This paper proposes that biomedical obesity diagnosis is insufficient because it is necessary to know more about the consequences of different lifestyles, ways of eating, and the impact of lifestyles on the health of the population. We trait to refle...
Knowing the lifestyles of university students becomes relevant to subsidize any decision-making in the implementation of intervention programs within the university. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of risk behaviors to healt...
This article raises some questions regarding the exclusion of the subjectivity derived from the ideals of objectivity and neutrality that characterize modern scientific paradigm. Several consequences of this exclusion with regard to health building ...
The strong interest in narrative studies showed by the sociology and anthropology of health led to many ways of incorporation of these studies in qualitative health research. It is important to reflect on contexts and features of this incorporation. ...
The accelerated process of urbanization in the Amazon associated to changes in the pattern of natural resources exploitation have resulted in several types of environmental impacts. One of these impacts is the urban air pollution produced by the fore...
The objective was to evaluate correlations between suicide, homicide and sociodemographic variables through an ecological study. Mortality and sociodemographic data were collected from official records of the Ministry of Health and IBGE (2010), aggr...
The work aims at verifying how the discourse of a female correctional officer working in a prison for women reflects, in different ways, the inherent contradiction of prisons, that is, their double mission of punishing and re-socializing criminals. T...
Introduction. The use of digital technology in the form of applications for health care has been growing and is a way of facilitating the food record and consumption studies. Applications are now available for the purpose of behavior change, helping...
