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Asociación del índice de masa corporal y el autocontrol con la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en personas con sobrepeso/obesidad

Psychol. av. discip; 8 (1), 2014
El propósito de este trabajo fue identificar la asociación del autocontrol con la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y el papel que en ella pudiera tener el Índice de Masa Corporal (imc). Se realizó un estudio transversal predictivo. Participaron 273 adultos, usuarios de un centro de primer niv...

A corporate intervention on the health of employees: counting steps for health

Introduction Beside occupational health issues, personal health is also important for Alcoa, like overweight of employees, smoking, and healthy lifestyle. Alcoa has introduced a program to promote and enhance fitness and wellness of employees. This program is called GCC (Global Corporate Challenge). The ...

Factores de riesgo asociados a la macrosomía fetal

Rev. Nac. (Itauguá); 6 (1), 2014
RESUMEN Introducción: la macrosomía fetal define al recién nacido con peso igual o mayor a 4000 g. Esta puede asociarse a diferentes factores de riesgo, recogidos en los antecedentes de la paciente: IMC, diabetes materna, multiparidad, embarazo prolongado y los antecedentes de hijos macrosómicos ant...

Effects of an intervention strategy for school children aimed at reducing overweight and obesity within the State of Mexico

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Objective. This study explored the intervention effect of the "Nutrition on the Go" strategy on the prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW+O), according to the role played by different patterns. Materials and methods. Pattern Groups (PG) were determined based on schools' food availability and other var...

Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico
Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico.

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...

Overweight and Obesity in Southern Italy: their association with social and life-style characteristics and their effect on levels of biologic markers
Overweight and Obesity in Southern Italy: their association with social and life-style characteristics and their effect on levels of biologic markers.

BACKGROUND: In the last decades, overweight and obesity have been transformed from minor public health issues to a major threat to public health affecting the most affluent societies and also the less developed ones. OBJECTIVES: To estimate overweight-obesity prevalence in adults, their association with ...

Enfoque diagnóstico y terapéutico del paciente con obesidad

Med. U.P.B; 32 (2), 2013
La obesidad es un problema de salud pública, con prevalencia creciente en todo el mundo, que acarrea una importante morbimortalidad, lo cual ha llevado a su reconocimiento como entidad nosológica independiente. Colombia no escapa a esta situación y reporta una prevalencia de adultos obesos del 51.2% e...

Consumo de gordura saturada e excesso de peso em trabalhadores de uma indústria de Caxias do Sul, RS
Saturated fat consumption and overweight in workers of an industry of Caxias do Sul, RS

Hig. aliment; 27 (226/227), 2013
Considerando que o aumento da prevalência de excesso de peso, bem como o surgimento de outras doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, configuram um problema de saúde pública, uma Unidade de Alimentação e Nutrição (UAN) deve buscar adequação das refeições, além de promover educação nutricio...

Implementation of a colorectal laparoscopic surgical program: short-term outcomes and conversion rates

PURPOSE: although laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of colorectal diseases represents a major advance, it is currently performed in less than a third of patients undergoing colectomies. The aim of this study is to analyze the initial results of laparoscopic-assisted colorectal surgeries (LACS) perfo...

Avaliação do estado nutricional e de saúde de crianças e adolescentes do município de Belmiro Braga (MG)
Assessment of nutritional status and health of children and adolescents in the city of Belmiro Braga (MG)

HU rev; 39 (3/4), 2013
Objetivou neste estudo avaliar o perfil nutricional e as condições de saúde dos escolares, de maneira a identificar os grupos mais susceptíveis ao sobrepeso e à desnutrição, além da presença de parasitose causada por helmintos e/ou protozoários. Participaram do estudo 338 crianças, com idade e...