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Obesidade e COVID-19: Presente e Futuro

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
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Maria João Gregório, Alejandro Santos, Pedro Graça   +2 more
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Characterization of Complementary Feeding of Preterm Infants: Kangaroo Care Method Versus Conventional Care

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2026.
Complementary feeding (CF) in preterm infants (LBWI) has been discussed due to the need to balance the risks and benefits that permeate the age and quality of CF introduction. We conducted a cohort study in Brazil to compare CF among LBWI who participated or not in the Kangaroo Care Method. ABSTRACT In Brazil, the Kangaroo Care Method (KCM) is a public
Rejane Sousa Romão, Vivian Mara Gonçalves de Oliveira Azevedo, Rayany Cristina Souza, Eliziane Santos Medeiros, Priscilla Larissa Silva Pires, Leandro Alves Pereira, Ana Elisa Madalena Rinaldi   +6 more
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Nurturing Care Systems Underlying Early Childhood Food Insecurity in Brazil: A Causal Loop Diagram Approach

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Experiencing food insecurity in early childhood is associated with adverse health and nutrition outcomes. About 66% of Brazilian households with children are food insecure; however, interventions targeting early childhood have fallen short in addressing food insecurity due to a lack of funding and multisectoral coordination combined with the ...
Gabriela Buccini, Krystyna A. Stave, Katherine Marçal, Sonia Isoyama Venancio, Muriel Bauermann Gubert, Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla   +5 more
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miR4ASD: A Database of Human microRNAs Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition characterized by substantial etiological and clinical heterogeneity. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression that play critical roles in brain ...
Ana Rita Marques, Hugo Martiniano, Joana Vilela, Astrid Moura Vicente   +3 more
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The relation of intake fibers and glycemic load over glycemic, anthropometric and dietetic markers in pre-diabetic patients

Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção, 2015
Background and objectives: Pre-diabetes is the first stage of risk of developing diabetes. Evidences suggest that the glycemic control is directly associated to the fibers intake.
Patrícia Molz, Camila Schreiner Pereira, Tânia Leonir Gassen, Daniel Prá, Silvia Isabel Rech Franke   +4 more
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Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Is Not a Predictor of Hospital Mortality in Elderly and Nonelderly COVID‐19‐Infected Patients: A Prospective Study at a Brazilian Quaternary University Hospital

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Objective: To investigate if red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a risk factor for hospital mortality in patients admitted to a public university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: This observational prospective study included patients over 16 years who had been hospitalized for COVID‐19 between May and October 2020.
Helena Duani, Máderson Alvares de Souza Cabral, Carla Jorge Machado, Thalyta Nogueira Fonseca, Milena Soriano Marcolino, Vandack Alencar Nobre Jr., Cecilia Gómez Ravetti, Paula Frizera Vassallo, Unaí Tupinambás, Muhammad Abu Bakr Shabbir   +9 more
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"Mental Disorders as Brain Diseases": Bioethical, Cultural, and Social Implications

Revista de Bioética y Derecho
Background: Advances in modern neuroscience have led to a transformation in the understanding of mental disorders, which are now being reinterpreted as "brain diseases." Objective: To analyze the social, cultural, and bioethical implications of the shift
Lucas Franca Garcia, Sophia Ivantes-Rodrigues, Leonardo Pestillo de Oliveira, José Roberto Goldim   +3 more
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A healthier movement behavior profile is associated with body‐congruent food choices through self‐determined motivations to exercise and regulate eating

European Journal of Sport Science, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 352-363, March 2024.
Abstract Physical activity (PA) facilitates eating behavior regulation, in part through self‐determined motivations to regulate PA and eating behaviors. However, different patterns of PA and sedentary behavior (SB) accumulation appear to have distinct effects on several health outcomes and might therefore be differently related to eating self ...
Eliana Veiga Carraça, Bruno Rodrigues, David Sánchez‐Oliva   +2 more
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Neurometabolic profiles of autism spectrum disorder patients with genetic variants in specific neurotransmission and synaptic genes

Scientific Reports
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by impaired social interaction, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior.
Joana Vilela, Andreia C. Pereira, Inês R. Violante, Susana Mouga, Célia Rasga, João Xavier Santos, Hugo Martiniano, Ana Rita Marques, Guiomar Oliveira, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Astrid Moura Vicente   +10 more
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Relação entre a leptina, a massa corporal e a síndrome metabólica numa amostra da população adulta

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2012
Resumo: Objetivo: Estudar a relação que a leptina tem com a obesidade (expressa em índice de massa corporal) e alguns componentes da síndrome metabólica (SM) numa amostra da população adulta.
Maria do Carmo Martins, Luís Lima Faleiro, Aidil Fonseca   +2 more
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