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Direct linkMeurer, Simone Teresinha; Lopes, Aline Cristine Souza; Almeida, Fabio Araujo; Mendonça, Raquel de Deus; Benedetti, Tânia Rosane Bertoldo – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the VAMOS strategy (Health-Improving Active Life) in improving physical activity (PA), dietary habits, and anthropometric variables of primary health care (PHC) users in Brazil. A randomized controlled community trial was conducted at two units of the Health Academy Program (HAP; a service provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Programs, Physical Activity Level, Dietetics
Download full textdo Valle, Valeria S.; de Mello, Danielli B.; Fortes, Marcos de Sa R.; Dantas, Estelio H. M. – Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2009
Study aim: To determine the effects of indoor cycling training combined with restricted diet, lasting 12 weeks, on serum lipid concentrations in obese women. Material and methods: Twenty women aged 23.8 [plus or minus] 3.6 years were randomly assigned into two groups: control (C) and experimental (E), the latter subjected to indoor cycling at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Height, Obesity, Body Composition
Peer reviewedWright, Maria da Gloria Miotto; And Others – Journal of Nutrition Education, 1982
Describes an educational/distributional campaign to increase use of soybeans by low-income Brazilian families. Initially, no families surveyed used soybeans but, after participating in a program on nutrition and soybeans, and free distribution of soybeans for one month, soybean usage by participants increased even when free soybeans were replaced…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Food, Foreign Countries, Low Income Groups
