Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:55:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-12-01; OBJECTIVE. To analyze the agreement and accuracy of three body mass index cutoffs in the identification of excessive body fat and abdominal obesity in adolescents. METHODS. Cross-sectional analysis was carried out for which 807 adolescents of both sexes (11 to 17 years old) were recruited and their body...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:56:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-12-01; Background: The absence of critical values for the cardiovascular risk identification among Brazilian adolescents represents an important limitation. Objectives: To prepare critical values for the waist circumference and to analyze its efficiency in indicating increased values of the arterial pressure. ...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:58:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-08-01; Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina; Universidade do Oeste Paulista, San Pablo; Universidade Estadual Paulista, San Pablo; Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife; Universidade Estadual Paulista, San Pablo
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:48:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; Although changes have been observed in social relationships in the recent years, especially among younger generations, little evidence is available concerning factors associated with adolescents’ perceived social relationships. In this study we investigated the association between self-perceived social ...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:50:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-01-01; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Our aim was to analyze the joint association of parental characteristics and offspring obesity indicators with metabolic risk in adolescents. A cross-sectional study...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:51:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-12-01; Background: The relationship between physical activity and health care costs among adolescents is not yet clear in the literature. Objective: To analyze the relationship between physical activity and annual health care costs among adolescents. Methods: The present sample was composed of 85 adolescents o...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:36:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-01-01; Adolescence is an important period for the acquisition of bone mass, which can be enhanced by several factors. This study aimed examine the relationships of handgrip strength, free-fat mass, and fat mass with bone mineral density in adolescents. 118 adolescents (60 girls), aged 10 to 14 years, participa...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:35:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-12-01; The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren attending private schools in the town of Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. The sample comprised 1,215 male and female students with an age range of 10 to 17 years. Body mass and height measurements w...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:11:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-01-01; Objective: The aim of the study was to compare static muscular strength test performance between hypertensive and normotensive workers, considering the hypothesis that hypertensive individuals have lower strength than normotensive individuals. Methods: The participants consisted of 354 workers (246 men ...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T17:02:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-01-01; The objective of this study was to assess, in a sample composed by postmenopausal women, the agree-ment between physical activity time reported by short version of the IPAQ and measured by accelerom-eter in different intensities. The participants consisted of postmenopausal women aged ≥ 50 years (N = 60...