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Type 2 diabetes, healthcare expenditures and its correlation with anthropometric factors and physical activity: 18-month follow-up in a Brazilian city

Motriz (Online); 24 (1), 2018
AIMS: To compare the profile of adults attended at primary care level of the Brazilian National Health System according to occurrence of T2DM during 18 months of follow-up. METHOD: Longitudinal study carried out with 316 adults. T2DM and PA were assessed by questionnaires. Measurements of weight, height ...

Impact of stressful life events on central adiposity in the Pelotas Birth Cohort

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate how stressful life events and social support relate to central adiposity in Southern Brazil. METHODS: Data included information from 802 participants in the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort that was collect in 2004-2005 and 2006. Stratifying by sex, we studied self-reported ...

Prevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados para sobrepeso y obesidad en la población adulta de la ciudad de La Paz, gestión 2014

Cuad. Hosp. Clín; 59 (n.esp), 2018
OBJETIVO: Determinar la prevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados para sobrepeso y obesidad en la población adulta de la ciudad de La Paz, gestión 2014 MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Es un estudio transversal analítico, en 470 individuos de los 7 Macrodistritos de la ciudad de La Paz; Cotahuma, Max Paredes, Per...

Modelo validado para predecir el riesgo cardiovascular en adultos jóvenes según estilo de vida
Validated model to predict cardiovascular risk in young adults according to lifestyle

Association between excess weight and beverage portion size consumed in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the beverage portion size consumed and to evaluate their association with excess weight in Brazil. METHODS We used data from the National Dietary Survey, which included individuals with two days of food record aged over 20 years (n = 24,527 individuals). The beverages wer...

Prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and birth weight in the BRISA cohort

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the effects of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy on the baby's birth weight. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study with 5,024 mothers and their newborns using a Brazilian birth cohort study. In the proposed model, estimated by s...

Exposure to intimate partner violence and malnutrition among young adult Bangladeshi women: cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample

Abstract: This study explores the relationship between malnutrition and intimate partner violence (IPV) among 1,086 young adult Bangladeshi women aged 15-24 years using a cross-sectional data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS). About one-third (33.4%) young adult women experienced ...

Preconceito relacionado ao peso na conduta nutricional: um estudo com estudantes de nutrição

Resumo: A obesidade está relacionada a problemas psicossociais como estigma, discriminação e preconceito. Estudos verificaram que nutricionistas e estudantes de nutrição apresentam atitudes negativas e preconceito em relação aos indivíduos com obesidade. O estudo avaliou a existência de preconce...

Obesidade adulta nas nações: uma análise via modelos de regressão beta

Resumo: A obesidade é considerada um grave problema de saúde pública, por se tratar de uma doença epidêmica de grande repercussão no cenário mundial e que está relacionada ao desenvolvimento de outras doenças crônicas, como, por exemplo, hipertensão, diabetes e doenças cardiovasculares. Diant...

Waist circumference percentile curves as a screening tool to predict cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome risk in Brazilian children

The goals of this study were to develop reference values for waist circumference (WC) in Brazilian children between 6-10 years old and to evaluate the WC performance in predicting cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. This is a population-based epidemiological cross-secti...