The article is devoted to wine drinking in the Sufi sources of Transoxiana 16th century, on example Manakibs. importance research this topic lies determining secular and religious traditions Muslim society. Besides, topic's relevance due insufficient study issues semantic interpretation concept writings. Hence, aims disclose various meanings contained primary method issue historical comparative...

OBJECTIVES We prospectively assessed the association between alcohol consumption and onset of perimenopause in women of late reproductive age using data from the Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. Specific types of alcoholic beverages - red wine, white wine, beer, and liquor - were evaluated. METHODS Among 502 women aged 36-45 years residing in seven Boston communities, we assessed self-repor...

0950-3293/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.11.007 ⇑ Corresponding author. Fax: +39 081 2537466. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M. C (L. Cinquanta), [email protected] (C. Ievoli). The importance of extrinsic and intrinsic attributes of wine for purchase decisions is the object of a lively debate. As a matter of fact, in recent decades...

BACKGROUND Moderate alcohol intake is related to better health, and additional benefits may be associated with wine. However, beverage preference may be confounded by lifestyle factors related to health. OBJECTIVE The goal was to describe the associations between alcoholic-beverage preferences and indicators of a healthy diet and other health habits. DESIGN This cross-sectional study includ...

BACKGROUND Severe obesity remains the leading public health crisis of the industrialized world, with bariatric surgery the only effective and enduring treatment. Poor psychological adjustment has been occasionally reported postoperatively. In addition, evidence suggests that patients can metabolize alcohol differently after gastric bypass. STUDY DESIGN Preoperatively and at 3 and 6 months pos...

It is common for people to report strong preferences for certain types of alcohol, often as a function of past positive or negative experiences with particular types of drinks. Despite this individual difference, implicit measures related to alcohol frequently use nomothetic approaches--i.e., use a standard set of alcohol beverage stimuli--which may not match individuals' actual drinking behavi...

The aim of the study is the elicitation of the consumer's semantic perception of different alcoholic beverages in order to provide information for the definition of communication strategies for both the private sector (and specifically the wine industry) and the public decision maker. Such information can be seen as the basis of a wider social marketing construct aimed at the promotion of respo...

BACKGROUND In France, since 2007, there is a compulsory warning recommending abstinence during pregnancy on every container of alcohol. Awareness of this warning, which consists of a small pictogram, is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess awareness of the warning and risk perceptions about prenatal drinking in pregnant and postpartum women. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was carrie...

The term dementia refers to a clinical syndrome of acquired intellectual disturbances produced by brain dysfunction. Dementia may result from a wide variety of disorders, including degenerative (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, AD), vascular (e.g. multi-infarct dementia), and traumatic (e.g. head injury). Long-term abuse of alcohol is related to the development of the Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome or ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the emotions associated with drinking different types of alcohol, explore whether these emotions differ by sociodemographics and alcohol dependency and whether the emotions associated with different drink types influence people's choice of drinks in different settings. DESIGN International cross-sectional opportunistic survey (Global Drug Survey) using an online anonymou...