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Impacto do consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados na saúde de crianças, adolescentes e adultos: revisão de escopo

Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 37 (supl.1), 2021
O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar uma revisão de escopo da literatura acerca da associação entre o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados e desfechos em saúde. A busca foi realizada nas bases PubMed, Web of Science e LILACS. Foram elegíveis os estudos que avaliaram a associação entre o consumo...

Paternal obesity and its transgenerational effects on gastrointestinal function in male rat offspring

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (9), 2021
The interplay between obesity and gastrointestinal (GI) motility is contradictory, and the transgenerational influence on this parameter is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the GI function in a model of paternal obesity and two subsequent generations of their male offspring. Newborn male rats were treated w...

Utilidad del cuestionario corto BPAAT para medir la actividad física en una población cubana
Usefulness of the Short BPAAT Questionnaire for Measuring Physical Activity in a Cuban Population

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 31 (2), 2020
RESUMEN Introducción: El cuestionario abreviado de evaluación de la actividad física para la atención primaria (BPAAT, por sus siglas en inglés) se diseñó con el objetivo de evaluar las mismas dimensiones de actividad física que mide el cuestionario internacional de actividad física (IPAQ, por...

Prader-Willi syndrome: endocrine manifestations and management

ABSTRACT Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder caused by the absence of gene expression in the 15q11.2-q13 paternal chromosome. Patients with PWS develop hypothalamic dysfunction that can lead to various endocrine changes such as: obesity, growth hormone deficiency, hypogonadism, hypothyroidi...

The role of health-related behaviors in gestational weight gain among women with overweight and obesity: A cross-sectional analysis

Abstract Objective To evaluate the influence of health-related behaviors including food intake, physical activity, sleep time, smoking habits, stress, depression, and optimism on excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) among women with overweight and obesity. Methods A cross-sectional study was condu...

Caracterización clínico-etiológica y bioquímica de pacientes con ginecomastia

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 31 (1), 2020
RESUMEN Introducción: La ginecomastia define el aumento benigno del tamaño de la glándula mamaria en el hombre. Objetivo: Determinar las características clínicas, etiológicas y bioquímicas de los pacientes con diagnóstico de ginecomastia atendidos en el servicio de Cirugía General. Método:...

Insulin dysregulation in horses with induced obesity

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (1), 2020
Insulin deregulation (ID) is a central player in the pathophysiology of equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), which is associated with generalized and/or regional obesity. The objective of this experiment was to characterize the alterations in the hormonal profile in horses exposed to a hypercaloric diet. A t...

Sericin as treatment of obesity: morphophysiological effects in obese mice fed with high-fat diet

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the effects of sericin extracted from silkworm Bombyx mori cocoon on morphophysiological parameters in mice with obesity induced by high-fat diet. Methods Male C57Bl6 mice aged 9 weeks were allocated to one of two groups - Control and Obese, and fed a standard or hig...