OBJECTIVE To analyze oral health behaviors changes over time in Brazilian adolescents concerning maternal educational inequalities. METHODS Data from the Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (Brazilian National School Health Survey) were analyzed. The sample was composed of 60,973 and 61,145 students from 26 Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District in 2009 and 2012, respectively. The ...

The review presents the current state of science for stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertony), its biochemical composition, therapeutic properties and using in food industry. Interest this plant, a source natural low-calorie sweeteners, is associated with increased consumption dietary caused by an increase number patients diabetes, metabolic syndrome, many negative effects from use synthetic sweetene...

BACKGROUND In recent years, adolescents' food habits have become a major source of concern, and substantial policy and intervention efforts have been made to influence adolescents to consume more fruit and vegetables and less sweets and soft drink. Particular attention has been devoted to the social gradient in food habits, aiming to reduce dietary inequality. However, few internationally publi...

Introduction: drunkorexia is a new eating disorder characterized by a reduction in food consumption to offset the excess calories provided by the intensive consumption of alcohol (binge drinking). In particular sweets containing a high caloric density and having a low nutritional contribution are one of the main foods whose consumption is being restricted by the subjects who suffer from this di...

Werner syndrome is a premature senility syndrome that manifests a variety of ageing symptoms starting from puberty. Approximately 10% of patients demonstrate low IQ. Reports regarding psychotic symptoms in Werner syndrome are rare. Here we report a case of Werner syndrome with flourishing psychotic symptoms. The patient was a 55-year-old unmarried woman. She was referred due to psychomotor exci...

BACKGROUND It is still unclear whether carbohydrate consumption is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Genetic susceptibility might modify the associations between dietary intakes and disease risk. OBJECTIVES The aim was to examine the association between the consumption of carbohydrate-rich foods (vegetables, fruits and berries, juice, potatoes, whole grains, refined grains, c...

Introduction Imagine the following situation: A young man, let’s call him Knut, is sitting at his desk reading some papers which he needs to complete a psychology assignment. In his right hand he holds a cup of coffee. With his left one he reaches for a bag of sweets without removing the focus of his eyes from the paper. Suddenly he stares up to the ceiling of his room and asks himself: “What i...