The Health Educational Program for Children (5-day camp and the 12 weeks of follow up) contributed to an increase in the physical activity level and a reduction in the sedentary behaviour and anthropometric measures in overweight and obese children.

Approximate Entropy (ApEn), a model-independent statistics to quantify serial irregularities, was used to evaluate changes in sap flow temporal dynamics of two tropical species of trees subjected to water deficit. Water deficit induced a decrease in sap flow of G. ulmifolia, whereas C. legalis held stable their sap flow levels. Slight increases in time series complexity were observed in both species under drought condition. This study showed that ApEn could be used as a helpful tool to assess slight changes in temporal dynamics of physiological data, and to uncover some patterns of plant physiological responses to environmental stimuli.

OBJETIVO: Comparar a QV de um grupo de idosos que integram o programa de Universidade Aberta para Terceira Idade (UNIATI) na UniEvangélica, Anápolis – Goiás, com indivíduos não praticantes de exercícios.MÉTODOS: Foi aplicado o questionário da qualidade de vida abreviado SF-36 em 120 participantes do projeto UniATI, de ambos os gêneros (≥ 60 anos), sendo praticantes de musculação (n = 30), ritmos (n = 30), hidroginástica (n = 30) e o grupo controle (GC) (n = 30). A análise estatística foi feita pelo teste de Mann-Whitney, adotando o nível de significância de p≤0,05.RESULTADOS: Os domínios da qualidade de vida apresentaram diferenças significativas entre os grupos capacidade funcional (p≤0,001), aspectos físicos (p≤0,048), variável de dor (p≤0,032) e estado de saúde geral (p≤0,001). Quando comparadas as outras variáveis, não houve diferenças significativas entre os grupos. A vitalidade e os aspectos sociais foram classificados como limítrofes em todos os grupos, sem diferenças significativas. Já os aspectos econômicos dos grupos fisicamente ativos foram classificados como acima da média frente ao GC. A saúde mental de todos os idosos foi classificada como abaixo da média.CONCLUSÕES: Os idosos que praticam alguma atividade física do programa UniATI foram melhores quando comparados com os idosos sedentários, sugerindo que o exercício físico pode ser fator determinante par uma boa qualidade de vida do idoso. E dentre as modalidades estudadas no programa UniATI, a modalidade Ritmos foi a que apresentou melhores resultados.

Background: Modern society is undergoing socio-cultural and economic transformations. Such changes lead to situations in which the human being has to choose between his health or practicality, directly affecting his quality of life. Pathologies with a high degree of morbidity such as depression, anxiety and chronic diseases immerse themselves in this equation, and are taking alarming proportions in society nowadays. Objectives: To identify the levels of depression and anxiety in individuals with chronic non-communicable diseases. Method: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study, consisting of 23 young adults with 20-40 years old, hypertensive or with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated using the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: In hypertensive patients, the mean scores for the Depression Inventory were 15.0 and for diabetics 15.6. For the Anxiety Inventory the mean scores obtained for hypertensive patients were 11.6 and 8.1 for diabetics. For the most part, both groups were classified as without depression (43.48%) and mild depression (43.48%); And without anxiety (47.9%) and mild anxiety (34.8%). Significant differences (p = 0.050) were found only in the mean scores for the Beck Anxiety Inventory between groups. No significant differences were found between the sexes. Conclusion: We conclude that the studied sample, both hypertensive and diabetic patients, mostly present with depression and mild anxiety. And when compared between the sexes the women showed to be more vulnerable than the men.