Results: 51

Modelo preclínico de obesidad basado en alimentos altamente procesados y de alta palatabilidad

Poblac. salud mesoam; 19 (2), 2022
Resumen Introducción: el alarmante incremento de la obesidad en todo el mundo y en Costa Rica responde principalmente a modificaciones en la composición de la dieta habitual de las personas. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo implementar un protocolo de alimentación formulado a partir de al...

Tiempo dedicado a actividades físicas de diferente intensidad y su relacion con variables antropométricas y grasa corporal en escolares costarricenses

Actual. nutr; 23 (2), 2022
Introducción: La realización de actividad física es de relevancia en la prevención del sobrepeso y la obesidad infantil. Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre el tiempo que dedican escolares costarricenses a actividades físicas de diferentes intensidades con variables antropométricas y con el p...

Índice de masa corporal, peso ideal y porcentaje de grasacorporal en personas de diferentes grupos etarios

El objetivo es comparar el IMC con el porcentaje de grasa corporal y el peso ideal, para complementar el IMC en el diagnóstico de obesidad, de un grupo de adultos. Métodos: estudio descriptivo, transversal, prospectivo y correlacional, en una muestra de 797 adultos con edad entre 17 y 96 años, atendid...

Valor diagnóstico de indicadores antropométricos para sobrepeso y obesidad
Diagnostic value of anthropometric indicators for overweight and obesity

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 72 (1), 2022
La obesidad se define por un exceso de masa grasa, sin embargo, hay otros indicadores antropométricos que pueden ser útiles para el diagnóstico de sobrepeso u obesidad; Objetivo. Determinar la exactitud diagnóstica del índice de masa corporal (IMC), circunferencia de la cintura (CC) e índice de for...

Referencias de índice de masa corporal. Precisión diagnóstica con área grasa braquial en escolares argentinos
Body mass index references. Diagnostic accuracy with the upper-arm fat area in Argentine schoolchildren

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 72 (1), 2022
El índice de masa corporal (IMC) es una eficaz herramienta para detectar la sobrecarga ponderal en niños y adolescentes, asociado a la adiposidad corporal. Objetivo. Analizar la concordancia, sensibilidad y especificidad de tres referencias internacionales de IMC/edad (OMS, IOTF y CDC) para diagnostica...

Body fat distribution and its risk for cardiovascular events in 10 years: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Body fat distribution seems to have different effects in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We aimed to estimate the associations between lower limbs and trunk fat ratio and the 10-year CVD risk, and isolated risk factors in men and women. A total of 10,917 participants from ELSA-Brasil were eligible for thi...

Association of cigarette and water-pipe smoking with increased visceral adiposity, glycemic intolerance and hematological derangement in Iraqi healthy smokers

Abstract The present study aims to investigate the impacts of cigarette smoking (CS) and water-pipe smoking (WPS) on the visceral adiposity index (VAI), hematological characteristics, and glycemic tolerance in Iraqi healthy smokers. A total of 528 healthy males from different locations of Baghdad city w...

Association of aerobic fitness and body composition in people with down syndrome

ABSTRACT People with Down Syndrome (DS) present metabolic differences when compared to the general population, which ends up at a higher prevalence of overweight and lower rates of aerobic fitness. The aim of this study was analysing the association of aerobic fitness and body composition in individuals ...

Decreased body-fat accumulation and increased vasorelaxation to glyceryl trinitrate in middle-aged male rats following six-weeks consumption of coconut milk protein

Abstract We investigated whether coconut milk protein (CMP) contributes to the beneficial effects of coconut milk consumption on cardiovascular health markers previously found in middle-aged rats. CMP was isolated and precipitated from dried fresh coconut milk, then gavaged (1 g/kg) to middle-aged male r...

Profile for body fat percentage of Serbian working population, aged from 18 to 65, measured by multichannel bioimpedance method

Int. j. morphol; 39 (6), 2021
SUMMARY: Obesity prevalence and trends of PBF related to age were defined on a sample of 8100 people among whom, 4955 were male (Age = 31.2 ± 10 yr) and 3145 were female (Age = 32.1 ± 11.3 yr). Body structure measurements were performed using a standardized method of multichannel bioimpedance analysis ...