Maria Antonieta de Barros Leite Carvalhaes

• Abstract

  The right to food and nutrition is established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as they are basic requirements for promoting and protecting good health. They can also be instruments to evaluate the quality of life of human beings and communities. Awareness of a healthy diet is the first step in behavioral change, and nutritional education can be an instrument for avoiding dise…

  Impact of educational group intervention on the consumption of fruit and vegetables by community health care agents, AP.R

• Abstract

  During pregnancy, as energy and nutritional needs are increased and the consumption of milk during this phase gives the mother many macro and micronutrients. The increase in infant intake is associated with a lower risk of recovery from small to gestational age (SGA); Increase in the probability of weight for gestational age (GIG), gestational weight gain, body weight and at birth, abdomi…

  Dairy consumption in pregnant women and maternal and child health outcomes, BP.IC

• Abstract

  The pregnancy and the postpartum are critical moments for women's weight gain. Specifically related to this period, the postpartum weight retention has recently being a target of big concern, due to its possible contribution for high and increasing rates of obesity in women. Women's body is prepared to breast-feeding because of the fat storage during pregnancy and the increased prolactin …

  Association between breastfeeding and postpartum weight retention: a prospective population-based cohort study, BP.IC

• Abstract

  The gestational period is a stage where there are large physiological, psychological and nutritional changes. The nutrient requirements, which will meet the growth and development of the fetus, increase; many dietary components influence on the health of both the mother and the child. The omega-3 and omega-6 are examples of these nutrients, because according to the literature, these fatty…

  Linoleic (18:2n-6) and alpha-linolenic (18:3n-3) fatty acids consumption assessment in two cohorts of pregnant women, BP.IC

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