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Introduction
Victoria Abril Ulloa currently works at (Nutrition and Dietetic) CARRERA DE NUTRICIÓN Y DIETÉTICA and at the Research Direction (DIRECCIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN), of University of Cuenca. Their most recent publication is 'Programas de intervención nutricional y de actividad física en preescolares en Lationamérica'.
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November 2013 - present
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September 2010 - September 2013
March 2005 - June 2007
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Introduction
This protocol outlines the Proyecto Guagua, which aims to explore the relationship between the characteristics of the gut microbiota, parasitic infections, nutritional status, and neurocognitive functioning in school-age children in Ecuador.
Methods and analysis
Proyecto Guagua is a cross-sectional observational study funded by the Es...
¿Quiénes son los pequeños habitantes de mi barriga?
Guía y recetario para una microbiota feliz.
Breves recomendaciones para tener una microbiota saludable y por lo tanto una buena salud.
Introduction. TSeveral factors contribute to prevent the risk of sarcopenia in older adults and maintain health. Objective: To determine the relationship between risk of sarcopenia and nutritional status, diet quality, and physical activity in older adults attending public health centers in Cuenca, Ecuador. Methodology: Analytical cross-sectional s...
Highlights
• Randomized experiment of front-of-package nutrition labeling systems effectiveness.
• Latin American consumers from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Panama.
• Warning labels most effectively communicated high contents of critical ingredients.
• Multiple traffic lights and warning labels had the highest acceptance.
• Warning la...
El objetivo de esta actualización de postura es describir los
principales escenarios en los que se presentan los conflictos
de intereses (CDI), así como los lineamientos para orientar
la conducta de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición
(SLAN) y sus miembros, en el marco de las relaciones con
actores comerciales. El contenido del presente docume...
Nutrition is undoubtedly a significant factor in disease prevention, and keeping track of it is incredibly important for our overall health. One of the latest technologies that has emerged to help healthcare professionals and users make informed decisions is the Knowledge Graph (KG). These models have been used to implement various knowledge-based...
Las etiquetas de los productos procesados y ultraprocesados (PPU) informan sobre el contenido de nutrientes y algunos productos presentan leyendas sobre salud y nutrición que puede causar confusión a los consumidores dando a entender que son productos alimentarios saludables, induciendo su compra. Objetivo: analizar la concordancia entre leyendas y...
Las etiquetas de los productos procesados y ultraprocesados (PPU) informan sobre el contenido de nutrientes y algunos productos presentan leyendas sobre salud y nutrición que puede causar confusión a los consumidores dando a entender que son productos alimentarios saludables, induciendo su compra.
Objetivo: analizar la concordancia entre leyendas...
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the global food system, sending shockwaves across countries' societies and economy. This has presented formidable challenges to sustaining a healthy and resilient lifestyle. The objective of this study is to examine the food consumption patterns and assess diet diversity indicators, pri...
El aporte calórico de la ingesta de alcohol en consumidores está infravalorado, por lo que su relación con el sobrepeso y obesidad es poco conocida. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la relación entre el consumo de alcohol con el sobrepeso y la obesidad en adultos de una provincia andina y seis provincias amazónicas del Ecuador en el año 2021....
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Ecuadorian school population continues to increase. An important factor in children’s nutrition is the food offered in school canteens. The objective of this study is to explore the perceptions of the challenges faced by and facilities of school canteens in the provinces of southern Ecuador in terms o...
The objective was to determine the relationship between various factors and food insecurity, using a cross-sectional analytical study of 400 older adults living in rural and urban areas of the Azuay province in Southern Ecuador. Food security was measured using the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA). The data was analyzed usin...
Background
Stress has been associated with food habits. Stress changes eating patterns and the salience and consumption of hyperpalatable foods. During the lock-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stress was very common.
Objective
We investigated the association between stress and diet quality in Ecuadorian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Des...
Introducción: La pandemia por COVID-19 conmocionó a la población mundial provocando cambios en los hábitos alimentarios, compra y consumo de alimentos, actividad física, estado emocional, entre otros, debido al impacto económico y a las medidas aplicadas para evitar el contagio del virus. Objetivo: Analizar la percepción de adultos sobre la compra,...
The exploratory research presented in this article investigated the perspectives on the gender roles and stereotypes in the care of children and their sexual education of a small group of educated parents, using a patriarchal model. The sample consisted of 30 parents of which 20 participated in in-depth interviews, and 10 in two focus groups, 5 in...
Disponible en: http://revistas.espoch.edu.ec/index.php/cssn/article/view/673
Introduction: Childhood overweight and obesity are major public health problems globally, including in Ecuador, and there is increasing interest in intervening as early as possible. We previously developed and evaluated a behavioural and educational intervention aiming to...
Introduction: Childhood overweight and obesity are major public health problems globally, including in Ecuador, and there is increasing interest in intervening as early as possible. We previously developed and evaluated a behavioural and educational intervention aiming to improve diet and physical activity habits among children at municipal prescho...
While life expectancy is increasing due to scientific advancement, quality of life in aging depends, among other factors, on the nutritional status and socioeconomic status of older adults. To determine socioeconomic status and its association with nutritional status as a predictor of food insecurity among older adults in southern Ecuador, a cross-...
Background
Pregnancy is an important life experience that requires uniquely tailored approach to health care. The socio-cultural care practices of indigenous pregnant women (IPW) are passed along the maternal line with respect to identity, worldview and nature. The cultural differences between non-indigenous healthcare professionals (HPs) and IPW c...
Introducción: Las encuestas alimentarias, incluidas el cuestionario de frecuencia de consumo de alimentos (CFCA) son un método económico, relativamente fácil de aplicar y necesario para la evaluación de la dieta de individuos y poblaciones. El objetivo de este estudio fue desarrollar un CFCA para población adulta ecuatoriana.
Materiales y métodos:...
Elderly adults in southern Ecuador often distrust nutritionists’ advice when implementing changes to their dietary practices. This distrust is no overt disregard for expert nutritional knowledge but rather the result of structural and situated practices that combine suspicion, misinformation, financial limitations, and family care. In this article,...
Ensure traceability and orchestration of the participants in the food supply chain can help improve the food production and reduce the distribution of unsafe or low-quality products. This article provides some insights about the design of a high-level architecture to support a semantic blockchain platform that ensures traceability and orchestration...
En este informe se desarrollan los principales logros obtenidos durante la gestión 2016 -2020 en cuanto a investigación en la Universidad de Cuenca, describiendo las diferentes acciones realizadas bajo las políticas institucionales, y la evolución de los indicadores de ciencia y tecnología obtenidos en este período.
Food-based dietary guidelines of Ecuador (Spanish: Guías alimentarias basadas en alimentos del Ecuador).
The aims of the FBDGs is to serve as a healthy diet reference for different population groups, as well as to guide sectoral public policies related to food security and nutrition of the country.
The dietary guidelines were developed through a m...
The present study aimed to assess the associations of the stages of Fe deficiency (Fe deficiency without anaemia (ID) and Fe-deficiency anaemia (IDA)) and anaemia with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Ecuadorian women. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 5894 women aged 20–59 years, based on data from the 2012 Ecuadorian National Health and Nutrit...
Nutrition labeling is a public health tool that allows consumers to choose healthier foods and beverages. For this reason, there are protocols in place to monitor the food environment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the consistency of nutrition labeling on packages for processed and ultra-processed products (UPPs) found at the main super...
The use of new technologies in university education is indispensable for promoting the autonomous work and motivation of a new generation of students who use technology frequently and skillfully. For these reasons, integrated technology into teaching-learning processes is needed. Our study focused on the implementation of the Flipped Learning model...
The increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) modified many tasks and strongly altered our behaviors. Having this in mind, the Flipped Learning(FL) model provides a promising learning alternative that links the learning environment with the student’s behavior while altering the traditional instruction model. The FL model i...
Malnutrition and its underlying factors are a worldwide concern; as many of them can be modified, which in turn would positively impact healthy aging. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among the elderly of Gualaceo, Ecuador, using a cross-sectional design with 250 elderly participants...
Industrial development has made new products available to people to make their lives easier. Items such as food, cleaning, personal care and health products, among others, are processed, sold and consumed daily by all age groups. These products include in their formulation inorganic and organic chemicals with the purpose of improving or increasing...
Introduction:
therapeutic lifestyles changes including frequent consumption of legumes have resulted in improved metabolic control and decreased blood pressure in type 2 diabetes-mellitus (T2DM) patients.
Objective:
this was a quasi-experimental-28-week crossover-study that assessed the effect of daily consumption of the legume Lupinus mutabilis...
We assessed the development, nutritional status, and complementary feeding of 12- to 23-month-old children from Cuenca, Ecuador in 2013. Ecuador, an upper-middle-income country, developed a child policy in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. We collected cross-sectional survey data. Child development was assessed using the I...
Introducción: Actualmente la obesidad está considerada como una pandemia a nivel mundial. Muchos pacientes con exceso de peso pueden tener factores intrapersonales como la alteración en la percepción de la imagen personal e insatisfacción corporal. El motivo del presente estudio es evaluar la subestimación del índice de masa corporal (IMC) percibid...
Introduction:
In Ecuador, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school-age children is more than triple that of preschool-age children; however, preschoolers have not been the target of interventions.
Methods:
We developed an educational and behavioral intervention that included games, singing, and storytelling. Children were recruited...
Ecuador is a country in nutritional transition. National data show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity more than triples from the preschool to school-aged years, while stunting remains prevalent. A cross-sectional study in the municipal preschools in Cuenca was conducted to better understand the contributing factors to this nutritional tr...
Esta revisión bibliográfica está enfocada en la búsqueda de información relacionada con intervenciones educativas para la promoción de hábitos saludables en preescolares en Latinoamérica. Debido a los cambios en los patrones alimentarios que han surgido en Latinoamérica por diversos factores como la migración, la globalización, el desarrollo de la...
This article reports on a comparative study between the publication productivity of Ecuador’s leading Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (as reported in the SCOPUS journal/proceedings database; https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus) and the publication efforts of similar universities in South-America and Western Europe when those universities...
This article reports on a comparative study between the publication productivity of Ecuador’s leading Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (as reported in the SCOPUS journal/proceedings database; https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus) and the publication efforts of similar universities in South-America and Western Europe when those universities...
Ecuador is undergoing a nutrition transition where overweight/obesity coexist with undernutrition. The objective of this study was to determine nutritional status, physical activity, fruit and vegetables consumption frequency among school-going adolescents in the canton of Paute and further explore if these variables were differential by urban vs....
Purpose
Mental health and food insecurity are major public health issues among adolescents in Ecuador. Our objective was to determine the relationship between hunger, symptoms of depression, and suicidal ideation among school-going Ecuadorian adolescents.
Methods
We conducted crude and multivariable logistic regression models using data from the 20...
Estudio cualitativo exploratorio con enfoque fenomenológico que estudió en 10 Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Sordos / HipoAcústicos (NNA-S/HA) las relaciones de convivencia con la familia, los profesionales de salud, los maestros, los amigos, la comunidad sorda; las cualidades de resiliencia de los NNA-S/HA encontró que las madres aunque tienen altos...
Background:
Elevated ferritin levels have been associated with single cardiovascular risk factors but the relationship to the presence of metabolic syndrome is inconclusive.The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies was to estimate the association between serum ferritin levels and metabolic syndrome in a...
The high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is a health problem worldwide. In developing countries, we lack information on the extent of the problem and the risk factors involved.
To determine the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity and of abdominal obesity, and their relationship with physical activity, poverty, and eating habit...
