The Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is a strategic document that identifies fundamental structural reforms to ensure a successful exit from the pandemic crisis and guarantee a resilient future for Portugal. The Plan has now been submitted to public opinion, for…
Next week marks the anniversary of Dr. Emílio Peres' first lesson on Rational Nutrition. In this year's commemoration, we highlight one of the Master's most important pedagogical aspects, which has become intrinsic to so many generations – thinking critically about…
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, although most patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 present with mild illness, it is estimated that between 6 and 10% of infected patients require hospitalization, and of these, more than 10% require treatment in healthcare services…
In the midst of the general lockdown, our article “The national food and nutrition strategy for the Portuguese COVID-19 response” has just been published, where we briefly describe the food and nutrition strategy developed by the National Food and Nutrition Promotion Program…
I started paying attention to what Patrícia Mourão de Andrade writes because of a luminous review she wrote of the film "Bacurau" by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. The film (which is well worth seeing) also…
Imagine that one day the European Union took the decision to allocate a simplified label to the books we buy. A green color for books to absolutely read. A yellow color for moderately interesting books and a red color for…
Imagine that one day the European Union decided to assign a simplified label to the books we buy. A green color for books that are absolutely essential reading. A yellow color for moderately interesting books and a red color…
The Concept of School – What Defines It: The idea of a school is a consolidated construct built over time. One can speak of a school when the professionals trained in a certain space have achieved significant national and international prestige…
COVID-19 is an acute infectious disease of the respiratory tract (which can be severe), caused by a new type of coronavirus designated SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2). This is already the third highly pathogenic coronavirus that has emerged in recent years…
COVID-19, by breaking the old dichotomy between infectious and chronic disease and by creating risk groups based on age and metabolic dysregulation promoted by inadequate diet and sedentary lifestyle, transforms a highly contagious and global viral infection…