Interventions via the Internet are promising regarding the promotion of healthy habits among youth. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of an adapted version of StayingFit to promote healthy eating habits and the measurement adequacy of anthropometric markers among adolescents. A web school-based 12-month cluster-randomized controlled trial examining 7th to 9th grade students was conducted in twelve schools in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The schools’ students were randomly distributed into the intervention and control groups. The intervention group participated in StayingFit, an online program designed to encourage and guide healthy eating habits and control body weight. Data on food consumption, anthropometry, physical activity level, and sedentary behavior were collected from all of the students at the beginning of and after the 12-month study. Demographic and socioeconomic data were collected at baseline. The baseline data indicated high rates of overweight (14.4% overweight and 8.5% obese), insufficiently active (87.6%), and sedentary (63.7%). Furthermore, few adolescents regularly consumed fruits (18.8%) and vegetables/legumes (16.4%). Generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to evaluate the effect of the intervention. At the end of the follow-up period, students in the intervention group had a 43% increased chance of regularly consuming beans (OR = 1.43, 95% CIs = 1.10–1.86) and a 35% decreased chance of regularly consuming soft drinks (OR = 0.65, 95% CIs = 0.50–0.84). No differences were found between the groups studied with regard to the anthropometric parameters. Despite these modest results, the implementation of a web intervention can be beneficial and help promote positive changes in adolescent eating habits.

This study systematically reviewed the relationship between occupational risks and quality of life (QoL) and quality of work life (QWL) in hospitals. A systematic review was performed according to the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guide, and the protocol was submitted on the PROSPERO website (CRD 2019127865). The last search was performed in June 2021 by two independent reviewers in the main databases, a gray literature database, and a manual search (LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Embase, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, Ovid). As eligibility criteria, we included observational studies, with adult hospital workers, with no restrictions on date and language, any type of instrument to assess QoL and QWL, any definition of QoL and QWL, and studies that presented the relationship between exposure and outcome. Newcastle–Ottawa was used to assess the methodological quality and RTI-Item Bank to assess the risk of bias. Given the impossibility of performing a meta-analysis, a qualitative synthesis was used to present the results. Thus, 11 studies met the criteria and were included in the review, with 6923 individuals aged 18 to 64 years. The studies were mainly carried out with health professionals (81.81%), women (63.60%), and in Asian countries (63.63%). All studies used different instruments and ways to categorize the QoL and QWL, and occupational risks. Only one study assessed occupational noise and another the ergonomic risk. All of them presented a relationship between occupational risk and quality of work life. They pointed to the need for measures to improve the lives of these professionals in the work environment. Therefore, studies show a relationship between occupational risks (noise, ergonomics, and stress) and workers’ perception of low or moderate quality of work life. However, more homogeneous studies are necessary for instruments, conceptualization, and categorization of quality of work life.

This review aimed to systematically assess the effects of computer-based interventions for the promotion of healthy eating on anthropometric indicators and food consumption of adolescents at school. Relevant scientific articles were searched in MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Lilacs, PsycINFO and Cochrane Library/CENTRAL following the recommendations by PRISMA guide in August 2021. The quality and risk of bias in the studies were assessed by two reviewers independently. The search strategy retained 13 studies for qualitative analysis. In total 9.603 adolescents of both sexes, were recruited in a school environment. According to studies with information for the meta-analysis, a reduction in the average consumption of fats in favor of computer-based intervention was identified (SMD: −0.14; 95% CI −0.24;-0.05). Considering the changes in the consumption of fruits and vegetables (SMD: 0.09; 95% CI −0.08; 0.26) and in the BMI (WMD: −0.02; 95% CI −0.18; 0.14), the analyses did not identify the effect of computer-based interventions on these parameters after follow-up. The results of this review demonstrate that there is evidence of the positive effect of using digital technology (website and CD-ROM) in educational programs with a focus on promoting a healthy lifestyle, with evidence on reducing fat consumption.

Context: Research suggests that dietary pattern plays an important role in mental health and constitutes a modifiable risk factor for depression. Objective: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the association between dietary patterns and depressive outcomes in adolescents. Data Sources: Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and PsycARTICLES, gray literature up to March 2024 were searched; the reference lists were also verified. Observational studies in participants with a mean age ⩽19 years reporting associations between dietary patterns and clinical depression or depressive symptoms were searched. Overall, 21 studies were included in this systematic review. Data Extraction: Data from eligible articles were extracted by 2 reviewers. Data Analysis: Odds ratios (ORs) and confidence intervals (CIs) were determined under a random-effects model. The risk of bias assessment was conducted by 2 independent researchers using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist tool. Results: The qualitative results revealed that a higher unhealthy diet score was positively associated with depressive symptoms, while a healthy diet was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. In the study that included adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of depression, the relationship between inflammatory dietary pattern tertiles and depression was attenuated after all covariates were adjusted for. The meta-analysis to evaluate the association between depressive symptoms and a posteriori dietary patterns found that the “healthy” dietary pattern decreased depressive symptoms in adolescents (OR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.44, 0.95). There was no statistically significant association between depressive symptoms and “unhealthy” and “snacks” patterns (OR: 1.20 [95% CI: 0.95, 1.46]; OR: 1.20 [95% CI: 0.70, 1.48]) dietary patterns. Conclusion: The results identified that a healthy dietary pattern decreased depressive symptoms in adolescents. However, considering the high heterogeneity and the low level of certainty of the evidence, these results should be interpreted with caution. Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO registration no. CRD42020159921.

To investigate the impact of cash transfer (CTs) on birth outcomes, including birth weight, low birth weight and prematurity, as well as child physical growth were included, as assessed by anthropometric indices in children under five years of age. Searching was performed using the PubMed/Medline, Embase, LILACS, Cochrane Library, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Quantitative observational, experimental and quasi-experimental. Eleven studies were included in the review. The majority (81.8%) were carried out in low-and middle-income countries and most involved conditional CTs (63.6%). Four were clinical trials and seven were observational studies. Conditional CTs were found to be associated with a reduction in height-for-age (-0.14; 95%CI -0.27, -0.02); (OR 0.85; 95%CI 0.77-0.94); (OR = 0.44; 95%CI 0.19-0.98), a significantly reduced chance of low weight-for-age (OR = 0.16; 95%CI -0.11-0.43), low weight-for-height (OR = -0.68; 95%CI -1.14, -0.21), and low weight-for-age (OR = 0.27; 95%CI 0.10; 0.71). Unconditional CTs were associated with reduced birth weight (RR = 0.71; 95%CI 0.63-0.81; p < 0.0001) and preterm births (RR = 0.76; 95%CI 0.69-0.84; p < 0.0001). Conditional CTs can positively influence birth outcomes and child growth.

Objetivo: Analisar a associação entre insatisfação com a imagem corporal e autoestima de adolescentes matriculados na rede pública estadual de ensino fundamental em Salvador-Bahia. Método: Participaram deste estudo de corte transversal 860 adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos de idade, de ambos os sexos, matriculados do 7º sétimo ao 9º nono ano em 12 escolas de médio porte da rede pública estadual do ensino fundamental em turno integral, do município de Salvador, Bahia. A autoestima foi avaliada por meio da Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg e a insatisfação com a imagem corporal pelo Body Shape Questionnaire. Dados demográficos e socioeconômicos, maturação sexual, estado antropométrico, nível de atividade física e sedentarismo foram também avaliados. A associação entre insatisfação com a imagem corporal e autoestima foi analisada pela regressão multinominal para variáveis politômicas utilizando o programa estatístico SPSS, versão 23.0. Resultados: Entre os adolescentes, 24,8% tinham moderada autoestima e 27,3% apresentaram os menores escores desse constructo. A insatisfação com a imagem corporal foi identificada em 25,2% dos adolescentes. A análise de associação revelou que adolescentes com insatisfação com a imagem corporal possuem 5,61 (IC 95% 3,08-10,24) vezes maior chance em manifestar baixa autoestima para o sexo feminino e 3,83 (IC 95% 2,03-7,25) vezes para o sexo masculino. Ainda entre as meninas, a insatisfação com a imagem corporal permaneceu associada positivamente à moderada autoestima após ajuste do modelo (OR: 2,31; IC 95% 1,21-4,41). Conclusão: Foi observada alta prevalência de níveis baixos e moderados de autoestima e que a insatisfação com a imagem corporal influenciou a baixa autoestima em ambos os sexos e a moderada entre as meninas. Palavras chave: Imagem corporal; autoestima; adolescentes