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The impact of a health promotion program on toddlers' socio-emotional developme...

BACKGROUND: The first 3 years of life are a critical period for the development of socio-emotional skills, highlighting the importance of socio-emotional development in early childhood. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a health promotion intervention program on the socio-emotional development of children aged 12 to 42 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A total of 344 children from 15...

Aventura-te a ser saudável!

Abarcando, no seu interior, um conto para crianças, este livro apresenta-se como um Guia para Professores na implementação do projeto BeE-school, agrupando informação pertinente atualizada, descrevendo diretrizes, e sugerindo atividades para desenvolver com a criança na escola e nas famílias. O BeE-school é o primeiro projeto português a recorrer à auscultação social (online e offline) e a uma abordagem bottom ...

The relationship between height and fruit/vegetable intakes in adults: a nation...

Background: Worldwide, fruit and vegetable intake is below recommendations. There is increasing evidence to suggest an association between height and diet. Aim: to analyse the associations of fruit and vegetable intake with attained height in Portuguese adults. Methods: A representative sample of 17 480 Portuguese adults (56.7% women) participated in this cross-sectional study. The survey comprised sociodemogra...

Associação entre o índice de massa corporal Z-Score e a utilização de ecrãs em ...

Roles of the interaction with children and families in mediating the associatio...

Aim To analyze the associations between early childhood education (ECE) teachers´ digital health literacy (DHL) and well-being, and to determine whether the ECE teachers´ interaction with children and family mediated these associations. Methods A total of 853 early childhood teachers, predominantly women (99.4%) participated in this cross-sectional study. The participants had a mean age of 39.9 years (standard ...

Association between health and levels of health literacy in 13- to 16-year-old ...

The study assessed health literacy (HL) in Lebanese adolescents and its associations with health during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 228 adolescents (63.1% female), 15.5 ± 1.5 years, took the survey. Data was collected between May and September 2020. The questionnaire consisted of the Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) assessment, sociodemograp...

Neurodevelopment and dietary intake in toddlers—A cross-sectional study from th...

Little is known about the potential associations between neurodevelopment, dietary diversity and food processing in the toddler period. This study aimed to estimate the association between these dietary quality dimensions and neurodevelopment in toddlers. Data for this cross-sectional analysis came from the Healthy Children 2021 project and included 212 toddlers (51.9% females, aged 12–36 months) from 15 Portug...

Youth empowerment through health education scale: validity study

Objective: To validate the Youth Empowerment Through Health Education Scale (EJEduS) content and appearance after an educational intervention. Methods: This is a methodological study carried out through EJEduS assessment by relevance, clarity and pertinence criteria by experts in the subject as well as by school adolescents and from a quilombola community. The analysis was performed using the Content Validity C...

Editorial: Dietary intake, eating behavior and health outcomes

[Excerpt] Dietary intake and eating behaviors are important determinants of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and have been widely investigated (1). The association between dietary intakes (e.g., fruits, vegetables, processed meat, and trans-fat) and NCDs (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes, and cancer) have been described. The associations varied by socioeconomic and the burden differed by d...

Roles of the interaction with children and families in mediating the associatio...

AIM: To analyze the associations between early childhood education (ECE) teachers´ digital health literacy (DHL) and well-being, and to determine whether the ECE teachers´ interaction with children and family mediated these associations. METHODS: A total of 853 early childhood teachers, predominantly women (99.4%) participated in this cross-sectional study. The participants had a mean age of 39.9 years (standar...