This article traces significant moments in the history of the magazine Saúde em Debate - sourcing references and information from documents, historical studies, editions of the magazine, academic work and interviews with physicians and writers who contributed to its creation. In its 39 years of existence, although there may have been variations in the magazine's editorial policy, its role as a ...

Regular physical activity causes numerous and substantial performance-improving and health-enhancing effects. Most of them are highly predictable, dose-dependent and generalizable to a wide range of population groups. Many of the biological effects of regular, moderate physical activity translate into substantially reduced risk of coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, m...

The influence of a range of actors is discernible in nutrition projects during the period after the Second World War in the South Pacific. Influences include: international trends in nutritional science, changing ideas within the British establishment about state responsibility for the welfare of its citizens and the responsibility of the British Empire for its subjects; the mixture of outside ...

Due to the prevalence and impact of childhood undernutrition, the objective of the study was to investigate causes of malnutrition and evaluate the effectiveness of a Nutrition-Supplementation Program (NSP) in rural Dominican Republic with and without nutrition counseling. Causes of undernutrition were examined by qualitative interviews conducted with parents. Program effectiveness was measured...

Formulation and implementation of a national food and nutrition policy is important for ensuring good health and quality of life. This study examined the formulation and implementation of food and nutrition policies in the USA, Australia, and Norway. Library searches, MEDLINE and POPLINE searches, and personal communications were used for collecting information and data on nutrition activities ...

Methods The revision of this policy is based on a review of current dental and medical literature related to diet and nutrition for infants, children, and adolescents. This document is an update of the previous version, revised in 2008. The update included an electronic PubMed® search combining terms such as “caries” and “body mass index”, ”breast-feeding”, “diabetes”, “hypertension”, “physical...

OBJECTIVE To determine public attitudes towards federal spending on nutrition assistance programmes and support for policies to improve the nutritional impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). DESIGN Participants answered survey questions by telephone assessing support for SNAP spending and proposed programme policy changes. SETTING USA SUBJECTS Survey of 3024 adults ...

The development of nutrition and health guidelines and policies requires reliable scientific information. Unfortunately, theoretical considerations and empirical evidence indicate that a large percentage of science-based claims rely on studies that fail to replicate. The session "Strategies to Optimize the Impact of Nutrition Surveys and Epidemiological Studies" focused on the elements of desig...

Diet, along with lifestyle factors, is an important determinant of the health status of an individual and of a community. Dietary assessment at the population level provides us with key information on the frequency and distribution of possible inadequate diets and/or nutritional status. It is also useful as input into the elaboration of food and nutrition policies aiming to improve dietary habi...

Malnutrition remains a global challenge and is hampering the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. At United Nations, governments have committed to taking action on food systems nutrition. Government intervention in this space will necessarily intersect trade health policy. This Practitioner Commentary considers implications for policymakers communities. We argue that there an opportuni...