Sandra C. Gomes Silva

University of Porto | UP · Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Introduction: Disease-related undernutrition is highly prevalent and requires timely intervention. However, identifying undernutrition often relies on physician judgment. As Internal Medicine wards are the backbone of the hospital setting, insight into the prevalence of nutritional risk in this population is essential. We aimed to determine the pre...

Background Disease-related malnutrition is a significant problem in hospitalized patients, with high prevalence rates depending on the studied population. Internal Medicine wards are the backbone of the hospital setting. However, prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in these patients remain unclear. We aimed to determine the prevalence of ma...

Dietary patterns consisting exclusively, or mostly, of plant foods seem to have been common knowledge and followed since as far as the classical antiquity, essentially on philosophical and religious grounds, but also for health reasons. Over the last decades, alongside with an increase of knowledge on nutrition and environmental sciences, there has...

Dietary patterns consisting exclusively, or mostly, of plant foods seem to have been common knowledge and followed since as far as the classical antiquity, essentially on philosophical and religious grounds, but also for health reasons. Over the last decades, alongside with an increase of knowledge on nutrition and environmental sciences, there has...

Introdução No âmbito do protocolo celebrado entre um Centro Hospitalar e a Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto, foi realizada em maio de 2014 uma auditoria de conformidade/adequação e de diagnóstico aos locais de produção/manipulação e distribuição de refeições. O Centro Hospitalar é composto por duas unidades,...