Research Study Abstract

Brazilian Study of Nutrition and Health (EBANS) – Brazilian data of ELANS: methodological opportunities and challenges

  • Published on June 3, 2019

BACKGROUND
Epidemiological studies with dietary variables are complex methodologically, being the researcher responsible for anticipating, controlling, reducing and preventing methodological errors. Obesity accounts for almost one-third of the world’s population and have consequences for childhood and adolescence. Multifactorial disorder must be faced in several aspects, being food and physical activity, modifiable risk factors. The EBANS aims to perform a diagnosis of the nutritional status of the Brazilian population from 15 to 65 years old, from all regions, and the parameters associated with obesity, with several possibilities of correlating data.

Author(s)

  • Mauro Fisberg 1
  • Irina Kovalskys 2
  • Agatha Nogueira Previdelli 3
  • Ioná Zalcman Zimberg 4
  • Ana Paula Wolf Tasca Del'Arco 5
  • Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari 6

Institution(s)

  • 1

    Pensi Institute - Foundation José Luiz Egydio Setubal - Sabará Children's Hospital, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil and Department of Pediatrics, Unifesp - Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • 2

    International Life Science Institute (ILSI-Argentina) - Committee of Nutrition and Faculty of Medical Sciences University Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 3

    Faculty of Biological Sciences and Health - University Sao Judas Tadeu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 4

    Department of Psychobiology - Unifesp, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 5

    Department of Pediatrics, Unifesp - Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • 6

    Center for Research in Physiology of Exercise - CIFE, Mayor University, Santiago, Chile and Department of Pediatrics, Unifesp - Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Journal

Brazilian Medical Association Journal

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