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Unhealthy weight control behaviors, disordered eating, and body image dissatisfaction in adolescents from São Paulo, Brazil

Objective: To identify the frequency of disordered eating (DE) and unhealthy weight control behaviors (UWCB) among adolescents and associations with age, sex, actual weight status, perceived weight status, and body image dissatisfaction. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 1,156 adolescents. DE was assess...

Markers of inflammation and insulin resistance in dogs before and after weight loss versus lean healthy dogs

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (4), 2020
Chronic low-grade inflammation in obesity is characterized by an increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines that contribute to insulin resistance. For this study body composition, markers of inflammation and of insulin resistance in dogs before and after weight loss were compared to those of lean...

Porcentaje de grasa corporal en adolescentes asociado con conductas alimentarias de riesgo, hogar y sexo

Salud pública Méx; 62 (1), 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Determinar la asociación de las conductas alimentarias de riesgo (CAR) y el hogar con el porcentaje de grasa corporal (PGC) en los adolescentes, modificado por sexo. Material y métodos: Se analizó la información de una cohorte de 2 388 adolescentes de Morelos, México, de 2004 ...

Effects of curcumin on cardiovascular risk factors in obese and overweight adolescent girls: a randomized clinical trial

Säo Paulo med. j; 137 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Obese adolescents are at higher risk of development of cardiovascular risk factors and obesity in later life. Dietary intake of antioxidants, particularly curcumin, as an active ingredient of turmeric extract, may have noticeable effects on obesity and its important complications s...

Concentración de adiponectina posterior a reducción de masa corporal en un grupo de mujeres obesas premenopáusicas en Lima, Perú
Adiponectin concentration after a body mass reduction in a group of premenopausal obese women living in Lima, Peru

Horiz. méd. (Impresa); 19 (2), 2019
Objetivo: Investigar el cambio en la concentración de adiponectina circulante en plasma en 23 mujeres obesas premenopáusicas de la ciudad de Lima luego de la reducción de la masa corporal como resultado de un programa de actividad física aeróbica y una dieta baja en calorías.Material...

Risk behavior for bulimia among adolescents

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the risk behavior for bulimia among female adolescents from public and private high schools. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a random sample of 850 female students aged 15-18 years was carried out in a city in northeastern Brazil, using the Bulimic Investigatory T...

Very low-calorie diet in candidates for bariatric surgery: change in body composition during rapid weight loss

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the changes in the body composition of morbidly obese patients induced by a very low-calorie diet. METHODS: We evaluated 120 patients selected from a university hospital. Body composition was assessed before and after the diet provided during hospitalization, and changes in weight,...

Relationship between adiponectin and leptin on osteocalcin in obese adolescents during weight loss therapy

ABSTRACT Objectives: Obesity is a multifactorial disease characterized by the presence of the pro-inflammatory state associated with the development of many comorbidities, including bone turnover marker alterations. This study aimed to investigate the role of the inflammatory state on bone turnover mark...

Dietary supplementation with camu-camu and continuous exercises in the treatment of obesity

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 31 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective The goal of this study were to investigate the effects of continuous exercise with/or without the ingestion the Camu-camu pulp in a rat model of obesity. Methods Neonate male Wistar rats, receiving monosodium glutamate, subcutaneously were separated into foour groups: sedentary group...

Weight-teasing: does body dissatisfaction mediate weight-control behaviors of Brazilian adolescent girls from low-income communities?

The objective was to examine the mediation hypothesis of body dissatisfaction and analyze their association with weight-teasing and body satisfaction. A total of 253 girls who attended 10 schools from São Paulo, Brazil, participated in this study. Data collection was carried out through a validated and ...