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Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysi...
Robinson, L; Roccaldo, R; Rodrigues, D; Rodriguez Perez, MdC; Rodríguez Villamizar, LA; Rodríguez, AY; Roggenbuck, U; Rohloff, P; Rohner, FBackground: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods: We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that...
Distress among healthcare professionals during the first two years of COVID-19 ...
Costa, A; Fialho, M; Rasga, C; Martiniano, H; Santos, O; Virgolino, A; Moura Vicente, A; Heitor, M J
Self-perceived general health among community-dwelling Portuguese older adults:...
Alarcão, V; Costa, J; Madeira, T; Peixoto-Plácido, C; Fernandes, E; Sousa-Santos, N; Santos, O; Nicola, PJ; Lopes, C; Gorjão-Clara, JEvidence on how gender intersects with relevant social constructs in later phases of life is scarce. This investigation examined gender inequalities in perceived health status (self-perceived general health; SPGH) by Portuguese elderly community-dwellers while considering psycho-social and socio-demographic determinants. This study used data from a representative sample of community-dwellers aged ≥65 years (N =...
Are beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 associated with self-perceived changes...
Martins, R; Capitao, C; Fialho, M; Feteira Santos, R; Virgolino, A; Santos, RR; Alarcao, V; Silva, M; Arriaga, M; Graça, Pedro; Gregório, Maria JoãoThis study aimed to understand how beliefs and attitudes regarding COVID-19 are associated with self-perceived changes in food consumption during lockdown between March 19 and May 2, 2020. We conducted a crosssectional study with a non-probabilistic weighted sample of the Portuguese population. Data were collected using an online survey and telephone interviews. The association between agreement with sentences ...
Developing healthy eating promotion mass media campaigns: A qualitative study
Capitao, C; Martins, R; Feteira Santos, R; Virgolino, A; Graça, Pedro; Gregório, Maria João; Santos, OBackground: Involving consumers in the development and assessment of mass media campaigns has been advocated, though research is still lacking. This study aimed to explore opinions and attitudes of citizens, health professionals, communication professionals, and digital influencers regarding the development and implementation of healthy eating promotion mass media campaigns. Methods: We conducted five semi-stru...
Looking Ahead: Health Impact Assessment of Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling Sc...
Feteira Santos, R; Alarcao, V; Santos, O; Virgolino, A; Fernandes, J; Vieira, CP; Gregório, Maria João; Nogueira, P; Costa, A; Graça, PedroThis study aimed to describe the underlying process, used methods and major recommendations emerging from a comprehensive and prospective health impact assessment of the endorsement of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOP-NL) system by the Portuguese health authorities. A mixed-methods approach was used to gather information on the impact of four FOP-NL schemes on consumers' selection of food products accor...
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents...
Horimoto, AR; Hormiga, CM; Horta, BL; Houti, L; Howitt, C; Htay, TT; Htet, AS; Htike, MMT; Hu, Y; Huerta, JM; Huhtaniemi, IT; Huidumac Petrescu, CBackground: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. Methods: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors colla...
Impact of different front-of-pack nutrition labels on online food choices
Santos, O; Alarcao, V; Feteira Santos, R; Fernandes, J; Virgolino, A; Sena, C; Vieira, CP; Gregório, Maria João; Nogueira, P; Graça, Pedro; Costa, AFront-of-pack nutrition labels (FOP-NL) are efficient tools for increasing consumers' awareness of the nutritional quality of food products, prompting healthier food choices. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of four FOP-NL schemes - Traffic Light label (TL), Guideline Daily Amounts (%GDA), Nutri-Score (NS) and Health Star Rating (HSR) - on consumers' selection of food products according to...
Effectiveness of interpretive front-of-pack nutritional labelling schemes on th...
Feteira-Santos, R; Fernandes, J; Virgolino, A; Alarcão, V; Sena, C; Vieira, CP; Gregório, Maria João; Nogueira, P; Costa, A; Graça, Pedro; Santos, O
Geriatric Assessment of the Portuguese Population Aged 65 and Over Living in th...
Madeira, T; Peixoto-Plácido, C; Sousa-Santos, N; Santos, O; Alarcão, V; Nicola, PJ; Lopes, C; Gorjão Clara, JIntroduction: As populations live longer, they also aim to live better. A crucial step for this is to improve the understanding about older adults' physical and psychological health. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to characterise the Portuguese population over-65 regarding nutritional status, cognitive function, functional status, symptoms of depression, and loneliness, by sex and age groups. Mater...