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"Homo Caloricus": La construcción epistemológica del estigma lipofóbico en los discursos mediáticos de salud pública

Salud colect; 14 (3), 2018
RESUMEN El caso de la obesidad constituye, en México, un ejemplo emblemático sobre cómo prevalecen, en los mensajes emitidos por las campañas televisivas de salud pública, creencias fuertemente arraigadas en torno a la cuestión del peso corporal. El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue reflexiona...

Adipose tissue-derived stem cells: a new approach to the treatment of Crohn's disease-associated perianal fistulae

ABSTRACT Crohn's disease has an ever-increasing prevalence and incidence, with about 20% of patients developing perianal fistula with significant impact on their quality of life. Despite the medical and surgical treatments currently used, Crohn's-related fistula treatment continues to pose a challenge du...

Imagem corporal de adolescentes do sexo feminino e sua associação à composição corporal e ao comportamento sedentário

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar a imagem corporal e sua associação à composição corporal, indicadores antropométricos e comportamento sedentário de adolescentes do sexo feminino. Estudo transversal com adolescentes do sexo feminino de Viçosa, MG. A imagem corporal foi avaliada por meio ...

Trp64Arg polymorphism of the ADRB3 gene associated with maximal fat oxidation and LDL-C levels in non-obese adolescents

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 94 (4), 2018
Abstract Objective: To analyze the association between the Trp64Arg polymorphism of the ADRB3 gene, maximal fat oxidation rates and the lipid profile levels in non-obese adolescents. Methods: 72 schoolchildren, of both genders, aged between 11 and 17 years, participated in the study. The anthropometric...

Lean mass as a determinant of bone mineral density of proximal femur in postmenopausal women

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify which component of body composition (BC) has greater influence on postmenopausal women bone mineral density (BMD). Subjects and methods: Four hundred and thirty women undergoing treatment for osteoporosis and 513 untreated women, except for calcium and vitamin D. Multiple ...

Complejidad de la expresión de genes asociados a obesidad en el tejido adiposo humano

Rev. MED; 26 (1), 2018
Resumen Objetivo: Analizar la complejidad de la expresión génica en tejido adiposo de genes asociados con obesidad, mediante simulación computacional con diferentes herramientas bioinformáticas. Métodos: Después de una búsqueda bibliográfica en PubMed, se seleccionaron 37 genes asociados con ob...

Development and validation of anthropometric equations to estimate body composition in adult women

Colomb. med; 49 (2), 2018
Abstract Objective: To develop anthropometric equations to predict body fat percentage (BF%). Methods: In 151 women (aged 18-59) body weight, height, eight- skinfold thickness (STs), six- circumferences (CIs), and BF% by hydrodensitometry were measured. Subjects data were randomly divided in two group...

Effects of a high-fat diet on behavioral eating patterns

Acta colomb. psicol; 21 (1), 2018
Abstract Excessive consumption of high-fat food has been associated with increased prevalence of obesity. The physiological and metabolic effects of high-fat diets have been extensively studied. Nevertheless, the behavioral mechanisms associated with the development of obesity induced by consumption of t...

Relación entre consumo de oxígeno, porcentaje de grasa e índice de masa corporal en universitarios

Hacia promoc. salud; 23 (2), 2018
El VO2max es indicador de capacidad de trabajo e integridad del sistema cardiovascular. Objetivo: Correlacionar VO2max, porcentaje de grasa corporal, suma de pliegues cutáneos e IMC en estudiantes universitarios de Villavicencio, Colombia. Materiales y métodos: Estudio prospectivo, observacional, con a...

Proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells stimulated by oil rich in thymol of Lippia origanoides

Acta cir. bras; 33 (5), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effects of this thymol-rich oil in the proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells. Methods: Stem cells were isolated from human adipose tissue by liposuction. After the first passage, cells were cultivated in triplicate for three days in control medium a...