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How does a storybook impact preschool children’s willingness to try vegetables?...
Braga-Pontes, Cátia; Borges, Mariana; Rosa, Tiago Araújo; Novo, Rita; Vieito, Leonel; Lages, Marlene; Guarino, Maria P.; Dias, Sara SimõesBackground Vegetable consumption among children is below recommended. Given the critical role of vegetable consumption in health, it is essential to identify effective strategies to promote this intake. This study aimed to test the efficacy of a superhero’s storybook (SB) as a nutrition education strategy on the willingness to try (WTT) 10 different vegetables in preschool children and relate WTT with food neop...
Prediabetes risk classification algorithm via carotid bodies and K-means cluste...
Pinheiro, Rafael F.; Guarino, Maria P.; Lages, Marlene; Fonseca-Pinto, RuiDiabetes is a disease that affects millions of people in the world and its early screening prevents serious health problems, also providing relief in the demand for healthcare services. In the search for methods to support early diagnosis, this article introduces a novel prediabetes risk classification algorithm (PRCA) for type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), utilizing the chemosensitivity of carotid bodies (CB) an...
Assessment of potentially motivating factors to follow time-restricted eating p...
Lages, Marlene; Carmo Silva, Sara; Barros, Renata; Guarino, MariaChrononutrition is a growing field that has been attracting significant attention for its potential benefits in metabolic health and body weight regulation. Among chrononutrition strategies, time-restricted eating (TRE) is the most extensively investigated approach in clinical studies. TRE intends to synchronise eating and fasting cycles with the human circadian rhythms. However, larger and longer randomised cl...
Association between dietary intake and the expression of clock genes in adults:...
Lages, Marlene; Barros, Renata; Ferreira-Marques, Marisa; Correia, Joana; Caseiro, Armando; Guarino, Maria P.; Carmo Silva, SaraBackground: The circadian system regulates several physiological processes, including energy metabolism, through the expression of core clock genes. Animal studies suggest that dietary composition can influence circadian gene expression; however, evidence in humans remains limited. Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between dietary macronutrient intake and the expression of circadian clock g...
Veggies4myHeart digital game: an educational tool to promote vegetable consumpt...
Braga-Pontes, Cátia; Ferreira, Patrícia V.; Barros, Neuza; Vieito, Leonel; Lages, Marlene; Simões-Dias, Sara; Torre, Sophie Bucher DellaBackground Vegetable consumption as part of a balanced and diversified dietary pattern is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality. Even though the scientific evidence for these benefits is strong, the consumption of vegetables remains far below recommendations, especially in early childhood. Despite existing literature, the evidence on how to increase vegetable co...
Association between dietary intake and the expression of clock genes in adults:...
Lages, Marlene; Correia, Joana; Caseiro, Armando; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Barros, Renata; Ferreira-Marques, Marisa; Guarino, Maria P.Background: The circadian system regulates several physiological processes, including energy metabolism, through the expression of core clock genes. Animal studies suggest that dietary composition can influence circadian gene expression; however, evidence in humans remains limited. Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between dietary macronutrient intake and the expression of circadian clock g...
Effects of time-restricted eating on body composition, biomarkers of metabolism...
Lages, Marlene; Carmo-Silva, Sara; Barros, Renata; Guarino, Maria PedroObesity is a chronic, complex and multi-factorial condition with an increasing prevalence worldwide. Irregular eating schedules might be a contributing factor to these numbers through the dysregulation of the circadian system. Time-restricted eating (TRE), an approach that limits eating windows, has been studied as a strategy to treat obesity, aligning eating occasions with metabolic circadian rhythms. This rev...
mHealth Applications to Monitor Lifestyle Behaviors and Circadian Rhythm in Cli...
Rosa, Iolanda; Lages, Marlene; Grilo, Carlos; Barros, Renata; Guarino, Maria P.Metabolic diseases are a global rising health burden, mainly due to the deleterious interaction of current lifestyles with the underlying biology of these diseases. Daily habits and behaviors, such as diet, sleep, and physical exercise impact the whole-body circadian system through the synchronization of the peripheral body clocks that contribute to metabolic homeostasis. The disruption of this system may promo...
Association Between Food Choices Motivators and Physical Activity in Body Image...
Dias, Sara Simões; Lages, Marlene; Frontini, R.; Luís, Luís; Dixe, Maria dos Anjos; Sousa, PedroConcerns about weight and body image are common among adolescents since they are particularly vulnerable to body-image dissatisfaction due to the normal physiological, social, and psychological changes they are going through. This study aims to analyse the relationship between food choice motivations and physical activity in body-image perception among adolescents. Twelve to sixteen years old adolescents were r...
CBmeter study: protocol for assessing the predictive value of peripheral chemor...
Lages, Marlene; Carvalho, Lucinda; Feijó, Salvato; Vieira, Alexandra; Pinto, Rui Fonseca; Guarino, Maria PedroIntroduction Early screening of metabolic diseases is crucial since continued undiagnostic places an ever-increasing burden on healthcare systems. Recent studies suggest a link between overactivated carotid bodies (CB) and the genesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The non-invasive assessment of CB activity by measuring ventilatory, cardiac and metabolic responses to challenge tests may have predictive value for ...