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Factores de Riesgo de Hipertensión Arterial: Pre-Valencia y Análisis Multivariable en los Conduc-Tores de Taxis de la Ciudad de Cuenca - Ecuador, Año 2014
Risk Factors for Arterial Hypertension: Prevalence and Multivariate Analysis in Taxi Drivers in the City of Cuenca - Ecuador, Year 2014

Objetivo: Determinar los factores de riesgo para hipertensión arterial, su prevalencia y análisis multivariable en los conductores de taxis de la ciudad de Cuenca - Ecuador, 2014.Materiales y métodos: Estudio de prevalencia de corte transversal, desarrollado en conductores de taxis residentes en Cuenc...

Perfil nutricional de pacientes adultos e idosos hospitalizados

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar os hábitos alimentares em adultos e idosos hospitalizados em um hospital público de Montes Claros (MG). Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, quantitativa e transversal. Foram utilizados, para avaliação nutricional, o Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) e a Avaliação Sub...

Asociación entre cantidad de sueño y obesidad en escolares chilenos

Arch. argent. pediatr; 114 (2), 2016
Introducción. Estudios mayoritariamente en adultos han mostrado una asociación entre cantidad de sueño y obesidad. Objetivo. Determinar si existe una asociación entre la privación de sueño nocturno durante la semana y el fin de semana, los hábitos alimentarios y la actividad física con el estado ...

The role of diet in cancer: the epidemiologic link

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Diet is an important modifiable risk factor for cancer. Adequate diet modification may play a key role in reducing the incidence of some cancers. A growing body of epidemiological evidence suggested links of some nutritional exposures with individual cancers. This review updates and summarises t...

Social and demographic inequalities in diet quality in a population-based study

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (2), 2016
Objective : To evaluate sociodemographic inequalities in the diet quality of the urban population of the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional study was performed using data from a health survey conducted in the city of Campinas in 2008-2009. Diet quality was ...

Soup kitchen users' social representations of healthy eating associated with their household food security status

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (2), 2016
Objective: To verify whether what users of soup kitchens in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, think about a healthy diet and the challenges they face to eat healthy are associated with their household food security status. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1,656 users of soup kitchens in B...

Rich man's food, poor man's food in "The mansions and the shanties": A narrative review of the book written by Gilberto Freyre

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (2), 2016
This article aims to perform a narrative review of the book "The mansions and the shanties" written by the Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, published for the first time in 1936. The study analyzed Gilberto Freyre's contribution to the process of interpreting the formation and modification of the ea...

Sixty years of the National Food Program in Brazil

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (2), 2016
School meals were introduced in the Brazilian political agenda by a group of scholars known as nutrition scientists' in the 1940s. In 1955, the Campanha de Merenda Escolar, the first official school food program, was stablished, and sixty years after its inception, school food in Brazil stands as a decen...