This study addressed the use of educational technology as a strategy for health education among the teenagers in the school. Data collection occurred between April and May of 2007 in a public school in the city of Fortaleza-CE, through a cycle of four educational workshops held with 30 teenagers. The workshops had the intent to promote discussion / action from the participants on the themes: sexuality, gender, ...
Objetivo: avaliar o perfil lipídico de uma população de estudantes universitários. Método: estudo transversal, realizado com 702 alunos, de ambos os gêneros, matriculados nos diversos cursos de uma universidade pública de Fortaleza, CE. Os dados sociodemográficos e os relativos aos hábitos de vida foram coletados mediante questionário autopreenchido. A coleta sanguínea foi realizada em um laboratório de análise...
OBJECTIVE: to relate neck circumference with metabolic syndrome and its criteria among college students. METHOD: cross-sectional study conducted with 702 college students in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil from September 2010 to June 2011. Socio-demographic data, waist circumference and neck circumference were collected together with blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, triglyceride levels, and HDL-C. RESULTS: 1.7% of th...
In recent years, the metabolic syndrome has aroused profound interest and debate in the scientific community. The epidemiological ascent of this disorder occurs in a wide range of populations and age groups, in addition to its capacity to aggregate various risk factors for cardiovascular illnesses, such as increased anthropometric measures, atherogenic dyslipidemias, systemic arterial hypertension, alterations ...
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the lipid profile in a population of university students. METHODS: cross-sectional study with 702 students, of both genders enrolled in various courses at a public university in Fortaleza-CE. The demographic data and data on lifestyle habits were collected through a self-administered questionnaire. The blood collection was performed in a clinical laboratory. RESULTS: showed a predominantl...