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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portugal: results from the First Portug...
Gaio, Vânia; Antunes, Liliana; Namorado, Sónia; Barreto, Marta; Gil, Ana; Kyslaya, Irina; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Santos, Ana; Bøhler, LinnObesity is recognised as a serious public health issue, due to its associated morbidity and mortality. This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Portuguese population through direct measurements obtained by the 1st National Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015) and to identify its associated sociodemographic factors. INSEF was a nationally representative cross-sectional pre...
Changes in the salivary protein profile of morbidly obese women either previous...
Lamy, Elsa; Simões, Carla; Rodrigues, Lénia; Rodrigues Costa, Ana; Vitorino, Rui; Amado, Francisco; Antunes, Célia; do Carmo, IsabelSaliva is a non-invasive source of biomarkers useful in the study of physiological mechanisms. Moreover, this fluid has diverse functions, among which food perception and ingestion, making it particularly suitable for the study of obesity. The aims of this study were to assess changes in salivary proteome among morbidly obese women, with a view to provide information about mechanisms potentially related to the ...
Promoting Sustainable Behavior Change in Body Weight Control
Camolas, José; Santos, Osvaldo; Moreira, Pedro; do Carmo, IsabelThere is a wide acknowledgement of obesity as a relevant clinical entity. Such relevance can be inferred by the huge worldwide amount of research and related health promotion and clinical efforts. Though the evidence sustains some cues for the therapeutic success, the overall long-term effectiveness of obesity treatment tends to be not so satisfactory. Scientific literature is not unequivocal in key areas of nu...
Intra-gastric ballon in the treatment of morbid obesity.
Carvalho, Ma Raquel; Jorge, Zulmira; Nobre, Ema; Dias, Teresa; Cortez-Pinto, Helena; Machado, Mariana V; Camolas, José; Neves, Sílvia; Guerra, AnabelaIntragastric balloon is a temporary treatment for weight loss with proven safety and efficacy when associated with lifestyle intervention. It is indicated in the super--obese who are candidates for bariatric surgery to lose weight and to reduce their high surgical risk. Our aim was to retrospectively evaluate the results of the patients in whom this device was inserted during a three-year period from the beginn...
Guia de Avaliação do Estado Nutricional Infantil e Juvenil
Rito, Ana Isabel; do Carmo, Isabel; Breda, JoãoCiente de que Portugal é actualmente um dos países com maior prevalência de obesidade infantil, o Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP, publicou o “Guia de Avaliação do Estado Nutricional Infantil e Juvenil”, em colaboração com o Conselho Científico da Plataforma contra a Obesidade da Direcção-Geral da Saúde. Reconhecida a forte associação entre obesidade e morbilidade cardiometabólica, já em id...
Validade do auto-relato do peso e da altura na avaliação do índice de massa cor...
Santos, Osvaldo; do Carmo, Isabel; Camolas, José; Vieira, JoãoO uso de valores de peso e altura auto-relatados para cálculo do índice de massa corporal (IMC) é comum na investigação biomédica. Contudo, existe tendência para subestimação do peso e sobreestimação da altura auto-relatados. Destes desvios resulta um IMC auto-relatado subestimado e, consequentemente, estimativas de menor prevalência de pré-obesidade e de obesidade, especialmente entre populações femininas e id...
Overweight and obesity in Portugal: national prevalence in 2003–2005
do Carmo, Isabel; dos Santos, Osvaldo; Camolas, José; Vieira, João; Carreira, Mário; Medina, Luís; Reis, Lima; Myatt, John; Galvão-Teles, AlbertoObesity is an endemic health problem in most developed countries, requiring serious public health attention. The first Portuguese nationwide representative survey about obesity (with objective anthropometric measurement) was undertaken from 1995 to 1998. This paper presents data coming from the second and most recent nationwide representative study of obesity, with objective measurement of weight, height, waist...
Prevalence of obesity in Portugal
do Carmo, Isabel; dos Santos, Osvaldo; Camolas, José; Vieira, João; Carreira, Mário; Medina, Luís; Reis, Lima; Galvão-Teles, AlbertoObesity is a serious health problem in developed countries. Knowledge of reliable and nationwide representative data is a must for any public health action. The dimension of this problem in Portugal was first assessed in 1995–1998. A similar populational survey using objective anthropometric measures is now being conducted (field work started in January 2003). A total of 6411 subjects aged 18– 64 years old have...
In search of weight loss – a four-country survey on what people were doing for ...
Santos, Osvaldo; Sermeus, Guy; do Carmo, Isabel; Anelli, Marco; Kupers, Peter; Martin, EduardoPurpose. Overweight is one of the most prevalent public health problems of developed countries, implying complex and multi-approach community and individual preventive actions. Although this is a well known and documented issue in Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain, little is known on individual slimming behavior, including pathogenic behavior. This study, promoted and conducted by the main consumer association...