ABSTRACT Objective To assess the association between breakfast omission, overweight/obesity, abdominal adiposity, and unhealthy lifestyle of low-income adolescents. Methods A cross-sectional population study involving 571 public school students aged between 15 and 19 years old. The habit of having brea...
ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the association of anthropometric parameters at birth, socioeconomic and biological variables, physical activity, and parental nutritional status with overweight and abdominal obesity in adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 39 public and priva...
Objetivo: Analisar a prevalência de obesidade abdominal e fatores associados em comunidades quilombolas do norte de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado em 2019, a partir de entrevistas estruturadas e mensuração do perímetro da cintura; empregou-se regressão de Poisson, sepa...
Abstract Objective: To assess fetal visceral adiposity and associated factors during pregnancy. Methods: Secondary analysis of prospective cohort data with 172 pairs (pregnant woman/fetus) treated at public health units. Anthropometric data, metabolic (glucose, glycated hemoglobin, insulin, insulin res...
Resumen Antecedentes: las enfermedades cardiovasculares son la principal causa de morbimortalidad mundial. La obesidad, sarcopenia, actividad física insuficiente y las conductas sedentarias impactan de manera sinérgica en el riesgo cardiovascular. Objetivo: evaluar el riesgo cardiovascular en relaci�...
Introducción: La obesidad está relacionada con un riesgo elevado de enfermedades no transmisibles. Una tendencia creciente en la prevalencia de la obesidad desde principios de la década de 1980 ha planteado una importante carga de salud de la población en todo el mundo. Objetivos: Determinar la ut...
Introducción: Existen parámetros antropométricos predictivos del riesgo de padecer diabetes mellitus que pueden correlacionarse, tal como el índice de masa corporal, el porcentaje de grasa corporal, el perímetro de la cintura y el porcentaje de grasa visceral. Objetivo: Establecer el riesgo poten...
Introdução: A lipodistrofia localizada em flancos está entre os problemas estéticos mais
procurados para tratamento. Dentre os procedimentos utilizados para tratar esta condição,
destaca-se a utilização da carboxiterapia e a drenagem linfática. Objetivo: Avaliar a associação
da carboxiterapia ...
Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is defined by the presence of obesity, fundamentally central, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia; Objective: To characterize patients with metabolic syndrome from the clinical and epidemiological points of view. Methods: A descriptive and prospective...
ABSTRACT Objective We investigated the association between demographic, socio-economic, perinatal, parental and lifestyle-related factors with general and abdominal obesity among prepubertal children aged 6 to 8 years in a Southeastern city of Brazil. Subjects and methods A total of 486 children were...
