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Relationship between body mass index and waist-to-height ratio in childhood

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there is an association between the body mass index z-score and waist-to-height ratio of children and adolescents. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a school in Santo André, SP, between June and August 2019. Body mass index was measured for a...

Evaluación del estado nutricional en población infantil del municipio de Pasto, Colombia
Evaluation of the nutritional state of children in Pasto municipality, Colombia

Introducción: En el campo de la salud pública la tendencia es priorizar el tema de la vigilancia nutricional en la población, a través del monitoreo del comportamiento del estado nutricional. Objetivo: Evaluar la situación nutricional en menores de 18 años del municipio Pasto en el periodo 2014-...

Sobrepeso, obesidad y conductas alimentarias en escolares de primaria, municipio Cruces, Cienfuegos
Overweight, obesity and eating behaviors in primary school children in Cruces municipality, Cienfuegos province

Introducción: La transición epidemiológica y nutricional del país se caracteriza por un aumento excesivo del peso corporal, asociado a un ambiente obesogénico que obliga a aplicar medidas encaminadas a lograr modificaciones dietéticas y conductuales. Objetivo: Describir el comportamiento del sob...

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among brazilian children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis

ABCS health sci; 46 (), 2021
The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Brazilian aged 5 to 19 years through systematic review and metaanalysis of data available in the literature. An electronic search was conducted for articles in the MedLine/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Scie...

Impacto de una intervención de educación prenatal en mujeres embarazadas para prevenir el sobrepeso en lactantes

Gac. méd. Méx; 157 (1), 2021
Resumen Introducción: Durante los primeros 1000 días de vida se establece la base para la salud futura de un niño. Objetivo: Evaluar el impacto de una intervención educativa prenatal en mujeres embarazadas sobre el estado nutricional del hijo desde el nacimiento hasta los cuatro meses de edad. Mé...

The association between body mass index and varicocele: A meta-analysis

Int. braz. j. urol; 47 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: Recently, several studies have found that obesity had a protective effect against varicocele, but no meta-analysis has confirmed this finding. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and varicocele. Material and Methods...

Association between breastfeeding and overweight/obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-14 years

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of breastfeeding (BF) and the association between occurrence/duration of BF and overweight/obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-14 years. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in 2012-2013, on schoolchildren aged 7-14 years from Florianópolis,...

Birth weight and overweight in adolescents: the erica project in the city of recife, pernambuco

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...

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...

Padrão de consumo de alimentos, excesso de peso e risco cardiovascular: uma análise transversal do Estudo Pró-Saúde, 2013

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 30 (4), 2021
Objetivo: Identificar o padrão de consumo e a associação entre excesso de peso e risco de doença cardiovascular. Métodos: Estudo transversal, com servidores da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, participantes do Estudo Pró-Saúde. O consumo alimentar foi investigado mediante questio...