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Prevalência de fatores de risco cardiovascular no mundo e no Brasil

A doença cardiovascular é a primeira causa de morte em todo o mundo e também no Brasil. Entretanto, um ponto fundamental é que, apesar da mortalidade elevada, ela é altamente passível de prevenção. A relação dos fatores de risco com a doença cardiovascular é um processo em constante evoluçã...

Autopercepção positiva da alimentação: um estudo de base populacional no extremo sul do Brasil

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 28 (3), 2019
Objetivo: analisar a prevalência de autopercepção positiva da alimentação e sua associação com fatores sociodemográficos, comportamentais, morbidades, autopercepção da saúde e do peso e cuidados com o peso corporal, no município de Rio Grande, RS, Brasil, em 2016. Métodos: estudo transversa...

Food and social identity: Rural lives that appear through food

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 32 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective The objective was to analyze the interactions between food and identity by exploring the daily food eaten by a rural community. Under the gift theory view, the aim is to present readings concerning a rural identity that the research participants constituted through eating; this aim is...

Increased sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with poorer dietary quality: A cross-sectional population-based study

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 32 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the association between sugar-sweetened beverages consumption and dietary quality in adolescents, adults, and older adults living in São Paulo, Brazil. Methods Data were drawn from a cross-sectional population-based study conducted in 2008 in a representative urban city ...

Dietary assessment of women surviving breast cancer according to the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 32 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective Review the diet and nutritional status of women surviving breast cancer following the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 201 women, who underwent anthropometric measurements to determine body mass index, waist circumfer...

Food resource partitioning among species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) in the Lower Iguaçu River and tributaries, Brazil

Neotrop. ichthyol; 17 (4), 2019
Resource partitioning allows for interspecific coexistence and is frequently reported for similar species. Here, we predicted the existence of resource partitioning among species of Astyanax that co-occur in the Low Iguaçu River and tributaries in Brazil. A total of 848 stomachs of five species of Astya...

Diet and health in the perspective of adolescents: contributions for health promotion

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the social representations of healthy eating and to analyze the relationships established with health. Method: an exploratory and descriptive study, with qualitative approach that applied the Social Representations Theory. A semistructured interview was conducted with ...

Relationship between minimally and ultra-processed food intake during pregnancy with obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between food intake (considering the nature, extent, and purpose of food processing) during pregnancy and overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes mellitus conditions. This is a cross-sectional study conducted among 785 adult women in singleton pregna...

Tendências temporais do consumo de frutas e hortaliças entre adultos nas capitais brasileiras e Distrito Federal, 2008-2016

Resumo: Analisar a tendência temporal do consumo de frutas e hortaliças entre adultos nas capitais brasileiras e no Distrito Federal no período entre 2008 e 2016. Trata-se de um estudo de série temporal, com dados do VIGITEL de 2008 a 2016 (n = 463.817). Analisou-se o percentual de consumo regular (&...

Padrões alimentares de adolescentes brasileiros por regiões geográficas: análise do Estudo de Riscos Cardiovasculares em Adolescentes (ERICA)

O estudo teve como objetivo identificar os padrões alimentares de adolescentes brasileiros para cada uma das cinco regiões do país, e verificar se há diferença na adesão dos padrões alimentares de acordo com idade, sexo e tipo de escola. Foram analisados dados de 71.298 adolescentes de 12 a 17 ano...