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Body composition, nutritional intake assessment, and perceptions about diet for...

This study aims to assess the body composition and nutritional intake of senior male futsal players from the II Futsal Division—Azores Series and explore their individual viewpoints regarding the benefits and barriers of healthy eating and performance. Two groups were identified: those who only completed the sociodemographic questionnaire and the anthropometric data (Group 1, n = 48), and those who additionally...

Analysis of scientific production aligned with the food and nutrition security ...

This systematic scoping review aimed to map and characterize the scientific production of researchers from Portuguese-speaking African institutions that align with the Food and Nutrition Security Strategy of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries. The literature search was conducted using six electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Virtual Health Library, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Scopus, and ...

Circular economy practices in the agri-food sector: awareness and maturity leve...

The circular economy model has drawn global interest, especially in the agri-food sector (. The food system is indeed facing the “food paradox”: it is wasteful but also unable to meet globally the food demand. Thus, it needs to explore ways to fulfil food needs without compromising future food availability. The present article is linked to a previous study that showed the maturity of the circular economy practi...

Adaptation of the food choice questionnaire using a design thinking approach an...

Portugal, the largest rice consumer in Europe, is witnessing an increase in imported rice, prompting a need to understand the underlying reasons for this rise. The Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) has been adapted to particular cases, however, the procedure isn’t standardized. A method based on Design Thinking—a usercentred problem-solving approach—and the use of images in the association technique, was develope...

New challenges for e-learning post-graduate course on sustainable food systems

The purpose of this explorative study is to evaluate the post-graduate online course on Sustainable Food Systems, considering the following variables: i) structure of the e-learning activities; ii) educational resources; iii) interactive situations; iv) teacher profile; and v) students’ profile.

Insects as food and feed in Portugal and Norway: cross-cultural comparison of d...

Entomophagy – intentional consumption of insects – is practiced in several regions of the world, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. In the Western world, edible insects have been growing in popularity as novel food and feed. The main objective of this cross-cultural study, performed in Portugal and Norway, was to evaluate the determinants of consumers’ acceptance of insects as food and feed. An onl...

Designing and development of food structure with high acceptance based on the c...

This work is funded through the project AgriFood XXI (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000041), financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through P2020jNorte2020—P2020jNorte2020-Projetos Integrados ICDT, CCRN—Comissão de Coordenação da Região Norte. Authors also acknowledge financial support from National Funds from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within the scope of UIDB/05748/2020 and UIDP/0574...

Manual de rotulagem alimentar: abordagem integrada desde os operadores económic...

Rotulagem alimentar na perspetiva dos operadores: perceção dos operadores econó...

Na sequência da publicação do Regulamento (UE) n.º 1169/2011 do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 25 de outubro, relativo à prestação de informação aos consumidores sobre os géneros alimentícios, que implicou novas obrigações, surgiram, à época, entre os operadores das empresas do setor alimentar certas preocupações sobre a sua interpretação e aspetos práticos de implementação, pelo que se entrevistaram os o...

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Que caminho fez a ecologia entre o século XIX e o século XXI? A definição de Ecologia, proposta pelo biólogo alemão Ernst Haeckel no século XIX, constituiu um marco para a história da ciência. No século XX, a Ecologia cresceu como ramo da biologia e em pleno século XXI assume-se como uma ciência holística, transversal, alimentada não só pelos novos desafios que a sociedade enfrenta, mas também pelo ímpeto de os...