Healthful plant-based diet and incidence of hypertension in Brazilian adults: A six-year follow-up of the CUME study.

Background: Studies demonstrate that consuming plant-based diets has beneficial effects on several health outcomes. However, the evaluation of the healthiness of plant-based diets and the incidence of hypertension has still been little explored in the literature.

Objectives: Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the association between plant-based diet indices and the incidence of hypertension in Brazilian adults and test whether the interaction between hPDI, sociodemographic, and lifestyle variables modifies this association.

Effect of Polyphenol Supplementation on Adiposity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.

Purpose Of Review: The obesity is a multifactorial disease, result of high adiposity and excessive body fat, with closed relation to the development of other chronic disease. The growing obesity-related costs has relevant public health impact. In turn, the polyphenol is a dietary bioactive compound with recognized antioxidant propriety and healthy benefits.

Construction and validation of an instruction manual of nutritional care for severely obese people in the Unified Health System.

This article describes the construction and validation of an instruction manual geared toward nutritional care (NC) for people with severe obesity in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). In the production of this instruction manual, a broad literature review was conducted for the identification and discussion of topics to be treated. The content and appearance validity were conducted according to the Delphi technique and to focus groups, respectively, with evaluators who were nutritionists and practitioners, from different regions of Brazil.

Obesity Incidence According to Branched-Chain Amino Acid Intake and Plant-Based Diet Index Among Brazilian Adults: A Six-Year Follow-Up of the CUME Study.

Background: Few studies have evaluated the impact of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) intake on the risk of obesity in adults. The results are contradictory, and the causality has not been explored. This study assessed the association between BCAA intake and obesity incidence among Brazilian adults and investigated the potential moderating role of the plant-based index (PDI) in this relationship.