Objective: To evaluate the clinical applicability, examination techniques and compare the US with other body composition methods, to elucidate its potentials and limitations. Methods: Studies were selected in which echography was used in parallel with computed tomography, magnetic resonance, DEXA, bioimpedance, or anthropometry and that included young adults in their sample. The search for articles was performe...
Objective: To verify the relative validity of 24-hour Dietary Recall (R24h) as an assessment tool of schoolchildren´s food intake. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 41 students of a big Brazilian urban center, with a mean age of 0.25–8.35 years and 22% had excess weight. The R24h was applied a day after direct observation of intake (reference method). Weight and height were measured and the participants were...
Objective: To compare by means of a specific instrument (Malnutrition Inflammation Score - MIS) and dietary recall, the nutritional profile of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on hemodialysis with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (HPT2). Methods: cross-sectional study with 204 patients with CRF on hemodialysis with and without HPT2. Nutritional status was assessed by means of the MIS instrumen...
Objective: to map the psychosocial impacts caused by social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic in children, adolescents and young people. Method: a scoping review conducted according to the method proposed by the JBI and adopting the recommendations set forth in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews international guide. The review protocol was r...