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Introduction: according to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity has tripled in the world as a result of high caloric intake. People with disabilities are more likely to be overweight and obese. Objectives: this study aimed to estimate the association between disability status and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the population aged 18 years and older in Colombia in 2017. Methods: we conducted a secondary analysis of data from Colombia's 2017 National Quality of Life Survey (ECV). The dependent variable was the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, and the independent variable was the disability status. Additionally, confounding variables were incorporated. An ordinal logistic regression was performed to estimate the magnitude of the association. The complex sample design of the 2017 LCS was considered in all results. Results: we included data from 18,957 persons aged 18 years and older; 7.9 % had a disability, and 64.4 % consumed sugar-sweetened beverages. People with moderate and severe disability were 18 % and 41 %, respectively, less likely to have a higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages compared to people without disability (OR: 0.82; 95 % CI: 0.72-0.95 and OR: 0.59; 95 % CI: 0.39-0.90). When stratified by age group, this association remained only in those older than 45. Conclusions: in Colombia, in 2017, people with disabilities older than 45 years consumed fewer sugar-sweetened beverages than people without disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction. Hand grip strength is a fundamental parameter to be assessed and to get to know muscle strength. However, at the national level, few studies determine the strength of the upper limbs. Objective. Assess hand grip strength in apparently healthy subjects of the city of Cúcuta, Colombia. Methodology. Cross-sectional observational study with intentional non-probabilistic sampling, and the voluntary participation of 162 men and 228 women. All of the hand grip strength results were categorized by sex, decade, dominant hand and non-dominant hand. For the statistical analysis, the IBM SPSS Statistics V.22 software was used with a confidence level of 95% and a p-value of 0.05, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality tests and analysis of variance were conducted. Results. It was demonstrated that men in the age range of 20 to 29 years had the highest peak of strength. However, after that, as age increased, hand grip strength decreased. In women, it increased gradually up to the age range of 30 to 39 years. In the analysis of variance (p >0.05), it was demonstrated that there is no significant difference between the hand grip strength of the dominant hand and the non-dominant had at any of the ten-year age intervals for men and women. Conclusions. Hand grip strength increased up to the age range of 30 to 39 years in both sexes. In addition, there are no significant differences between the hand grip strength of the dominant hand and the non-dominant hand by ten-year age interval. [Bustos- Viviescas BL, Acevedo-Mindiola AA, Lozano-Zapata RE. Hand Grip Strength Values in Apparently Healthy Subjects of the City of Cúcuta, Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the emergence of the identity among Chilean's disabled from the war of the Pacific. It studies the promulgation and the application of the Law of Military Compensations of 1881, that gave pensions to incapacitated soldiers by establishing a typology of disability. It speculates that, that legislation first influenced the formation of identities among disabled veterans, and after among uninjured veterans through the founding of mutual societies. The accumulation of shared historical experiences articulated a common political praxis that permitted the inclusion of veterans in the political and bureaucratic stage, giving form to a reclamation movement during the period of 1901-1905. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Spanish, the concepts of discapacidad (disability leave) and incapacidad (sick leave) jointly refer to the impairment of a person due to injuries, diseases or deficiencies that limit their activity in a social, personal or occupational field. However, this common link does not imply that both concepts are the same. Statistical data from INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística: Statistic National Institute) show that Spain had in 2015 3.85 million persons with a disability (59.8% were women). Statistical data from 2015 from INSS (Instituto Nacional de Seguridad Social: Social Security National Institute) show high levels in the number of processes and in workers affected by temporary sick leave, with social costs to the social security system. Both concepts have been updated: about disability leave, Law 39/2006 adjusted terminology by avoiding the use of concepts with discriminating or pejorative connotation. Regarding sick leave, the Ley General de Seguridad Social (General Social Security Law) has been amended and came into effect in January, 2016. It is necessary to know and distinguish these aspects for a better administrative management, and a more oriented information to the affected patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight/obesity and associated risk factors in employees of the Fondo de Protección de Lisiados y Discapacitados a Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado (foprolyd), and to determine the prevalence of central obesity. METHODOLOGY. A cross-sectional descriptive study of 230 patients (with 93% response) with or without physical disability. Anthropometric measures were taken: weight, height and waist circumference, adjusting the weight in people with an amputated limb, obtaining the body mass index and interviewing each one of them; finally, the statistical association of risk factors with the disease. RESULTS. Overall 83.50%, mostly, obesity; in addition a high percentage of inadequate eating habits, sedentary lifestyle and family history of obesity. It was found that 1 in 3 people have central obesity. The risk factors associated with obesity were to consume more than 5 sugary drinks processed per week, a family history of obesity, abnormal birth weight, and obesity in the early stages. CONCLUSIONS. There is a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in men and women. Non-modifiable risk factors in adulthood have a significantly greater influence on obesity than those modifiable factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to analyze the impact of management variables (Service Quality, Perceived Value and General Satisfaction) and variables of disability itself (origin and type of disability) on the future intentions to attend again of disabled athletes. This is a particularly interesting study taking into account the limited existing literature, the inclusion of disability variables in the analysis and due to the combination of traditional regression models and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis models (fsQCA). The sample of this study consisted of 231 disabled athletes participating in 14 sports competitions during 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons. The hierarchical regression model suggests that management variables seem more relevant than those related to the disability itself. Meanwhile, based on the results of the fsQCA model, the only necessary condition for future intentions to return to the event is not having a visual impairment, while the most explanatory sufficient condition results from the combination of having a disability from birth, high perceived value, high general satisfaction and high service quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to build a tool for assessing the perception of inclusion indices in young people with disabilities at a university. 60 college students (24%) out of 250 (100%) were selected from first, third and fifth year of their Special Education major. The instrument is based on the Booth and Ainscow Index for Inclusion. The results show content validity and a Cronbach alpha acceptable level. It is concluded that this instrument can be applied at higher education levels to students studying psychology and special education in order to assess the rate of inclusion of youth with disabilities at a university. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In today's society, women with disabilities face a double discrimination: being both female and disabled. This involves a number of social, cultural, personal and family barriers that make us forget that they are people with rights and duties, with a life project. This research paper is the result of investigation based on a study which explores the needs of disabled women. To asses these needs, semi-structured interviews were designed. Both, women with disabilities and skilled workers without disabilities in the same field were studied in order to be evaluated. The resulting data was analyzed in detail and provided information about the real needs that these women have, which will provide fundamental data for further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, interdisciplinary research carried out between Cartography and Design has yielded teaching materials at the service of education in Chile and Latin America for the benefit of blind and deaf. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research addresses the need of adolescents with motor disabilities to increase their social relationships and how through induced volunteerism peers can provide that assistance. Participants were 30 motor disabled adolescents (20 males and 10 females) and 35 non-disabled volunteer adolescents (27 females and 8 males), all of them high school students in Spain. Analyses compare social competence, general self-concept, social self-concept and social support perceived by motor disabled adolescents both before and after their participation on the program. Results show that they have improved their scores in all these variables. A further analysis compares the changes that a group of voluntary adolescents experienced in the variables of social self-concept and values of friendship and partnership both before and after the intervention, with the result that they did not increase their scores. Additionally, a qualitative assessment was carried out of the repercussions of the program on the disabled adolescents and their families, with the result that they were all glad to participate in this experience. Finally, we discuss the value of induced volunteering as a tool to help disadvantaged people, as well as its educational value to promote prosocial behavior in adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The legitimate or unavailable share, a rooted Roman institution reserved for the direct heirs to a deed, may be affected by a trust. Minors and disabled persons have always been subject to monitoring and care, but nowadays they deserve an even more special protection by the law. To ensure its future, mainly the economic one, and an adequate quality of life, the Peruvian legislature has provided the bank trust which the trustee may constitute the assests in trusts that affect the legitimate of heirs who are minors or disabled in their benefit as long as they are underage and disabled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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