Wendell Costa Bila

Body Composition and Level of Physical Activity in Post-COVID-19 Patients

Wendell Costa Bila, Andresa Machado e Silva, Leonardo Gomides Bicalho, Ronilson Cândido, Jeniffer Rafaela Silva Costa, José Vitor Vieira Salgado, Cezenário Gonçalves Campos, Ana Carolina Corrêa Café, Priscila Cristian do Amaral, Rommel Larcher Rachid Novais, Joel Alves Lamounier & Eduardo Sérgio da Silva · Archives of Current Research International · 2023

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a public health crisis. Body composition is an important nutritional indicator, knowledge of which allows the subdivision of body weight into some components, mainly lean mass or fat-free mass and body fat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/acri/2023/v23i8615

Assessment of Body Fat in Children with Neuropathy using Deuterium Oxide Dilution

Valmin Ramos-Silva, Wendell Costa Bila, Hebert Wilson Santos Cabral, Francislene Pereira Borges, Alice Quadros Schimit & Janine Pereira da Silva · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2023

Purpose: Evaluate nutritional status by anthropometry and body fat by isotopic dilution with deuterium oxide in children with chronic neuropathies. Method: Study of a series of cases of children hospitalized with a diagnosis of severe chronic neuropathy due to cerebral asphyxia,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i215217

An Overview of Feeding Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review

Valmin Ramos-Silva, Inocencia Peralta, Ariselma Magalhães Peçanha, Rafael Henrique Alves de Miranda, Thiago Barcelos da Silva, Laura Guimarães Távora de Oliveira, Wendell Costa Bila & Janine Pereira-Silva · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2026

Aims: To critically synthesise current scientific evidence on feeding difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), considering the sensory, behavioural, gastrointestinal, nutritional, and oral-motor domains. Study Design: Structured critical narrative review info...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2026/v18i102160

Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Neuropsychiatry: Neurobiological Mechanisms, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Challenges, and Therapeutic Implications

Valmin Ramos-Silva, Inocencia Peralta, Greice Kelly Alves Reis, Thiago Correa Sa Ricardo, Mateus Henrique Oliveira Souza, Ariselma Magalhães Peçanha, Joel Alves Lamounier, Wendell Costa Bila & Janine Pereira-Silva · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2026

Background: Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency can affect neurological, cognitive, and psychiatric function, yet interpretation is complicated by variation in biomarkers, clinical phenotypes, and the distinction between biochemical and functional deficiency. Aims: The review aims...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/indj/2026/v23i5590