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Association between blood pressure, body mass index, eating habits, and physical activity in adolescents

AIMS: This study sought to analyze blood pressure and its association with eating behavior, physical activity, and body mass index in high school students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed with high school students from midwestern Brazil. Blood pressure was measured according to the guideli...

Estado nutricional antropométrico e qualidade de vida em escolares com asma

OBJETIVOS: Investigar a relação entre estado nutricional antropométrico e qualidade de vida em escolares com asma. MÉTODOS: Estudo do tipo caso-controle com escolares de terceiro a oitavo ano do ensino fundamental no município de Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul. A primeira etapa constituiu-se de um estudo ...

Preoperative nutritional status and clinical complications in the postoperative period of cardiac surgeries

Abstract Objective: This study aims to assess the preoperative nutritional status of patients and the role it plays in the occurrence of clinical complications in the postoperative period of major elective cardiac surgeries. Methods: Cross-sectional study comprising 72 patients aged 20 years or older, ...

Evaluación nutricional en niños hospitalizados en un Servicio de Pediatría

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (5), 2016
Introducción: En niños hospitalizados la malnutrición está asociada a mayor morbimortalidad. Objetivo: Evaluar el estado nutricional de niños hospitalizados en el servicio de pediatría y su asociación con algunos factores. Pacientes y método: Estudio transversal retrospectivo. Se evaluaron menore...

Longitudinal assessment of nutritional risk in patients under chemo or radiotherapy

Summary Objective: To compare nutritional risk in adult patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the beginning, middle, and end of oncologic treatment. Method: This prospective, comparative study included 83 adult patients, 44 undergoing chemotherapy (CT group) and 39 undergoing radiotherap...

Growth curves in Down syndrome with congenital heart disease

SUMMARY Introduction: To assess dietary habits, nutritional status and food frequency in children and adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) and congenital heart disease (CHD). Additionally, we attempted to compare body mass index (BMI) classifications according to the World Health Organization (WHO) curve...

Increased ultrasensitive C-reactive protein is not associated with obesity in hospitalized heart failure patients

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the association between obesity and levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with heart failure admitted to a tertiary hospital. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a consecutive sampling of hospitalized patients with heart failure. Sociodemogra...

Circunferencia media de brazo en preescolares y escolares hospitalizados como valor predictivo de desnutrición aguda
Media arm circumference in school and preschool hospitalized as predictive value of acute malnutrition

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 66 (3), 2016
Se evaluó el poder predictivo de la circunferencia media de brazo para la identificación precoz de desnutrición aguda en niños preescolares y escolares hospitalizados en dos hospitales de Valencia, estado Carabobo. Se evaluaron 182 niños entre 2-10 años. Estado nutricional antropométrico calculado...

Ingesta alimentaria y estado nutricional de pacientes con enfermedad de chagas
Dietary intake and nutritional status of patients with Chagas disease

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 66 (3), 2016
La enfermedad de Chagas es una infección parasitaria que afecta a 17 millones de personas en Latinoamérica. Es aún desconocida la real influencia del efecto del estado nutricional y la ingesta alimentaria sobre la evolución de la enfermedad hacia la miocardiopatía chagásica crónica, así como los ...

Differences in nutritional status, physical activity, and fruit and vegetable consumption in urban and rural school-going adolescents in paute, ecuador

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 66 (3), 2016
Ecuador is undergoing a nutrition transition where overweight/obesity coexist with undernutrition. The objective of this study was to determine nutritional status, physical activity, fruit and vegetables consumption frequency among school-going adolescents in the canton of Paute and further explore if th...