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Proposta metodológica para avaliação da insegurança alimentar e nutricional - estudo Brazuca Natal

A complexidade conceitual da Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) torna sua avaliação um desafio. Indicadores que incluam os componentes alimentar e nutricional e suas diferentes dimensões são necessários para complementar a dimensão do acesso medida pela Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alime...

Anthropometric and dietary assessment of patients with glycogenosis type i

ABSTRACT Objective: To perform anthropometric and dietary evaluation of patients with glycogenosis type Ia and Ib. Methods: This cross-sectional study is composed of a sample of 11 patients with glycogenosis divided into two subgroups according to the classification of glycogenosis (type Ia=5 and typ...

Responsiveness of upper limb scales and trunk control for the evolution of patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the interval of responsiveness to the scales Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo-BR), Performance of Upper Limbs (PUL), and Jebsen Taylor Test (JTT) in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Methods: We assessed patients with DMD aged 6 to 19 years old...

Metabolic control and body composition of children and adolescents with phenylketonuria

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize metabolic control and verify whether it has any relation with socioeconomic, demographic, and body composition variables in children and adolescents with phenylketonuria (PKU) diagnosed in the neonatal period. Methods: This cohort study collected retrospective data...

Which anthropometric measures best identify excess weight in older adults?

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of and factors associated with excess weight in older adults according to body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WtHR), as well as to measure the differences between the prevalences estimated by WC and WtHR in relation to BMI. MET...

Performance, metabolic, hemodynamic, and perceived exertion in the six-minute step test at different heights in a healthy population of different age groups

Motriz (Online); 27 (), 2021
Abstract Aim: This study aimed to compare the performance, metabolic, hemodynamic, and perceived exertion during the 6-minute step test (6MST) conducted with different step heights in healthy subjects and also to compare the performance between different age groups for each step height. The association ...

Relationship between schoolchildrens levels of physical activity, anthropometric indices and pulmonary function

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate and to correlate levels of physical activity with the pulmonary function of children with and without a diagnosis of asthma. Methods: This study was conducted in two phases with schoolchildren aged between eight and 16 years old in Porto Alegre/RS. In the first phase (...

Nutritional status in children with cancer: comparison of deuterium oxide dilution with bioelectric impedance analysis and anthropometry

ABSTRACT Objective: To explore changes in the nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients before and after chemotherapy and evaluate the correlation between deuterium oxide dilution, bioelectric impedance analysis, and anthropometry for assessment of body composition. Methods: This study included...

Associations between new and old anthropometric indices with type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of metabolic complications: a cross-sectional analytical study

Abstract Background Obesity can increase the risk of diabetes mellitus and complications associated with it. Objectives The aim of this study was to estimate the associations between new and old anthropometric indices and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its metabolic complications. Met...

Relación entre la dimensión vertical oclusal y la longitud lineal del pabellón auricular
Relationship between occlusal vertical dimension and linear ear length

Rev. cuba. estomatol; 57 (4), 2020
Resumen Introducción: La dimensión vertical oclusal en algunos casos se altera y para predecirla se suelen utilizar métodos, tanto subjetivos como objetivos y entre los que se encuentran los antropométricos. Objetivo: Evaluar la correlación entre la longitud lineal del pabellón auricular y la di...