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ISPUP NEWSLETTER
MAY, 2021
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Diaries of a Pandemic: the life of the Portuguese during and after the second lockdown |
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How did the life of the Portuguese people evolve during and after the second lockdown? Find out through the data from the latest report of the Diaries of a Pandemic. |
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AlergiaPT: the ISPUP project which aims to inspire people with allergies |
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AlergiaPT was chosen as one of the winners of the This is Public Health (TIPH) Global Grant Program. The project aims to promote allergy tolerance and foster a new attitude towards allergies among the Portuguese people, prevent the exacerbation of severe allergies and raising awareness about the importance of improving air quality. |
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Does metabolically healthy obesity exist or is it just a matter of time? |
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An ISPUP study concluded that although some individuals with obesity do not immediately show metabolic changes, it seems to be a matter of time before the changes usually resulting from fat accumulation develop. Obesity is not harmless, even if it may seem so in the early years of the disease. |
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Early adiposity rebound associated with worse cardiometabolic health already in childhood |
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An ISPUP study found that children whose adiposity rebound happens early have higher adiposity levels and worse cardiometabolic indicators by age 10, which can put them on a worse health trajectory. |
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Registration open for e-learning program on very preterm birth cohorts |
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On July 1st, 2021 the summer school of the RECAP Preterm cohort platform, in which ISPUP researchers will participate, will begin, in e-learning format. The programme is aimed at researchers in the fields of neonatology, epidemiology or psychology who are interested in learning more about very preterm birth cohorts and collaborative research techniques. |
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- SIC NOTÍCIAS. “Obesity. It's only a matter of time before complications arise in adulthood" (HERE).
- TVI24 ONLINE. "Children with an early increase in body mass have worse cardiometabolic health" (HERE).
- PÚBLICO. "Cases of thrombosis have not shaken the confidence of the Portuguese in vaccines" (HERE).
- DIÁRIO DE NOTÍCIAS. "Nightclubs and the pandemic. More than a year of forbidden dancing. Will the night ever return?" (HERE).
- CANAL S+. "Instituto de Saúde do Porto launches project to promote tolerance to allergies" (HERE).
- MULTINEWS. “Normal and expected: Experts react to the rise in covid-19 cases” (HERE).
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- 31-05-2021: Gender Violence and its Social Determinants (HERE).
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