status, and display wealth through their engagement in consumer culture. Next, differences in Polish and local consumption patterns are teased out. Following this, the author links consumerism among Polish migrants to their embeddedness in local, transnational and global spheres. This research adopts 30 in-depth interviews.
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Lok Lam, Magnum Man, Eric Ping Hung Li, and Wing-Sun Liu. "Dissociative fashion practices and identity conflicts: local resistance as a response to clothing acculturation in the context of rural–urban migration." Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal 25, no. 4 (March 12, 2021): 723–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfmm-07-2019-0150.
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PurposeThe purpose of the present study is to examine how local consumers disassociate themselves from migrants' acculturative practices and negotiate their identity through the symbolic consumption of fashion.Design/methodology/approachData for this interpretive study were obtained via phenomenological interviews with locally-born Chinese youth in Guangzhou, China, to examine their acculturative consumption practices as well as their subjective experiences of perceived threats to their lifestyle imposed by the influx of outsiders. Snowballing and purposive sampling methods were adopted in recruiting the research participants.FindingsData analyses revealed that local consumers adopt three dissociative strategies (stigmatization, avoidance and self-assertion) in order to ascribe meanings to their fashion consumption practices as a means of resolving identity conflicts and differentiate themselves from the migrant consumers.Research limitations/implicationsThis research offers a single perspective (i.e. that of local-born young consumers residing in Guangzhou) on the locals' attitudes aimed at distinguishing and negotiating their identities in an intercultural setting via specific fashion-clothing choices. This research has theoretical implications for the consumer acculturation theory and identity negotiation.Practical implicationsFindings yielded by the present study have important implications for commercial companies focusing on fashion consumption, in particular for marketing practices aimed at rural-urban identification and youth market segmentation.Social implicationsThis study contributes to the existing discussion on consumer acculturation by offering an intracultural perspective to the understanding of local consumers' responses to migrants' acculturation. It also provides managerial insights for fashion retailers, prompting them to rethink their market segmentation strategies to address population mobility in the marketplace and better understand how it alters the in-between social relationships that result in different consumption patterns and practices.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing discussion on youth consumer acculturation theories by offering an intercultural perspective to the understanding of local consumers' responses to migrants' acculturation attempts. It also offers managerial insights for fashion retailers, prompting them to rethink their market segmentation strategies to address population mobility and better understand how it alters the social relationships that result in different consumption patterns and practices.
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NESBITT, ANDREA, SHANNON MAJOWICZ, RITA FINLEY, BARBARA MARSHALL, FRANK POLLARI, JAN SARGEANT, CARL RIBBLE, JEFF WILSON, and NANCY SITTLER. "High-Risk Food Consumption and Food Safety Practices in a Canadian Community." Journal of Food Protection 72, no. 12 (December 1, 2009): 2575–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-72.12.2575.
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Understanding consumers' high-risk food consumption patterns and food handling in the home is critical in reducing foodborne illness. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of unsafe food practices of individuals in a Canadian-based population, specifically, high-risk food consumption and home food safety practices. During November 2005 to March 2006, a sample of 2,332 randomly selected residents of the Waterloo Region (Ontario, Canada) participated in a telephone survey of food consumption and food safety. Questions covered consumption of high-risk foods, hand washing practices, safe food handling knowledge, source of food safety education, meat thawing and cooking practices, cross-contamination after raw food preparation, and refrigeration temperatures. Certain high-risk food behaviors were common among respondents and were associated with demographic characteristics. In general, unsafe practices increased with increasing total annual household income level. Males were more likely to report engaging in risky practices than were females. Specific high-risk behaviors of public health concern were reported by elderly individuals (e.g., consuming undercooked eggs), children (e.g., consuming chicken nuggets), and rural residents (e.g., drinking unpasteurized milk). Respondents appeared to know proper food safety practices, but did not put them into practice. Thus, educational programs emphasizing specific practices to improve food safety should be directed to targeted audiences, and they should stress the importance of consumer behavior in the safety of foods prepared at home. Further investigation of consumer perceptions is needed to design such programs to effectively increase the implementation of safe food practices by consumers.
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DEMİRAĞ, Hatice. "Complementary and Supportive Therapy Practices Used by Nurses to Prevent COVID-19: Natural and Herbal Products." Journal of Surgical Case Reports and Images 5, no. 3 (July 2, 2022): 01–06. http://dx.doi.org/10.31579/2690-1897/112.
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Introduction and Objective: Nurses COVID-19 pandemic fear infecting their patients during infection of their family members or complementary-supportive treatment increased their use of natural and herbal products. It was conducted to determine the herbal practices used by nurses as a complementary and supportive treatment to prevent COVID-19. Materials and Methods:The data of this study, which was carried out in descriptive and cross-sectional design, was collected on 255 nurses in all clinics located at X State Hospital in April 2022. In collecting data, “personal information form was used for the survey. The Ethics Committee of the institution and the permissions required approximately 10 minutes after receiving the questionnaire was applied to nurses. Results: It was determined that 92.9% of the nurses participating in the study increased lemon and orange consumption, 42.7% onion garlic consumption, 45.1% water consumption and 7.8% home bread consumption in preventing COVID-19. Nurses were found to drink honey and propolis (40%), natural products (50.2%), kefir (15.3%), thyme tea (20%), lime (13.7%) and lemon water (6.3%), gargle with boiling water (26.7%), use vitamin D (44.3%) and pay attention to sleep patterns (49.4%). Conclusion: At the end of this study, it was determined that nurses use herbal products, which are complementary-supportive treatment applications, to prevent COVID-19.
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Almulhim, Abdulaziz I., and Yusuf A. Aina. "Understanding Household Water-Use Behavior and Consumption Patterns during COVID-19 Lockdown in Saudi Arabia." Water 14, no. 3 (January 20, 2022): 314. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14030314.
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With the COVID-19 lockdown impacting the livelihood of people globally, changes in household behaviors, water consumption patterns, etc., have implications on sanitation, hygiene, and disease control. An online questionnaire survey was conducted, and officials were interviewed to assess the impact of the lockdown on water consumption patterns in the Dammam Metropolitan Area, Saudi Arabia. The multiple regression analysis on responses from the survey indicates that water consumption increased by 50% in 86% of the respondents, leading to higher utility bills. Socioeconomic factors also influenced water consumption. The officials interviewed emphasized the need for integrating water policies with disaster management actions. This study contributes to the prospering empirical literature on the pandemic COVID-19 and water consumption/usage behavioral practices by exploring the behavior of household water during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. This study can help decision-makers in Saudi Arabia and other developing countries in boosting awareness related to water management in crisis time.
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Islam, Nabhira Aftabi Binte, and Mahmudul Haque. "PP185 Oral Health Status And Food Consumption Patterns In Selected Primary School Children." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 36, S1 (December 2020): 19–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462320001361.
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IntroductionNutrition is critical to the oral health of the individual. From gestation through to end of life, nutrition influences the integrity and function of the dentition and supporting oral structures and has a direct effect on health in general. According to the World Health Organization, diet has an important role in the prevention of oral diseases such as dental caries, dental erosion, defects in oral development, diseases of the oral mucosa, and periodontal disease.MethodsA study was conducted to assess the oral health status and food consumption patterns of students attending the Rotary School and College at Mirpur-14, Dhaka on November 2018. Consent was provided by the school headmaster and guardians. A purposive sample of seventy students was taken. A semi-structured questionnaire and checklist was developed in the English and Bengali languages. Data were presented in simple frequency tables.ResultsAmong the respondents the following eating habits were reported: (i)Thirty-one percent drank milk and twenty-eight percent consumed chocolate four to six times per week;(ii)Forty-three percent consumed fast food least seven times per week; and(iii)Forty-two percent ate vegetables and thirty-four percent ate fruits one to three times per week.In terms of oral hygiene practices, sixty-one percent of respondents used toothpaste and thirty-nine percent used tooth powder. Seventy-eight percent of respondents brushed their teeth once a day and twenty-four percent brushed twice daily. The mean number of decayed, missing (due to caries), and filled permanent teeth was 1.47.ConclusionsThe relationship between oral health, dietary practices, nutritional status, and general health is complex, with many interrelated factors. To help children develop healthy eating patterns from an early age, it is important that the food and eating patterns to which they are exposed, both inside and outside the home, promote positive attitudes to good nutrition.
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Funk, Paul A., Robert G. Hardin, Albert A. Terrazas, and Kathleen M. Yeater. "Cotton Gin Fuel Use Patterns." Transactions of the ASABE 63, no. 3 (2020): 645–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/trans.13402.
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Highlights Principal component analysis found the impact of controlled and uncontrolled drying system variables. Cotton gin fuel use can be minimized by avoiding excessive drying and minimizing conveying air. Post-harvest processors should minimize the length of, and insulate, the duct from the burner to the mix point. Abstract. Fuel price volatility and variable incoming cotton moisture levels make drying costs unpredictable, threatening cotton gin profitability. One means for managing this risk is improving fuel use efficiency. Fuel use audits were conducted in 26 commercial cotton gins over three seasons to elucidate industry best practices. Material flow and changes in moisture content were used to estimate beneficial drying energy. Airflow and temperature data were used to estimate fuel consumption. The ratio of these quantities, defined as fuel use efficiency, was included with twelve other variables in a multivariate statistical analysis. Principal component analysis identified two controlled variables that inversely correlated to fuel use efficiency: the length of the duct between the burner and the seed cotton mix point, and the volume of conveying air per unit mass of seed cotton. Minimizing these two variables could reduce the cost of fuel energy, provided that the air volume is sufficient to maintain material flow, drying, and gin processing rate even when receiving very wet cotton. Keywords: Drying, Energy conservation, Fuel consumption, Postharvest processing, Principal component analysis.
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Wang, Aiqin, Sijia Dang, Wenying Luo, and Kangyuan Ji. "Cultural Consumption and Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Waste Separation Management in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 1 (December 29, 2021): 338. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010338.
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In 2017, the Chinese government created a policy on mandatory waste separation. Many communities and cities have created waste management institutions and appointed workers to supervise these actions. But there is little information about the situation in terms of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of waste separation and any differences among regions and cities. Thus, the goal of this paper is to show the current status quo and any differences and to analyze their determinants, especially regarding cultural consumption. Based on online survey data collected in 2021, we found that knowledge in rural regions was lower than in urban regions, but there was no difference in attitudes or practices; the practices in pilot cities were better than in non-pilot cities, but the knowledge and attitudes showed no differences. Different cultural consumption patterns had different impacts on waste separation knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Based on the results, a policy related to culture should be enacted to improve efficiency and increase the action impacts to solve environmental and social issues.
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Rahul, Mayank. "Assessment of Dietary Pattern of People Living in a Rural Area of Bihar." International Journal of Preventive, Curative & Community Medicine 06, no. 03 (January 29, 2021): 17–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2454.325x.202013.
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Introduction: There is a trend of declining cereal intake particularly coarse cereals and really low increase of consumption of other food items within the rural diet, which has often been explained as an expected outcome of economic growth Aims & Objectives: 1). To observe the dietary pattern of different food items and their timely consumption. 2). To assess the consumption and practices of daily food items used in kitchen. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study done in Nathnagar areas (Bihar) in the month of March, 2017 with the help of pre-tested semi structured questionnaire amongst the rural population. Total 154 subjects were interviewed in one-month period. Result: maximum participants 51 (33.11%) belong to 22-27 years of age group and majority of the population were literate. It was also found that 127 (82.46%) of participants consume green vegetables daily and daily consumption of beverages such as tea and coffee were seen common to 152 (98.7%) participants. Iodized Salt intake consumption was seen in majority 151 (98%). Washing practices of cereals, at least two times a day was seen in 94 (61%) participant and it was also observed that 123 (79.87%) participants practiced washing of vegetables before cutting. Conclusion: Most of them where vegetarian by diet. As of education part all most all the participants were from the literate groups which depicts a good overview of society regarding studies. Many of them were aware of their consumption of food and its pattern, still few were lagging. Overall, everyone had different pattern of food habit and it shows that much work has to be done in the field of health dimension with the help of education and motivation and through implementation of healthy life style behaviour in terms of nutrition and its monitoring from time to time.
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Zheng, Chen, and Yu Bo Gao. "Comparative Study on Traditional Commercial Block Transformation Method." Applied Mechanics and Materials 584-586 (July 2014): 12–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.584-586.12.
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With the development of economy, people are no longer satisfied with consumption patterns of simple items, but rather towards experiential consumption. French philosopher Jean Baudrillard said: "consumption is not only the consumption or use of goods, but also the consumption of experience self-worth." How to better and more effectively to modify traditional commercial blocks, making it the place of both inheritance of historical culture and can adapt to the contemporary experiential consumer psychology is a problem worth thinking deeply. This paper aims to make an integrated comparison in transformation principles and practices between developed countries traditional commercial blocks and successful cases in our country, summarizes the mutual relations and rules.
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Appleton, Katherine M., Rory McGill, and Jayne V. Woodside. "Fruit and vegetable consumption in older individuals in Northern Ireland: levels and patterns." British Journal of Nutrition 102, no. 7 (April 15, 2009): 949–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114509332122.
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Low intakes of fruit and vegetables have previously been reported in the older population of Great Britain, particularly among certain socio-demographic groups. Levels and patterns of consumption in the older population of Northern Ireland, however, remain unknown. A representative sample of 1000 members of the older population of Northern Ireland were contacted by telephone to assess average intake of all fruits and vegetables and various demographic details. Data from 426 individuals (representative of the whole population) reported a mean consumption of 4·0 (sd 1·3) and 4·1 (sd 1·3) portions of fruit and vegetables per weekday and per weekend day respectively. Regression analyses revealed greater consumption on weekdays by females (B 0·53; P < 0·01), younger individuals (B − 0·02; P = 0·01) and those living in less deprived areas (B − 0·01; P = 0·04), and greater consumption at weekends by females (B 0·54; P < 0·01) and younger individuals (B − 0·03; P = 0·01). The amount of fruit and vegetables consumed is slightly higher than that reported in older populations in Great Britain, possibly as a result of differences in farming practices and rural activities, although levels of consumption remain below current recommendations for health. Patterns of consumption are similar across the UK, and suggest that strategies to increase fruit and vegetable consumption should target males, older individuals and those living in more deprived areas.
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Rinkinen, Jenny, Elizabeth Shove, and Mattijs Smits. "Cold chains in Hanoi and Bangkok: Changing systems of provision and practice." Journal of Consumer Culture 19, no. 3 (July 12, 2017): 379–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540517717783.
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We know that patterns of domestic consumption are situated within broader systems of provision and that home appliances like the fridge freezer bridge between practices of cooking, shopping and eating, on one hand, and increasingly global systems of food production, distribution and diet on the other. In analysing the uses of fridge freezers in Hanoi and Bangkok as expressions, in microcosm, of complex and evolving processes of urbanisation and food provisioning, this article provides new insight into how specific configurations, dependencies and patterns of consumption take hold and how they vary and change. Our analysis of systems and practices in flux has the dual function of showing how household strategies reflect and contribute to more extensive transformations, and of demonstrating how these are shaped by ongoing tensions and relations between new and established forms of urban food supply and associated concepts of freshness and safety. The result is a subtle account of the multiple routes through which consumer ‘needs’ evolve.
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Skeates, Robin. "Neolithic Stamps: Cultural Patterns, Processes and Potencies." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 17, no. 2 (May 17, 2007): 183–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959774307000248.
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Decorated clay stamps carrying a culturally filtered range of abstract designs are one of the most visually striking but problematic categories of portable art found at Neolithic and Copper Age sites in western Asia and southern Europe. This article proposes a revised account of their production, consumption and changing values across space and time, by emphasizing their biographies, human relations and cultural embeddedness. They were sometimes worn as amulets, but primarily designed to be hand-held printing and impressing tools, used to reproduce copies of powerful graphic images on the surface of other cultural materials. It is argued that their potent signatures repeatedly attached, revealed and reproduced significant cultural concepts and relations across different people and practices and across the material and supernatural worlds.
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Grosglik, Rafi. "Citizen-consumer revisited: The cultural meanings of organic food consumption in Israel." Journal of Consumer Culture 17, no. 3 (January 15, 2016): 732–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1469540515623609.
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Organic food consumption is associated with “citizen-consumer” practice, which is an act of promoting different aspects of social and ecological responsibility and the integration of ethical considerations in daily practices such as eating. This article analyzes aspects of organic food consumption in Israel and the symbolic meanings given to it by its consumers. The study shows how practices attributed to ethical eating culture are used in identity construction, social status manifestation, and as a means to demonstrate openness to global cultural trends. Organic food consumption is carried out as part of a symbolic use of ethical values and its adaptation to the local Israeli cultural context. In addition, organic food consumption patterns are revealed as fitting the cultural logic of globalization, which spread in the last decades in Israel. Analysis of the socio-cultural aspects related to organic food consumption points to the polysemy embodied in the term citizen-consumer and shows how the actual implementation of this term in Israel is based on the assimilation of cosmopolitan meanings.