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 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…
Inadequate nutrition, with its resulting malnutrition, is the leading cause of health problems worldwide. Today, over 820 million people suffer from hunger, and 2 billion adults and more than 40 million children are overweight…
In recent days, scientific information has been accumulating regarding the relationship between the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the obesity "pandemic." Two diseases that are spreading across the world without borders and at varying speeds. Obesity…
Over the past few weeks, we have been reflecting with our Master's students in Food Consumption and Nutrition Sciences on how food consumption and the sector will evolve after this first outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. However, this is not about…
Unlike all other epidemics that preceded it in history, Covid-19 will most likely be the first where food will not be scarce, and where the sharp decrease in physical activity and excessive food consumption could amplify…