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Youth overweight/obesity and its relationship with cardiovascular disease and p...
Francesquet,Martina; Silva,Priscila Tatiana da; Schneiders,Letícia de Borba; Silveira,João Francisco de Castro da; Soares,Silvana SilveiraABSTRACT Objective The prevalence of overweight and obesity is gradually increasing in both developed and developing countries. Obesity, for instance, can present multifactorial causes that interact with each other. Among the important factors, parental obesity plays a prominent role in the onset of obesity during childhood and teenage years through genetics and ambient aspects. This study aims to verify the po...
CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE COMMUTING TO SCHOOL
Burgos,Miria Suzana; Tornquist,Debora; Tornquist,Luciana; Reuter,Cézane Priscila; Garcia,Edna Linhares; Renner,Jane Dagmar PolloABSTRACT Objective: To verify if there is an association between cardiometabolic risk factors and active daily commuting to school among children and adolescents. Methods: A total of 1,743 schoolchildren aged 7 to 17 years old were evaluated in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul (RS). The way of commuting to school was investigated with a questionnaire, and the cardiometabolic risk factors analyzed were body mass in...
Association between overweight and obesity in schoolchildren with rs9939609 pol...
Reuter,Cézane Priscila; Burgos,Miria Suzana; Bernhard,Joana Carolina; Tornquist,Debora; Klinger,Elisa Inês; Borges,Tássia SilvanaAbstract Objective: To determine the association between overweight/obesity in schoolchildren with FTO rs9939609 polymorphism (fatmass and obesity associated) and family history of obesity. Methods: Cross-sectional study comprising a sample of 406 children aged 7-17 years in a city in southern Brazil. Overweight/obesity in schoolchildren was assessed by body mass index (BMI), and family history of obesity was s...
Obesity parameters as predictors of early development of cardiometabolic risk f...
Burgos,Miria Suzana; Reuter,Cézane Priscila; Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Renner,Jane Dagmar Pollo; Tornquist,LucianaAbstractThe scope of this study was to verify the association between different overweight and obesity parameters and the metabolic risk profile among school-age students. The randomized cross-sectional study included 1254 children and adolescents, aged 7 to 17, from a city in southern Brazil. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and percentage of fat (PF), measured at the triceps and based on subsca...