Introduction: In recent decades the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Brazil and worldwide has increased considerably, so as the number of deaths from chronic diseases. There is some evidence, in developed countries, ...

Agreement is an instrument used by Government to discipline resources transfers from the Federal Budget and Social Security Budget among the participants. Among the types of agreements, we have the Decentralized Execution ...

Introduction: Childhood obesity and abdominal obesity are current public health problems, considering the risk of chronic diseases associated to this issue. Among the determinants of weight gain, the nutritional environment ...

Cadmium is an environmental pollutant of great relevance to public health since it is a non-essential metal toxic to the human body. Exposure to cadmium occurs primarily through smoking and intake of contaminated food. ...

Introduction: Signals of binge eating (SBE) are symptoms associated with binge eating disorder (BED), but might not present a full diagnosis of BED, but it might there is also no binge eating episode. These SBE have a high ...

Different statistical sources point to the alarming rate of young people´s homicide, in his majority, of the masculine sex, black and coming from the periphery. The experience of urban violence added up to the existence ...

In Brazil, Early Intervention programs seem to have practices aimed at stimulating skills, with a child-centered focus. The Early Intervention programs in European countries and the United States of America, as recommended ...

Introduction: Literature Has Shown Good Association Between Effects Of Physical Activities With Health Levels Of Children And Adolescents. Purpose: To Verify The Associated Variables Behavior To The Development And Physical ...

This study aims to understand the body and health meanings for non-professionals who practice dance and to analyze the possible impacts of the dance experience for these people in their relationship with health. For this, ...

The aim of this study was to investigate if purple carrot extract is able to protect against the noxious activities induced by cadmium exposure in multiple organs of rats. For this purpose, histopathological analysis, ...