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Alterações do perfil lipídico em crianças e adolescentes infetados com VIH subm...
Monteiro, Maria.C.; Tavares, Margarida; Rola, Marta; Dias, Camila; Barreira, Ana; Ferreira, Ana; Antonio Guerra; Silva, Diana
Mothers' eating styles influence on their feeding practices and on their childr...
Viana, Victor; Almeida, P; Guardiano, M; Silva, Diana; Bruno M P M Oliveira; Antonio Guerra<jats:p>Background: Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents has become an important public health concern in the last decades. To study the way mothers and childrens behavioral factors interact with each other, influencing eating and body weight, may provide information to be used in preventive and treatment strategies.Goals: To study the association of mothers eating style on their feeding behavior ...
Alimentação Vegetariana em Idade Escolar
Pinho, J.P.; Silva, S.G.; Borges, C.; Santos, Cristina; Santos, Alejandro; Antonio Guerra; Graça, PedroInfancy and adolescence are periods of rapid physical growth and cognitive development, as well as of acquisition of social and behavioural skills. During these periods, appropriate food intake is needed for each age group in order to ensure adequate growth and a good health condition. Nutritional needs of children and adolescents are different from those of adults and they change as the development process tak...
Handgrip Strength and Nutrition Status in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients
Catarina Silva; Teresa F Amaral; Diana Silva; Bruno M P M Oliveira; Antonio GuerraBackground: Handgrip strength (HGS) is a useful indicator of nutrition status in adults, but evidence is lacking in pediatric patients. The aim of this study was to describe the association between undernutrition and HGS in pediatric patients at hospital admission, quantifying the modifying effect of disease severity, anthropometrics, and other patient characteristics on HGS. Materials and Methods: Eighty-nine ...
Polymorphism C242T of the gene of the p22phox subunit for nicotinamide adenine ...
Antonio Guerra; Carla Rego; Coelho, C; Guimaraes, N; Thiran, C; Aguiar, A; Areias JC; Bicho, MBackground: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase of the vascular cell membrane is an important source of reactive oxygen species. The aim of our study was to evaluate the possible influence of the p22phox C242T gene polymorphism on blood pressure and some markers of oxidative stress in children with tetralogy of Fallot. Methods: After surgical repair in early life, we recruited 38 children, aged ...