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Dietary intake in high-level swimmers. A 32-week prospective cohort study

Motriz (Online); 23 (3), 2017
AIMS: To determine whether high-level swimmers present adequate energy and macronutrient intake during each training phase of the season. METHODS: A 32-week prospective cohort study was conducted with 18 elite swimmers (10 men, 20±2 years; 8 women, 20±3 years) from a competitive swimming club. This pe...

Qualidade de vida, estado nutricional e consumo alimentar de mulheres com câncer de mama em tratamento quimioterápico

Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida, o estado nutricional e o consumo alimentar de mulheres diagnosticadas com câncer de mama em quimioterapia. Métodos: Estudo transversal e analítico envolvendo 70 mulheres, de 30 a 59 anos, em um hospital do Rio Grande do Sul, no período de maio a outubro de 2015....

Impact of the Bolsa Família Program on energy, macronutrient, and micronutrient intakes: Study of the Northeast and Southeast

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the impact of the Bolsa Família Program on the energy and nutrient intakes of beneficiaries from the Brazilian Northeast and Southeast regions. Methods: The study used data from the 2008-2009 Pesquisa de Orçamento Famíliar, which assessed individual food intake on two n...

Obesity and its Association with Food Consumption, Diabetes Mellitus, and Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (6), 2016
Abstract Background: Obesity affects a large part of elderly individuals worldwide and is considered a risk predictor for the development of chronic diseases such as cardiac diseases, the leading causes of death in the elderly population. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of obesity and associat...

Food consumption of cirrhotic patients, comparison with the nutritional status and disease staging

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Patients with liver disease often present protein-energy malnutrition. The assessment of food intake is very important in the investigation regarding the "health-disease" process. Objective To assess dietary intake of cirrhotic patients through food record during 3 days, correlating...

Brechas nutricionales en los niños y niñas de 6 a 23 meses y sus madres en Guatemala: informe final. Análisis desagregado por sexo

Documento técnico que presenta el resultado de un estudio que surge como una necesidad de país, ya que en Guatemala no existe información que permita evaluar la calidad de la dieta en términos cuantitativos para establecer la magnitud de las brechas de macro y micronutrientes y esta falta de conocimi...

Epigenética y obesidad

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (5), 2016
La evidencia indica que la exposición a diversas condiciones ambientales en etapas tempranas de la vida puede inducir alteraciones persistentes en el epigenoma. Los estudios epigenómicos en sujetos obesos han permitido evaluar el papel de los mecanismos epigenéticos en el origen y desarrollo de la obe...