Revista de Saúde Pública: 50 years disseminating the knowledge in nutrition

Abstract

This work describes and comments on articles in the area of Public Health Nutrition published in Revista de Saúde Pública (RSP – Public Health Journal) from 1967 to 2016. We searched in the PubMed database restricted to the periodical “Revista de Saúde Pública” and using terms related to key topics in the area of Public Health Nutrition. We retrieved 742 articles and, after exclusion of duplicates and articles unrelated to the subject, we analyzed 441 articles, grouped according to subject: dental caries, anemia, hypovitaminosis A, macro/micronutrients, malnutrition, nutritional assessment, overweight/obesity, food consumption, low birthweight, and breastfeeding. We observed significant increase in the number of articles published and diversification of subjects addressed over the 50 years, representing the consistent development of the scientific field of Nutrition in Brazil. Since its inception, RSP has played an important role in the dissemination of knowledge about the main nutritional issues in Brazil.

Alimentação: um direito humano em disputa - focos temáticos para compreensão e atuação em segurança alimentar e nutricional

“…A literatura da área da saúde de modo geral apresenta estudos que abordam algumas dessas dimensões analíticas [24][25][26] . No entanto, o foco principal é o aspecto biológico, com predomínio da abordagem quantitativa epidemiológica, sendo necessários estudos qualitativos que possam contribuir para reflexões e proposições ampliadas para o campo da saúde pública, com abordagens que possibilitam a compreensão da alimentação como um direito humano e sua relação com outros direitos fundamentais, como saúde, moradia, educação, trabalho, participação e informação.…”

Hypothetical Function of Influent Nutrients for the Immunological System in the Aspect of the Treatment of Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis

“…Studies related to the field of knowledge of malnutrition seek to evaluate the factors associated with food consumption and methodological aspects of dietary intake as well as the combination of the consumption of basic foods of good nutritional quality with foods of low nutritional quality and high energy density, characteristics that result in high prevalence of food inadequacy correlated with increased rates of chronic diseases that indicate the national context of morbidity and mortality. [14] Among the various nutrients, Vitamin A, zinc and protein are considered as influencers in the immune system for the treatment and cure of visceral leishmaniasis.…”