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Built and social environments and overweight among Brazilian adults from medium...
Domingos,Ana Luiza Gomes; Hermsdorff,Helen Hermana Miranda; Mendes,Larissa Loures; Oliveira,Fernando Luiz Pereira de; Oliveira,Anderson Castro Soares deAbstract A cross-sectional study enrolled participants from the CUME project (n = 289) who lived in Viçosa, Brazil. The neighborhood unit adopted was the buffer (200 meters), considering the participant’s residence as central point. We measure the number of public and private facilities inside the buffer as well as violent criminal occurrences. Food establishments were categorized into establishments with predo...
Discriminatory power of nutritional indicators on detection of increased glucose
Domingos,Ana Luiza Gomes; Fajardo,Virgínia Capistrano; Freitas,Silvia Nascimento de<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To compare the discriminatory power of anthropometric indices and body composition in the detection of increased fasting glucose in elderly women.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> This cross-sectional study was conducted with 144 elderly women of a group of seniors from a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Measures evaluated were body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), percentage body fat (%BF) by b...