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SENGHOR E PORTUGAL: CONFERÊNCIA PROFERIDA POR JEAN-RENÉ BOURREL NA FUNDAÇÃO POR...
Tulekian, Isabelle; Álvares, Luísa.
Nutrition up 65 educational strategies: health professionals qualification course
Sousa, Ana S.; Guerra, Rita. S; Álvares, Luísa; Valdiviesso, Rui; Padrão, Patrícia; Borges, Nuno; Santos, Alejandro; Afonso, Cláudia; Martins, CátiaINTRODUCTION: Nutrition knowledge among health professionals has a major impact on older adults’ healthcare. However, there is a lack of specialized education offer in this area. Within the Nutrition UP 65 Project, a health professional’s qualification nutrition course was created and implemented from April 2015 to April 2017. We aim to describe this process here. METHODOLOGY: At Faculdade de Ciências da Nutriç...
A Cross-Sectional Study on the Association between 24-h Urine Osmolality and We...
Padrão, Patrícia; Sousa, Ana; Guerra, Rita; Álvares, Luísa; Santos, Alejandro; Borges, Nuno; Afonso, Cláudia; Amaral, Teresa; Moreira, PedroData on the association between hydration and body weight in the elderly are scarce. The objective of this work was to quantify the association between 24-h urine osmolality and weight status in the elderly. A cross-sectional study was conducted within the Nutrition UP 65 study. A quota sampling was implemented to achieve a nationally representative sample of Portuguese older adults (≥65 years) according to age...
Association of self-evaluation of health status with undernutrition status and ...
Guerra, Rita; Sousa, Ana; Valdiviesso, R.; Álvares, Luísa; Santos, Alejandro; Borges, Nuno; Padrão, Patrícia; Moreira, Pedro; Afonso, Cláudia
Socio-professional profile of the volunteers of a network aimed AT providing nu...
Valdiviesso, Rui; Guerra, Rita; Sousa, Ana. S.; Álvares, Luísa; Moreira, Pedro; Borges, Nuno; Santos, Alejandro; Afonso, Cláudia; Padrão, Patrícia
Nutrition UP 65 - nutritional strategies facing an older demography: framework ...
Amaral, Teresa; Santos, Alejandro; Sousa, Ana; Guerra, Rita; Álvares, Luísa; Valdiviesso, Rui; Padrão, Patrícia; Afonso, Cláudia; Martins, CátiaIntroduction: Portuguese population is ageing and little is known about the nutritional status of the elderly. Moreover, the scarce available data reveals that health professionals as well as caregivers may benefit from advanced knowledge on nutrition. Objectives: Nutrition UP 65 aims (1) to improve knowledge regarding Portuguese older adults nutritional status (specifically on undernutrition, sarcopenia, frail...
Nutrition 65 UP Project - nutritional strategies facing an older demography
Amaral, Teresa; Padrão, Patrícia; Afonso, Cláudia; Moreira, Pedro; Borges, Nuno; Santos, Alejandro; Guerra, Rita; Sousa, Ana; Valdiviesso, Rui
Vitamin D deficiency and associated factors among Portuguese older adults - pre...
Álvares, Luísa; Amaral, Teresa; Moreira, Pedro; Padrão, Patrícia; Afonso, Cláudia; Sousa, Ana; Ferro, Graça; Martins, Cátia; Santos, AlejandroINTRODUCTION: Background and aims: Recent studies show that vitamin D deficiency is a common problem among older adults. Data from European individuals report a prevalence of vitamin D deficiency up to 40%. However, data regarding Portuguese community dwelling elderly or living in care homes is lacking. This study aimed to identify vitamin D status and factors associated with vitamin D deficiency among a sample...
Nutritional strategies facing an older demographic: The Nutrition UP 65 study p...
Amaral, Teresa; Santos, Alejandro; Guerra, Rita; Sousa, Ana; Álvares, Luísa; Valdiviesso, Rui; Afonso, Cláudia; Padrão, Patrícia; Martins, CátiaBackground: The population of Portugal is aging. The lack of data on older adults nutritional status and the lack of nutrition knowledge amongst health professionals, caregivers, and older adults themselves, remains a challenge. Objective: The Nutrition UP 65 study aims to reduce nutritional inequalities in the older Portuguese adult population and improve knowledge regarding older Portuguese adults nutritional...