2. 92% of all registered food allergies
Milk, eggs, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat and soya
92% of all registered food allergies
Five in ten children suffer from food allergies and the number is increasing.

3. Food Intolerance Lactose Gluten
Food additive – food coloring, preservatives and flavour anhancer
Natural substances - Xanthins and Salicylates (coffee, beer, juice, fruits…)
Wine, cheese or chocolate

4. Mediterranean diet
Inspired by the dietary patterns of Greece, Southern Italy, Spain and Portugal in the 1940s and 1950s. There is tentative evidence that the Mediterranean diet lowers the risk of heart disease and early death
Olive oil
legumes
Unrefined cereals
Fruits and vegetables
Fish and some meat
Moderate wine consumption

5. Atlantic Diet
However, more than a Mediterranean diet, Portugal has an Atlantic Diet, based on a much higher consumption of fish compared to other Mediterranean countries.
The Southern European Atlantic Diet is the traditional diet of Northern Portugal and Galicia (Spain), and has been associated with a lower risk of non-fatal acute myocardial infarction.

6. Curiosities
Tea was first introduced to Portuguese priests and merchants in China during the 16th century… The marriage of King Charles II in 1662 to the Portuguese princess Catarina de Bragança also brought the tea drinking habit to court.
The Food Balance Wheel suggests an alternate interpretation of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommendations for balanced eating and it was created in Portugal in 1977!

7. Healthy Lifestyle In schools:
canteen food’ includes soup, main dish, salad and fruit
food sold at the bar could be healthier (less pastry, chocolate and sugar)
Increasing number of available vegetarian menu
Periodic talks about good nutrition, exercise and alcohol and drugs’ consumption
Governement health promotion programs
PNV – nacional vacines program (free)
Periodic consults according to the age of children
Support programs and specific institutes for patients with alcoholic disease, anorexia, bulimia, etc.

8. Teens’ lifestyle and statistics
More than 40% of teens consumes alcohol at the age of 13
Body-weight índex statistics Portugal

9. Teen’s body perception
A higher percentage of boys have the perception of an ideal weight of a body compared to girls.

10. Portugal’s favourite sports

11. Live it Up – ANEM
ANEM’s activity promoted to teach medicine students the tools to act on the fields of preventive medicine, voluntary work and social intervention.
Two fases:
First -teaching/”how-to-do”
Second- implementing ideas on the field

12. 5 a day
To promote healthy child nutrition and contribute to the prevention of chronic diseases associated with poor eating habits, encouraging the consumption of at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetable products.