Introduction: In Brazil, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher among individuals with less education, 24.5% of obesity among those with 0 to 8 years of schooling and 15.8% in the group with 12 years or more education. Objective: the objective of this study was to analyze the association between the socioeconomic profile and the nutritional status of overweight adults in the municipality of Paranava...
Introduction: The world is in a pandemic situation due to COVID-19, an infectious disease that affects humans caused by the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2. Considering the increase in obesity during the pandemic in the Brazilian population, it is necessary to expand the capacity to assistance from the physical educator, seeking new health promotion strategies through guidelines for changing lifestyle habits. Ob...
Introduction: The media, the gym and the practice of bodybuilding are contributing factors to the influence of the search for a perfect body in the young population. With the popularization of social networks, fitness muses, bloggers and models are great incentives for the consumption and sale of supplements, vitamins and anabolics, without any scientific evidence or recommendation from a health professional. O...