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Background
Food insecurity (FI) has grown worldwide in recent years, especially in developing countries. Studies have shown that aspects of the social environment, such as social cohesion in the neighborhood, may be associated with FI; however, this topic has yet to be explored, in Brazil. This study aims to verify the association between aspects o...
Resumo: A insegurança alimentar e a violência urbana estão entre os principais problemas de saúde pública no Brasil, possuindo aproximadamente metade da população com prejuízo no acesso a alimentos, além de grande parte dos indivíduos já terem experienciado alguma situação de violência na vizinhança em que vivem. Estudos têm demonstrado que a violê...
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Racial discrimination is linked to unhealthy food environments and a higher prevalence of food insecurity. However, no study has explored their interrelated effects. We analyzed the relationship between racial discrimination, community food environment, and food insecurity in adults of different socioeconomic status. We also investigated...
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We analyzed the relationship between racism, community food environment, and food insecurity in adults of different socioeconomic status.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study of 400 adults aged 20–70 years residing in the central area of Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state. Racism was measured by self-reported race/...
Background
The situation of food insecurity (FI) has grown worldwide in recent years, especially in developing countries. Studies have shown that aspects of the social environment, such as social cohesion in the neighborhood, may be associated with FI; however, in Brazil, this topic has been little explored. The objective of this study is to verify...
Objective:to analyze the direct and indirect associations of experience of racial discrimination on dietary patterns, obesity, and abdominal obesity.
Design:cross-sectional population-based study. The main exposure was self-reported experiences of racial discrimination (Experiences of Discrimination scale). The mediator variables were the dietary p...
This study aimed to verify the association between the community food environment and dietary patterns in a population of different socioeconomic levels. This cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 400 adults and elderly aged between 20 and 70 years residing in the central area of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Four dietary patterns...
Objetivo: investigar associação entre a percepção de discriminação racial (DPR) e padrões alimentares em adultos da área central de Porto Alegre. Métodos: Estudo transversal com 400 indivíduos adultos, de ambos os sexos, da região central de Porto Alegre. A PDR foi medida pelo The experience discrimination scale (EOD), foi construído um escore a pa...
Objetivo: Avaliar a percepção materna do estado nutricional de crianças de escolas municipais de ensino fundamental de Porto Alegre-RS. Metodologia: Estudo transversal, realizado no início do primeiro semestre letivo de 2013, com 495 escolares de ambos os sexos, matriculados do primeiro ao quarto ano, do ensino fundamental de 12 escolas municipais...
Objectives: To describe the distribution of bioelectrical
measurements among the Kaingáng from Rio Grande do Sul
(RS). Cross-sectional study conducted among students of the
Indigenous Lands of RS (N= 3248). Height (H) was measured
according to OMS. Resistance (R) and reactance (Xc) were
obtained through bioimpedance, and were adjusted by H. Th...
Objectives: To evaluate the contribution of ultra‐processed food (UPF) on the dietary consumption of children treated at a Basic Health Unit and the associated factors.
Method: Cross‐sectional study carried out with a convenience sample of 204 children, aged 2–10 years old, in Southern Brazil. Children's food intake was assessed using a 24‐h recall...
To evaluate the contribution of ultra-processed food (UPF) on the dietary consumption of children treated at a Basic Health Unit and the associated factors.
Cross-sectional study carried out with a convenience sample of 204 children, aged 2-10 years old, in Southern Brazil. Children's food intake was assessed using a 24-h recall questionnaire. Food...
The prevalence of child obesity in Brazil has increased rapidly in recent decades. There is, therefore, an urgent need to develop effective strategies to prevent and control child obesity. In light of these considerations, an intervention program with a focus on nutrition education and physical activity was developed for to prevent and control obes...
Few studies have focused on the National School Nutrition Program (PNAE) in indigenous schools in Brazil. The current study describes the program's operations, management, and menus in 35 Kaingáng indigenous schools in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A cross-sectional study design was used to obtain information on the program through questionnaire...
Objective:
To investigate whether internalizing disorders are associated with quality of life (QoL) in adolescents, even after accounting for shared risk factors.
Methods:
The sample comprised 102 adolescents from a community cross-sectional study with an oversampling of anxious subjects. Risk factors previously associated with QoL were assessed...
Objetivo
avaliar os efeitos das estratégias dos programas de intervenção sobre o tempo dedicado a atividades como assistir à televisão, jogar videogame e usar computador em escolares.
Fonte dos dados
foi realizada busca de estudos controlados randomizados, disponíveis nas bases de dados eletrônicas PubMed, Lilacs, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science e...
Although several studies have reported an association between mental disorders and serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), this association is still poorly understood. The study of factors associated with both BDNF levels and mental disorders, such as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), may help to elucidate the mechanism...
To study the prevalence and factors associated with excess weight in children enrolled in public schools in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) and Santa Catarina (SC).
This was a cross-sectional study, carried out with children aged 4 to 6 years. The studied outcome was excess weight, defined by z-score > two standard deviations for body mass ind...
The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of waist circumference (WC) and WC to height (WCTH) values among Kaingáng indigenous adolescents in order to estimate the prevalence of high WCTH values and evaluate the correlation between WC and WCTH and body mass index (BMI)-for-age. A total of 1,803 indigenous adolescents were evaluated usi...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar o efeito dos programas de intervenções com a atividade física e/ou a educação nutricional na redução do índice de massa corporal em escolares. MÉTODOS: Revisão sistemática com metanálise de estudos controlados randomizados disponíveis nas seguintes bases de dados eletrônicas entre o ano de 1998 a 2010: PubMed, Lilacs, Embase, Scop...
To evaluate the effect of intervention programs using nutritional education, physical activity or both on the reduction of body mass index in school-age students.
The systematic review with meta-analysis included randomized controlled studies available from the following electronic databases for the years 1998 to 2010: PubMed, Lilacs, Embase, Scopu...
To describe the nutritional status of indigenous children and adolescents in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, through bioelectrical values, and to compare the nutritional classifications of the anthropometric method to those of the body composition method.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted of 3 204 subjects at 35 schools in the 12 Kaingang indigenou...
This study aims to describe the design, methods and sample characteristics of the Multidimensional Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents - the PROTAIA Project.
Students between 10 and 17 years old from all six schools belonging to the catchment area of the Primary Care Unit of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre were incl...
Introdução: Algumas evidências apontam para uma associação positiva entre obesidade e sobrepeso com sintomas de ansiedade em crianças e adolescentes. No entanto, poucos estudos se dedicaram a estudar os métodos para a correta avaliação do estado nutricional em crianças ansiosas.
Objetivo: Comparar o perfil nutricional estimado por bioimpedância el...
Para qualificar a gestão e o controle social do Programa Nacional de Alimentação e Nutrição do Escolar (PNAE), foram criados os Centros Colaboradores em Alimentação e Nutrição do Escolar (CECANEs), parcerias do Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação do Ministério da Educação (FNDE- MEC) com Universidades Federais. Os CECANEs desenvolvem pesq...
The study's objective was to characterize the nutritional status of 3,254 Kaingáng Indians in indigenous schools in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. This was a school-based study. Weight (W), height (H), and waist circumference (WC) were measured according to World Health Organization guidelines (1995). Children's nutritional status classification...
Pacientes submetidos a transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas alogênico (TCTH alo) exigem atenção diferenciada devido à agressividade do tratamento. O objetivo desse trabalho foi comparar os métodos disponíveis e a frequência de avaliações nutricionais nesses pacientes. Dezessete pacientes foram avaliados semanalmente entre o dia D-7 e D+28,...
Pacientes submetidos a transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas alogênico (TCTH alo) exigem atenção diferenciada devido à agressividade do tratamento. O objetivo desse trabalho foi comparar os métodos disponíveis e a frequência de avaliações nutricionais nesses pacientes. Dezessete pacientes foram avaliados semanalmente entre o dia D-7 e D+28,...
Introduction: In Latin America the Indigenous population is a minority. In Brazil they represent 0.2% of the total population. Studies on nutritional and health status in this group are scarce. Objective: Assess the nutritional status of Indigenous (Kaingng ethnicity) enrolled in schools located in the Indigenous Territories of Inhacor, Rio da Vrze...
No contexto da nova relação do rural e urbano, a agricultura urbana ganha importância em função de aspectos a ela ligados, tais como a crescente urbanização, a pobreza, problemas de abastecimento e valores fora de mercado. Todavia, os estudos existentes no Brasil sobre a temática ainda são escassos. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é apresentar...