Food craving occurs for those foods that are more palatable, highly processed, with high levels of carbohydrates and refined sugars and/or fat. The direct relationship between changes in the ideal nutritional status (such as obesity) and cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic and inflammatory diseases and the increase in oxidative stress is already consolidated, however, for the analysis of sleep quality,...
In this study, we tested the use of murinometric indices and bioimpedance (BIA) to determine obesity in rats. Female Wistar rats (8 weeks/130-160 g) were divided into control and oophorectomy group. The Body Mass Index (BMI) and Lee index (LI) were used as anthropometric techniques to determine obesity, and the determination of body composition by BIA, as a way to partition body weight into fat mass and lean ma...
Studies have shown that intermittent fasting (JI) has been shown to be effective in combating type ii diabetes mellitus (DM type 2). The objective of this study is to verify the relationship of JI in the management of DM type 2, according to the duration time. It is a systematic review, based on randomized clinical trials. Scientific articles published between the years 2013 to 2018 were investigated in the sci...
Beauregard biofortified sweet potato is a tuberous root with a high content of carotenoids whose consumption can bring beneficial effects on human health related to the biological actions of these substances. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the acceptance of cake made with sweet potato biofortified with carotenoids by school children enrolled in a school of the municipal education network of the c...
The study objective was to assess the early weaning prevalence, andassociated factors of children attended in the Family Health Strategy.We conducted a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study with 241 children accompaniedby the health team. We used a form and a questionnaire for data collection. In the analyses, we conducted a binary logistic regression for variables with statistically significant assoc...
The study aims to analyze the dimensional structure of the instrument SERVQUAL, used to measure the satisfaction of users of public health services at the basic attention. A quantitative study, conducted through surveys anwered by 353 users of the Family Health Strategy. The participants were: female (71.7%); aged 31 to 40 years (30.9%) and who completed High School education (43.3%). In the model adjustment an...
Objective : to compare serum levels of uric acid, glucose, potassium and sodium in elderly users and non-users of oral antihypertensive drugs. Methods : observational, case-control study, including 232 elderly people with mean age 68.9 ± 7.4 years, of which 116 use and 116 do not use oral antihypertensive drugs, of both genders, non-diabetic and with no renal disease. After venous blood collection, glucose and ...
Objetivo: comparar os níveis séricos de ácido úrico, glicose, potássio e sódio em idosos usuários e não usuários de anti-hipertensivo oral. Métodos: estudo observacional analítico do tipo caso-controle, incluindo 232 idosos com média de idade 68,9 ± 7,4 anos, sendo 116 usuários e 116 não usuários de anti-hipertensivo oral, de ambos os sexos, não diabéticos e nem portadores de doença renal. Após coleta do sangue...
Objective: to compare serum levels of uric acid, glucose, potassium and sodium in elderly users and non-users of oral antihypertensive drugs. Methods: observational, case-control study, including 232 elderly people with mean age 68.9 ± 7.4 years, of which 116 use and 116 do not use oral antihypertensive drugs, of both genders, non-diabetic and with no renal disease. After venous blood collection, glucose and ur...
In this study, we tested the use of murinometric indices and bioimpedance (BIA) to determine obesity in rats. Female Wistar rats (8 weeks/130-160 g) were divided into control and oophorectomy group. The Body Mass Index (BMI) and Lee index (LI) were used as anthropometric techniques to determine obesity, and the determination of body composition by BIA, as a way to partition body weight into fat mass and lean ma...