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Nutritional status of schoolchildren living on a city in Brazilian Western Amazon: a cross-sectional study

ABCS Health Sciences
Introduction: Childhood is an important phase in the formation of eating habits and in determining nutritional status. Objective: To analyze the association of socio-environmental characteristics and food consumption with the BMI of schoolchildren from ...
Stephaney Aragão Soares , Amanda Forster Lopes , Regina Coeli da Silva Vieira , André Bento Chaves Santana, Kemilla Sarmento Rebelo   +4 more
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Ganho de peso e mudança do estado nutricional de brasileiros após os 20 anos de idade: uma análise de série temporal (2006-2012)

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
RESUMO: Objetivos: Analisar o ganho de peso (GP) e a mudança do estado nutricional (EN) após os 20 anos de idade na população brasileira entre os anos de 2006 e 2012.
Karine Maria de Melo Brebal, Jonas Augusto Cardoso da Silveira, Rísia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Silvany Barros Olímpio Epifânio, Patrícia de Menezes Marinho, Giovana Longo-Silva   +5 more
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A novel FFQ for Brazilian adults based on the Nova classification system: development, reproducibility and validation

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To describe the development and validation of the Nova FFQ (NovaFFQ) for Brazilian adults. Design: The NovaFFQ is a self-administered, semi-quantitative questionnaire.
Evelyn Oliveira da Silva Frade, Kamila Tiemann Gabe, Caroline dos Santos Costa, Daniela Neri, Euridice Martínez-Steele, Fernanda Rauber, Josiane Steluti, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Maria Laura da Costa Louzada   +8 more
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Validation of a recommender system for prompting omitted foods in online dietary assessment surveys

, 2019
Recall assistance methods are among the key aspects that improve the accuracy of online dietary assessment surveys. These methods still mainly rely on experience of trained interviewers with nutritional background, but data driven approaches could ...
Foster, Emma, Olivier, Patrick, Osadchiy, Timur, Poliakov, Ivan, Rowland, Maisie   +4 more
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Identification of dietary patterns using factor analysis in an epidemiological study in São Paulo

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Diet and nutrition are environmental factors in health/disease relationships. From the epidemiological viewpoint, diet represents a complex set of highly correlated exposures.
Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, José Eluf-Neto, Victor Wünsch-Filho, Regina Mara Fisberg   +4 more
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EXPLORING THE PARADOX OF RWANDAN AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES IN 1990 AND 2000 [PDF]

Nationally representative surveys regarding sources of income among agricultural households in Rwanda, fielded in 1990 and 2000, provide insights into how families responded to changes in their environment in a turbulent decade.
Loveridge, Scott, McKay, Andrew
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Total parenteral nutrition and carnitine supplementation practices in preterm neonates - results of a national survey [PDF]

, 2013
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityBackground: The goal of postnatal total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in premature neonates (PT) is to mimic the intrauterine environment of the fetus. Micronutrients are essential for optimal development.
Khalid, Sabeen
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Physical growth and nutritional status of Mexican infants from newborn to two years of age Crecimiento físico y estado de nutrición de los niños mexicanos, del nacimiento a los dos años de edad

Salud Pública de México, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To determine the nutritional status of Mexican infants under two years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Five nutritional surveys, three being representative of the nation, were assessed using several anthropometric indicators, with reference to ...
Samuel Flores-Huerta, Miguel Klünder-Klünder, Onofre Muñoz-Hernández   +2 more
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Enhancing children’s nutrition: the influence of rural household technology under China’s home appliances going to the countryside policy

Frontiers in Nutrition
This study explores the influence of household technological advancements on children’s nutritional intake, specifically within the context of the Chinese government’s “Home Appliances Going to the Countryside” (HAGC) initiative.
Mingling Du, Junhui Shi, Songping Shi, Fang Wang   +3 more
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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]

, 2014
Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
Burns, Calvin, McCarthy, Tony, Revie, Matthew   +2 more
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