Undernutrition - thirty years of the Regional Basic Diet: the legacy of Naíde Teodósio in different fields of knowledge.

Undernutrition is characterized by an imbalance of essential nutrients with an insufficient nutritional intake, a disorder in which the clinical manifestations in most cases are the result of the economic and social context in which the individual lives. In 1990, the study by the medical and humanitarian Naíde Teodósio (1915-2005) and coworkers, which formulated the Regional Basic Diet (RBD) model for inducing undernutrition, was published. This diet model took its origin from the observation of the dietary habits of families that inhabited impoverished areas from the Pernambuco State.

Histone Deacetylase Activity and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System: Key Elements in Cardiorenal Alterations Provoked by Chronic Malnutrition in Male Adult Rats.

Background/aims: Chronic malnutrition (M) affects >1 billion people worldwide. Epidemiological data point to long-term renal and cardiovascular outcomes (e.g.