This article shows the socioeconomic and nutritional conditions of two shantytown populations from the city of São Paulo and Maceió. The results reveal that in Brazil, the association between poverty and nutritional status (including undernutrition and obesity) is complex and not well known. There is a large number of obese individuals among people living below the poverty line in urban areas. Obesity coexists with undernutrition and food insecurity, specially in stunted individuals. A series of studies have shown that obesity can be a sequelae of previous undernutrition. The article describes the need for programmes that focus only the real undernurished individuals and consequently, measure nutritional status, promote health and prenatal ...
The paper discusses the social and, particularly, the health consequences resulting from the expansi...
Foi estudada a recente evolução do estado nutricional de menores de 5 anos nas aldeias Parakanã, Mar...
The nutritional condition of one hundred and ninety (190) low income parturients of the city of S. P...
Drug trafficking has become the main factor in the escalation of violence and one of the greatest ob...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the magnitude and distribution of sodium intake in Brazil and to identify maj...
The social and economic transformation which has been occurring in the life of the elderly, and the ...
The alimentary conditions of one hundred and ninety low-income parturients from S. Paulo city (Brazi...
A pobreza não pode ser paisagem das ruas nas grandes cidades. Com base neste argumento este texto de...
O Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira (GAPB) é um documento oficial que aborda princípios e r...
As part of a large epidemiological study focusing on child health in the City of S.Paulo (Brazil) a ...
O objetivo do estudo foi identificar e caracterizar a situação alimentar e nutricional de diferentes...
Two hundred and eight three male and female elderly subjects were studied. They participated in the ...
A partir de estudo realizado em oito grandes maternidades do Município de São Paulo, SP (Brasil) que...
The dimension of poverty, its regional distribution, the differences of the phenomenon in the rural ...
A pobreza não pode ser paisagem das ruas nas grandes cidades. Com base neste argumento este texto de...
The paper discusses the social and, particularly, the health consequences resulting from the expansi...
Foi estudada a recente evolução do estado nutricional de menores de 5 anos nas aldeias Parakanã, Mar...
The nutritional condition of one hundred and ninety (190) low income parturients of the city of S. P...
Drug trafficking has become the main factor in the escalation of violence and one of the greatest ob...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the magnitude and distribution of sodium intake in Brazil and to identify maj...
The social and economic transformation which has been occurring in the life of the elderly, and the ...
The alimentary conditions of one hundred and ninety low-income parturients from S. Paulo city (Brazi...
A pobreza não pode ser paisagem das ruas nas grandes cidades. Com base neste argumento este texto de...
O Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira (GAPB) é um documento oficial que aborda princípios e r...
As part of a large epidemiological study focusing on child health in the City of S.Paulo (Brazil) a ...
O objetivo do estudo foi identificar e caracterizar a situação alimentar e nutricional de diferentes...
Two hundred and eight three male and female elderly subjects were studied. They participated in the ...
A partir de estudo realizado em oito grandes maternidades do Município de São Paulo, SP (Brasil) que...
The dimension of poverty, its regional distribution, the differences of the phenomenon in the rural ...
A pobreza não pode ser paisagem das ruas nas grandes cidades. Com base neste argumento este texto de...
The paper discusses the social and, particularly, the health consequences resulting from the expansi...
Foi estudada a recente evolução do estado nutricional de menores de 5 anos nas aldeias Parakanã, Mar...
The nutritional condition of one hundred and ninety (190) low income parturients of the city of S. P...