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Food insecurity and social determinants of health among immigrants and natives ...
Alarcão, Violeta; Guiomar, Sofia; Oliveira, Andreia; Severo, Milton; Correia, Daniela; Torres, Duarte; Lopes, CarlaLiterature is scarce on food insecurity in the context of different illnesses and intersecting social hierarchies of gender and ethnicity. This study aims to describe and compare the prevalence of food insecurity between immigrants and natives in Portugal and explore social determinants of poor health outcomes associated with food insecurity. Data were derived from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Acti...
Eating frequency and weight status in Portuguese children aged 3–9 years : resu...
Vilela, Sofia; Correia, Daniela; Severo, Milton; Oliveira, Andreia; Torres, Duarte; Lopes, Carla; Rodrigues, Sara; Ramos, Elisabete; Guiomar, SofiaObjective: To evaluate daily eating frequency (main meals and snacks) in relation to weight status in children aged 3–9 years, representative of the Portuguese population. Design: Cross-sectional study. Dietary intake was estimated as the mean of two non-consecutive days of food diaries, followed by face-to-face interviews. Weight and height were measured by trained observers. Eating occasions (EO) were defined...
Validation of a picture book to be used in a pan-European dietary survey
Vilela, Sofia; Lopes, Carla; Guiomar, Sofia; Severo, Milton; Rangelova, Lalka; Petrova, Stefka; Horváth, Zuszsanna; Cseh, Júlia; Schweter, AntjeObjective: To validate a picture book for estimation of food portion sizes using two approaches: (i) ‘perception’ of food portions by comparison with a series of food photos; and (ii) ‘conceptualization and memory’, using the same photos to estimate the amount of served food one hour after self-served food portions. Design: Each partner developed a country-specific picture book based on the so-called EPIC-Soft ...
National Food, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Survey of the Portuguese Genera...
Lopes, Carla; Torres, Duarte; Oliveira, Andreia; Severo, Milton; Guiomar, Sofia; Alarcão, Violeta; Ramos, Elisabete; Rodrigues, Sara; Vilela, SofiaBACKGROUND: The assessment of food consumption data using harmonized methodologies at the European level is fundamental to support the development of public policies. Portugal is one of the countries with the most outdated information on individual foodconsumption. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to describe the design and methodology of the National Food, Nutrition and Physical ActivitySurvey, 2015-...
National food, nutrition, and physical activity survey of the portuguese genera...
Lopes, Carla; Torres, Duarte; Oliveira, Andreia; Severo, Milton; Guiomar, Sofia; Alarcão, Violeta; Ramos, Elisabete; Rodrigues, Sara; Vilela, SofiaBackground: The assessment of food consumption data using harmonized methodologies at the European level is fundamental to support the development of public policies. Portugal is one of the countries with the most outdated information on individual food consumption. Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the design and methodology of the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, 201...
National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey of the Portuguese general...
Lopes, Carla; Torres, Duarte; Oliveira, Andreia; Severo, Milton; Guiomar, Sofia; Alarcão, Violeta; Vilela, Sofia; Ramos, Elisabete; Rodrigues, SaraThe National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey of the Portuguese general population aimed to collect nationwide and regional data on dietary intake and physical activity, and their relation with health determinants, namely socioeconomic factors. Results from this project were obtained from a representative sample of the Portuguese population, aged between three months to 84 years of age, selected fro...
Manual Fotográfico de Quantificação de Alimentos IAN-AF 2015-2016
Torres, Duarte; Faria, Nuno; Sousa, Nataline; Teixeira, Sérgio; Soares, Rita; Amorim, Hélder; Guiomar, Sofia; Lobato, Liliane; Oliveira, CatarinaO manual de fotográfico de quantificação de alimentos (MQA) foi desenvolvido para apoiar os participantes no Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física (IAN-AF) a estimar a quantidade consumida de alimentos ou receitas. Os alimentos, as receitas e as porções selecionadas representam, com completude, o consumo alimentar em Portugal, de acordo com dados de estudos prévios, nomeadamente, o estudo EpiPorto ...
Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física, IAN-AF 2015-2016: relatório...
Lopes, Carla; Torres, Duarte; Oliveira, Andreia; Severo, Milton; Alarcão, Violeta; Guiomar, Sofia; Mota, Jorge; Teixeira, Pedro; Ramos, ElisabeteO Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física (IAN-AF) 2015-2016 teve como objetivo primário recolher informação de representatividade nacional e regional (dos 3 meses aos 84 anos de idade) sobre o consumo alimentar (incluindo a ingestão e suplementação nutricionais, a segurança dos alimentos e a insegurança alimentar) e sobre a atividade física (incluindo os comportamentos sedentários, as atividades des...
Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física, IAN-AF 2015-2016: relatório...
Lopes, Carla; Torres, Duarte; Oliveira, Andreia; Severo, Milton; Alarcão, Violeta; Guiomar, Sofia; Mota, Jorge; Teixeira, Pedro; Rodrigues, SaraEste relatório foi realizado com informação recolhida no âmbito do Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física (IAN-AF 2015-2016), desenvolvido por um Consórcio que tem como Promotor a Universidade do Porto. O IAN-AF recebeu financiamento do Espaço Económico Europeu concedido pela Islândia, Liechtenstein e Noruega através do Programa EEA Grants - Iniciativas de Saúde Pública, área dos Sistemas de Informa...
PRAdA Intervention: Effects on Weight of Dietary Intervention among Treated Hyp...
Peixoto, Catarina; Carrilho, Gisela; Alarcão, Violeta; Guerra, Filipa; Simões, Rui; Fernandes, Milene; Nicola, Paulo; Guiomar, Sofia; Nogueira, PauloIntroduction: Blood pressure is significantly improved with weight loss. Behavioral interventions for weight loss seem to be less successful in African immigrants. Our main aims were to assess the effect of a dietary and lifestyle intervention on weight among hypertensive Portuguese natives and immigrants and to identify success factors for weight loss, and also to evaluate changes in knowledge and compliance w...