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Effects of popular diets on anthropometric and metabolic parameters: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials

The prevalence of overweight, obesity, and their related complications is increasing worldwide. The purpose of this umbrella review was to summarize and critically evaluate the effects of different diets on anthropometric parameters and cardiometabolic risk factors. Medline, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Web of Science, from inception to April 2019, were used as data sources to select meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials that examined the effects of dif...

The combined effect of gluten addition and semolina cell wall integrity reduces the oral sugar release and the insulinemic response to bread in healthy volunteers

PurposeA strategy to reduce starch digestibility is to limit its accessibility to alpha-amylase by preserving the integrity of cells where starch is encapsulated. Coarse flour is rich in intact cells and can be used for this purpose. However, making bread with coarse flour negatively affects crumb cohesiveness, which may increase the gastric disintegration rate, and enhance starch accessibility. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the combined effect of coarse semolina and its 20% gluten su...

Media digitali e condizione anziana: il dialogo tra Magistero e ricerca sociologica

L’uso delle tecnologie dell’informazione e della comunicazione (computer, tablet, smartphone) da parte delle persone anziani costituisce un ambito di ricerca e riflessione ormai consolidato. Ma al di là dell’entusiasmo iniziale attorno ai (a volte lenti) processi di diffusione delle tecnologie anche tra la popolazione anziana, l’accademia deve continuare a riflettere sulle diseguaglianze (tra over 65 connessi e non connessi) favorite la rapida digitalizzazione dei media e dei servizi.

Risk tolerance and fertility: Evidence from a lottery question in Italy

Objective: This article offers a contribution to the fertility literature by considering the role of risk tolerance in the fertility decision-making process. Background: Despite a long tradition in fertility research emphasizing the great uncertainty underlying the decision to have children, the role of risk tolerance has been overlooked. Elaborating on previous theoretical approaches including those that have considered children as a “security” or as a “risky investment,” whether and how ris...

The Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, Edited by Alexandrea J. Ravenelle. A Review

For some, sharing-economy work represents a new opportunity for the masses in terms of empowerment of self-autonomy, personal responsibility and work-schedule flexibility. In Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle questions such a neoliberal narrative, revealing that the sharing economy also exacerbates issues related to inequality and discrimination – already present in the US labor market.

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