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  1. Unconventional Anthropometric Indicators: Foundations, Applicability, and Validity as Predictors of Health Conditions

    Article • International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences, January 2025, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  2. Dietary patterns according to gender and ethnicity associated with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  3. Prevalence and factors associated with food insecurity in quilombola families from Alagoas, Brazil.

    Article • Revista de Nutrição, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  4. Transtorno depressivo maior e risco de suicídio associado à inatividade física entre mulheres afrodescendentes quilombolas

    Article • Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  5. Estado nutricional e fatores associados à prevalência de obesidade entre escolares das redes pública e privada de ensino fundamental de Maceió, Alagoas

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População, August 2023, Associacao Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  6. Ultra-processed food consumption and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Quilombola communities of Alagoas, Brazil

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  7. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, September 2021, Elsevier

    DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Haroldo FERREIRA, Prof. Nader saki, Axel Carlsson, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr. Shoaib Afzal, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Giovanni Veronesi

  8. Perfil epidemiológico das famílias segundo a inserção no programa de transferência de renda residentes em cidades litorâneas do Nordeste do Brasil

    Article • Research Society and Development, August 2021, Research, Society and Development

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  9. What is the best anthropometric predictor for identifying higher risk for cardiovascular diseases in afro‐descendant Brazilian women? A cross‐sectional population‐based study

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, July 2021, Wiley

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  10. Accuracy of the Simplified Version of the Global Risk Score in Detecting Cardiovascular Risk in Women from Quilombola Communities in the State of Alagoas, Brazil

    Article • International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences, July 2021, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  11. Common Mental Disorder and early interruption of exclusive maternal breastfeeding in Quilombola women: a population-based study

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, June 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  12. Prevalence of IGFBP3, NOS3 and TCF7L2 polymorphisms and their association with hypertension: a population-based study with Brazilian women of African descent

    Article • BMC Research Notes, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  13. Evolução da prevalência de anemia em crianças quilombolas, segundo dois inquéritos de base populacional em Alagoas, Brasil (2008-2018)

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  14. Methodological aspects of the anthropometric assessment in the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019): a population-based household survey

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  15. Factors associated with childhood anaemia in Afro-descendant communities in Alagoas, Brazil

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, November 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  16. Stunting and overweight among children in Northeast Brazil: prevalence, trends (1992-2005-2015) and associated risk factors from repeated cross-sectional surveys

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  17. Prevalence of anaemia in Brazilian children in different epidemiological scenarios: an updated meta-analysis

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, May 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  18. Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas

    Article • Jornal de Pediatria, March 2020, Elsevier

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  19. Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas

    Article • Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), March 2020, Elsevier

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  20. Anthropometric assessment of children’s nutritional status: a new approach based on an adaptation of Waterlow’s classification

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  21. Developmental origins of health and disease: a new approach for the identification of adults who suffered undernutrition in early life

    Article • Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, September 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  22. Prevalence, temporal trend and associated factors with excess body weight in mothers of children under five years

    Article • Revista de Nutrição, March 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  23. Prevalence and temporal trend (2005–2015) of anaemia among children in Northeast Brazil

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, November 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  24. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Food Insecurity in the Context of the Economic Crisis in Brazil

    Article • Current Developments in Nutrition, October 2017, Elsevier

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  25. Preditores antropométricos de hipertensão arterial sistêmica em mulheres afrodescendentes

    Article • Scientia Medica, August 2017, EDIPUCRS

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  26. Short Stature Is Associated With Overweight but Not With High Energy Intake in Low-Income Quilombola Women

    Article • Food and Nutrition Bulletin, May 2017, SAGE Publications

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  27. Comunidade quilombola na Região Nordeste do Brasil: saúde de mulheres e crianças antes e após sua certificação

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, June 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  28. Sanitary status of public school food services in Maceió (Alagoas, Brazil), 2013

    Article • Vigilância Sanitária em Debate, November 2014, Vigilancia Sanitaria em Debate: Sociedade, Ciencia y Tecnologia

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  29. Prevalência e fatores associados à Insegurança Alimentar e Nutricional em famílias dos municípios do norte de Alagoas, Brasil, 2010

    Article • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, May 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  30. Food intake and nutritional status of preschool from maroon communities of the state Alagoas, Brazil

    Article • Revista Paulista de Pediatria, December 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  31. Body composition and hypertension: a comparative study involving women from maroon communities and from the general population of Alagoas State, Brazil

    Article • Revista de Nutrição, October 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  32. Fatores associados à hipovitaminose A em crianças menores de cinco anos

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, September 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  33. Effect of Breastfeeding on Head Circumference of Children from Impoverished Communities

    Article • Breastfeeding Medicine, June 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  34. Overweight and associated factors in children from northeasten Brazil

    Article • Jornal de Pediatria, August 2012, Jornal de Pediatria

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  35. Nutrição e saúde das crianças das comunidades remanescentes dos quilombos no Estado de Alagoas, Brasil

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, January 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  36. Dyslipidaemia and Undernutrition in Children from Impoverished Areas of Maceió, State of Alagoas, Brazil

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2010, MDPI AG

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  37. Association between child malnutrition and maternal common mental disorders: the potential role of disability

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, November 2010, BMJ

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  38. Composição química e eficácia da multimistura como suplemento dietético: revisão da literatura

    Article • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, October 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  39. Prevalência de anemia em crianças brasileiras, segundo diferentes cenários epidemiológicos

    Article • Revista de Nutrição, June 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  40. Prevalência de extremos antropométricos em crianças do estado de Alagoas

    Article • Revista de Saúde Pública, April 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  41. Prevalência e fatores de risco para anemia em crianças pré-escolares do Estado de Alagoas, Brasil

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, March 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  42. Effects of Dietary Coconut Oil on the Biochemical and Anthropometric Profiles of Women Presenting Abdominal Obesity

    Article • Lipids, May 2009, Wiley

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  43. Short stature of mothers from an area endemic for undernutrition is associated with obesity, hypertension and stunted children: a population-based study in the semi-arid region of Alagoas, Northeast Brazil

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, November 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  44. Efeitos do consumo da multimistura sobre o estado nutricional: ensaio comunitário envolvendo crianças de uma favela da periferia de Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, September 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  45. Prevalência e fatores associados à anemia em gestantes da região semi-árida do Estado de Alagoas

    Article • Revista Brasileira Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, September 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  46. Alterações da função hepática de camundongos desnutridos e infectados pelo Schistosoma mansoni

    Article • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, August 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  47. Stunting is associated with wasting in children from the semiarid region of Alagoas, Brazil

    Article • Nutrition Research, June 2008, Elsevier

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  48. Esquistossomose murina associada à desnutrição: alterações histopatológicas no fígado, baço e jejuno

    Article • Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, October 2007, Universidade Federal de Goias

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  49. Mulheres obesas de baixa estatura e seus filhos desnutridos

    Article • Estudos Avançados, December 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  50. Hipertensão, obesidade abdominal e baixa estatura: aspectos da transição nutricional em uma população favelada

    Article • Revista de Nutrição, April 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  51. Structural changes in the jejunal mucosa of mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni, fed low or high protein diets

    Article • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, December 2002, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  52. Evolução do estado nutricional de crianças submetidas à internação hospitalar

    Article • Jornal de Pediatria, December 2002, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  53. Evolution of nutritional status in hospitalized children

    Article • Jornal de Pediatria, November 2002, Jornal de Pediatria

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  54. Should nutrition be considered as a supplementary measure in schistosomiasis control?

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, July 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Haroldo FERREIRA

  55. Avaliação do estado nutricional de crianças menores de cinco anos do Estado de Rondônia - Brasil

    Article • Revista de Saúde Pública, June 1988, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Haroldo FERREIRA