Tese de Mestrado Integrado. Engenharia Civil. Área de Especialização de Vias de Comunicação. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2012
Olympic level athletes present an increased risk for asthma and allergy, especially those who take part in endurance sports, such as swimming or running, and in winter sports. Classical postulated mechanisms behind EIA include the osmotic, or airway-drying, hypothesis. Hyperventilation leads to evaporation of water and the airway surface liquid becomes hyperosmolar, providing a stimulus for water to move from a...
BACKGROUND: Though exercise-induced bronchoconstriction is common among asthmatics, physical activity (PA) seems important in asthma management. Still, various studies point at avoidance of sports and certain daily life activities like walking stairs, even by patients with mild symptoms. We aimed to compare physical activity levels between healthy subjects and asthmatics with controlled and uncontrolled disease...
Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Major Energia). Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2010
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a six-months' nutrition program, delivered and taught by classroom teachers with in-service nutrition training, on the prevention of overweight and obesity among children in grades 1 to 4. In this randomized trial, four hundred and sixty four children from seven elementary schools were allocated to a nutrition educational program delivered by their own teac...
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Our study aimed to assess the impact of a six-months nutrition program, taught by trained teachers, on fruit and vegetable consumption among children in grades 1 to 4. Four hundred and sixty-four children (239 female), 6 to 12 years old, from seven elementary schools were assigned to this randomized trial. Teachers were trained by researchers over six months, according to the following topics: nutrition, health...
Os probióticos são organismos vivos, que quando administrados em quantidades adequadas, conferem benefícios à saúde do hospedeiro. Têm vindo a ser associados a efeitos positivos na fisiologia intestinal, diarreia, resistência gastrointestinal à colonização de patogénicos, funções imunológicas, entre outras. Os frutos fazem parte de uma alimentação saudável, fornecendo vitaminas e minerais importantes para a saú...
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