A comprehensive review by researchers in Brazil and elsewhere provides a wealth of information about the effects on the organism of remaining seated for much of the day, and calls for more research to analyze the effectiveness of interventions to reduce or interrupt sedentary behavior.

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo helps explain why older people are more susceptible to the severe form of the disease and why it involves blood clotting disorders.

Socio-emotional development is a versatile skill that should, be encouraged from early childhood, given that it facilitates learning and also professional and personal relationships. In the Brazilian and Latin American curriculum, however, this theme is incipient and still little applied in schools and early childhood education centers, a fact added to other obstacles found in the public education of middle and low-income countries, whose shortage of resources make it difficult for more complex structural implementations.

In Neurosciences fiels, the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) is widely recognized for research involving pathologies, from malformations to acquired maladies. The understanding of diseases, however, is not the only focus of the area, which is also committed to theoretical and evolutionary research on the human mind. Understanding why certain feelings exist, or how the brain reacts to music, coffee, or sports are some of the many topics studied at the Institute. Among them, one of the most prominent lines is the one that investigates the human personality in a holistic way, seeking to understand its relationship with cultural, demographic and socioeconomic factors.

In experiments with mice, researchers at the State University of Campinas observed alterations in feed consumption, weight gain, anxious behavior and an increase in central nervous system, adipose tissue and liver inflammation.