Iron deficiency anaemia can be considered the most important nutritional deficiency in Brazil. We conduct a systematic review of the literature in order to describe the frequency of anaemia in indigenous women and children in Brazil, and understand a...
Introduction: Climate change may impact on human health by increasing incidence of infectious diseases, especially vector-borne diseases such as dengue. This study analyzed the relationship between rainfall, temperature and occurrence of dengue cases...
Considering the importance of studying instruments to assess food quality of the population, this study aimed to perform a review of the quality of the diet of the population under evaluation parameters of the Healthy Eating Index (HEI). The main ele...
Objective: To compare the effect of three health education and nutritionstrategies on adherence to the non-pharmacological treatment of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), through anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietetic parameters. Meth...
The objective of this study is to provide guidance for identifying dietary patterns by a posteriori approach, and analyze the methodological aspects of the studies conducted in Brazil that assessed dietary patterns of children. Articles were selected...
Cross-sectional study based on health services to assess the prevalence of perceiving difficulties in having a healthy diet, associated factors and their motives among a sample of 1,246 adults and elderly users of primary care. The prevalence of perc...
Objective: Assess the prevalence of fatherhood in adolescence (FA) and associated factors in a community sample of 14 to 35 year-old men. Methods: Cross-sectional population-based study realized in the urban area of the city of Pelotas-RS, Brazil. Th...
Abstract Objective: To review the scientific publications about iron, vitamin A and zinc nutritional status in Brazilian child attending daycare centers, addressing diagnostic methods, prevalence of its deficiencies and risk factors. Methods: The da...
