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View article: Food4Me - personalised nutrition European 9 countries public acceptance survey - Dataset from WP2
Food4Me - personalised nutrition European 9 countries public acceptance survey - Dataset from WP2 Open
This data set consists of a large cross-country survey conducted for the EU funded project Food4Me in 2013. It contains determinants for consumer acceptance and intention to use of personalized nutrition advices based on different levels o…
View article: Food4Me - personalised nutrition European 9 countries public acceptance survey - Dataset from WP2
Food4Me - personalised nutrition European 9 countries public acceptance survey - Dataset from WP2 Open
This data set consists of a large cross-country survey conducted for the EU funded project Food4Me in 2013. It contains determinants for consumer acceptance and intention to use of personalized nutrition advices based on different levels o…
View article: Nutritional Status among Portuguese and Turkish Older Adults Living in the Community: Relationships with Sociodemographic, Health and Anthropometric Characteristics
Nutritional Status among Portuguese and Turkish Older Adults Living in the Community: Relationships with Sociodemographic, Health and Anthropometric Characteristics Open
Malnutrition is widespread among older adults, and its determinants may differ between countries. We compared Portuguese and Turkish non-institutionalized older adults regarding nutritional status, sociodemographic, health and anthropometr…
View article: Malnutrition and its risk among Portuguese older adults: Prevalence and underestimation using the short form of the Mini Nutritional Assessment
Malnutrition and its risk among Portuguese older adults: Prevalence and underestimation using the short form of the Mini Nutritional Assessment Open
Malnutrition is a serious health problem among older adults. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is the most used tool to assess malnutrition among older adults. It was proposed that the Screening section could be used as a short form of…
View article: Comparison of Portuguese and Turkish older adults’ nutritional status assessed by MNA-FF
Comparison of Portuguese and Turkish older adults’ nutritional status assessed by MNA-FF Open
Malnutrition is associated to a progressive decline in health, reduced physical and cognitive functional status and mortality. However, the malnutrition prevalence differs across countries. Previous studies reported 19% of malnourished eld…
View article: Waist circunference references for children and adolescents from 6 to 18 year-old from the autonomous region of Madeira, Portugal
Waist circunference references for children and adolescents from 6 to 18 year-old from the autonomous region of Madeira, Portugal Open
Waist circumference (WC) has been associated with cardiometabolic diseases. We aim to develop WC references for age and gender in youngsters in Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal (RAM). A cross-sectional study was developed in two phas…
View article: Portugal nutritional transition during the last 4 decades: 1974–2011
Portugal nutritional transition during the last 4 decades: 1974–2011 Open
Objective: To examine trends in food availability for Portugal during the last 4 decades (1974–2011) and analyze such changes in accordance with the nutritional transition theory. Methods: Food balance sheets from Portugal from 1974 to 201…
View article: Providing Personalised Nutrition: Consumers' Trust and Preferences Regarding Sources of Information, Service Providers and Regulators, and Communication Channels
Providing Personalised Nutrition: Consumers' Trust and Preferences Regarding Sources of Information, Service Providers and Regulators, and Communication Channels Open
Background/Aims: Personalised nutrition has potential to revolutionise dietary health promotion if accepted by the general public. We studied trust and preferences regarding personalised nutrition services, how they influence intention to …
View article: PRONUTRISENIOR: a holistic approach to the older adults living in the community; a rationale and methodology
PRONUTRISENIOR: a holistic approach to the older adults living in the community; a rationale and methodology Open
PRONUTRISENIOR is a holistic approach that considers older adults as part of their environment, in order to better assist health professionals, caregivers and other professionals to monitor their nutritional status and thus reduce malnutri…
View article: General and abdominal adiposity in a representative sample of Portuguese adults: dependency of measures and socio-demographic factors’ influence – CORRIGENDUM
General and abdominal adiposity in a representative sample of Portuguese adults: dependency of measures and socio-demographic factors’ influence – CORRIGENDUM Open
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View article: General and abdominal adiposity in a representative sample of Portuguese adults: dependency of measures and socio-demographic factors’ influence
General and abdominal adiposity in a representative sample of Portuguese adults: dependency of measures and socio-demographic factors’ influence Open
The aims of this study were: (i) to estimate the dependency between BMI and waist:height ratio (WHtR) as measures of general and abdominal adiposity, and (ii) to evaluate the influence of socio-demographic factors on both measures and on t…