Abstract The manuscript discusses interfaces between academic and practical fields of Global Health and Planetary Health, shedding light on some critical perspectives of cumulative and synergistic causes of global crises, and effects on health and food security, on human rights, on migration, and on environment. Concepts of Global Health and Planetary Health and the path for the Sustainable Development Goals -S...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a self-applicable instrument for measuring primary health care (PHC) workers’ knowledge on healthy eating. METHODS A six-step methodological study to develop and validate a measurement instrument: item development based on the Brazilian Dietary Guidelines’ chapters; content validation with a panel of experts; face validation with potential instrument users; online inst...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To develop and assess the reliability of an instrument that enables auditing information on consumer food environment indicators, such as availability, price, promotional and advertising strategies, and quantity of brands available, using the food recommendations adopted by the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population as a theoretical basis. METHODS This is a methodological study in tw...
Resumo A alimentação e a nutrição são requisitos básicos para a promoção e a proteção da saúde. A vigilância nutricional e a orientação alimentar estão inclusas no campo de atuação do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), conforme estabelecido na Lei Orgânica da Saúde nº 8.080 de 1990. O presente artigo apresenta e discute a agenda de alimentação e nutrição no SUS e sua interface com a Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional...
Resumo: Este estudo tenciona descrever e analisar a cobertura nacional da avaliação do estado nutricional da população usuária de serviços públicos de saúde registrada no Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional Web SISVAN), entre 2008 e 2013. Trata-se de um estudo ecológico com dados secundários de sistemas de informação. Os indicadores construídos foram: percentuais de cadastramento e utilização; cobertu...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of family habits and household characteristics on the consumption of sugary drinks by Brazilian children under two years old. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that used secondary data generated by the National Health Survey (PNS) in 2013. We studied 4,839 pairs of children under two years old and adults living in the same house. We estimated the prevalence of...
The objective of this paper is to identify the stakeholders and their contributions to the public consultation carried out with regard to the mandatory trans fat acids food labeling proposal in Brazil. Methodology thematic analysis of the documents. Results 25 stakeholders made suggestions regarding the proposed law, and the majority belonged to the food industry sector. The following issues were raised: lack o...
Resumo: Trata-se e estudo com abordagem qualitativa, cujo objetivo foi analisar a percepção de extensionistas rurais sobre a educação alimentar e nutricional (EAN) em sua prática de trabalho. A compreensão e a estrutura de significações da EAN foram visualizadas sob três eixos: reconhecimento e não reconhecimento da EAN; a EAN como um dos temas da dimensão "social"; a EAN como sinônimo de Segurança Alimentar e ...
Abstract Objectives: to examine indicators relating to access to child health care and markers of unhealthy patterns of eating in Brazilian children aged under two years and to set these in the context of the National Health System 's current child healthcare agenda. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study using data from the 2013 National Health Survey. Prevalences and confidence intervals of 95% (CI95%) ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To provide insights for nutrition and public health practitioners on how to engage with other sectors to achieve public health goals. Specifically, this study provides lessons from the example of integrating family farming and a nutrition into a legal framework in Brazil on how to successfully shift other sectors toward nutrition goals. METHODS The study analyzed policy processes that led to ...