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Cross-sectional study of the dispensation of synthetic anorectic drugs in community pharmacies in the city of Cruz Alta - State of Rio Grande do Sul

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 50 (4), 2014
Obesity is defined as the excess adipose tissue in the body. Drugs responsible for inhibiting the appetite are called anorectics or appetite suppressants. Sibutramine, fenproporex and amfepramone belongs to this class, and are capable of causing physical or psychological dependence. The aim of this study...

Obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 50 (4), 2014
White adipose tissue (WAT) is considered an endocrine organ. When present in excess, WAT can influence metabolism via biologically active molecules. Following unregulated production of such molecules, adipose tissue dysfunction results, contributing to complications associated with obesity. Previous stud...

La seguridad alimentaria en México

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.1), 2014
El panorama de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en México se aborda a partir de los cuatro pilares que la componen: disponibilidad, acceso y uso de los alimentos, y estabilidad de la oferta, así como desde las dos caras de la malnutrición en México: obesidad y desnutrición. Los datos se analiz...

Evidences to validate public policies: a review with an international research perspective

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Nutrition and related health issues are nowadays topics of general interest. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased with alarming speed over the past twenty years, being described by the World Health Organization as a global epidemic. An evidence-based approach to public health interventi...

Cirurgia plástica pós-gastroplastia: perfil das deficiências nutricionais com implicações na cicatrização

Rev. bras. cir. plást; 29 (4), 2014
INTRODUÇÃO: Os cirurgiões plásticos têm recebido em seus consultórios e ambulatórios um número cada vez maior de pacientes com queixa de deformidade do contorno corporal após maciças perdas ponderais secundárias a cirurgias bariátricas. Todavia, em função das restrições alimentares e disa...

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...