INTRODUCTION: Currently, cardiovascular risk factors have not been studied so extensively in young people. OBJECTIVE: To compare the cardiovascular risk factor between Colombian and Mexican children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a transversal, descriptive, comparative and clinical study. 30 children of...
Due to the environmental influences on health, the goal of this study was to describe and compare the built environment in 3 socially contrasting neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires city.In 2011 a cross-sectional study was conducted in 3 socially contrasting neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires city: Recoleta (uppe...
INTRODUCCIÓN Aproximadamente entre el 20 y el 40% de pacientes chagásicos desarrollan miocardiopatía chagásica crónica (MCC). Entre los mecanismos patogénicos se menciona la lesión inducida por la respuesta inmune del huésped. Es probable que el sistema inmune se vea afectado por el estado nutric...
INTRODUCCIÓN La adopción de conductas alimentarias distanciadas de los patrones y requerimientos normativos de calidad, cantidad, armonía y adecuación genera inquietud entre los expertos y los encargados de la política en salud, sobre todo en lo que se refiere al desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas...
INTRODUCCIÓN Para relevar las fuentes alimentarias de calcio en niños y adolescentes, es fundamental conocer los patrones de consumo. OBJETIVOS Determinar el patrón de alimentos que proporcionan calcio en niños y adolescentes de 0 a 18 años de edad de los núcleos familiares que asisten a los jardin...
Anorexia-cachexia syndrome is highly prevalent among cancer patients, it impacts on morbidity and mortality, and impinges on quality of life. Anorexia is defined as the loss of the desire to, while cachexia defines the progressive wasting of skeletal muscle mass and adipose tissue. The pathogenesis of an...
New data are presented on the relationship between eating disorders in adolescence and physical self-concept. The degree to which age, engagement in sports activities, and body mass index present a risk in the development of eating disorders is analyzed. The study population was comprised of 740 adolesce...