Projects

1. A retrospective study of the impact of growth and nutritional status and socioeconomic circumstances during the first year of life on adult health, namely in risk of obesity, chronic diseases, and premature mortality, using Portuguese historic archives of infant growth

2. A follow-up study of Portuguese-born and African immigrant adolescents who where observed in 1993-1996 as infants. The prevalence of obesity in this group will examined against maternal characteristics and infant growth patterns during the first year of life

3. A retrospective study of the influence on adult height, longevity, morbidity and cause-specific mortality of growth patterns and social conditions in a sample of children observed in 1933

4. Studies of child growth and health as a mirror of major social, economic and political changes that occurred during the 20th century in Portugal through the study of archival, osteological and dental evidence

5. Investigate the influence of socioeconomic circumstances on child growth and development and its impact on age determination of unidentified child skeletal remains or of juvenile suspects to determine criminal liability

6. Examine secular trends in dental health of Portuguese children and young adults, from the late 19^th century to the early 21^th century

7. Examine the changes in prevalence of obesity in 3-10-year-old children, 2002-2007, in relation to family and environmental factors

8. A longitudinal study on physical growth and obesity will be initiated on a sample of preschool children

9. A follow-up study of changes in height and weight of children in Lisbon observed in 1977

10. Examination of lifestyle, metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in a national study of obesity in adolescents

11. Body size, body shape, body composition and blood pressure in two populations from the Brazilian Amazon: nutritional and health indicators in two ecological settings

12. Implications of sleep quality and duration in obesity and in health perception in adolescents – Family and Environmental effects.

13. Quilombola women: relationship of life cycle in the Caatinga and Cerrado biomes