Browsing by Subject "Body mass index"

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    • Body mass index, iron absorption and iron status in childbearing age women 
      Mujica Coopman, María; Brito, Alex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased at an alarming rate worldwide. Some studies have observed an association between iron (Fe) deficiency (ID) and obesity, however more research is needed. Objective: To ...
    • Comparación en autopercepción de la imagen corporal en estudiantes universitarios evaluados según Índice ... 
      Durán Aguero, Daniel; Beyzaga Medel, Carlos; Miranda Durán, Melisa (Asociación Española de Dietistas Nutricionistas, 2016)
      Introduction: Usually the correlation between BMI and body image is estimated but the correlation using another methodology is unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the self-perception of body image using BMI and ...
    • Consumption of ready-to-eat cereal is inversely associated with body mass index in 6-13 years old Chilean ... 
      Castillo Valenzuela, Oscar; Liberona Zúñiga, Jéssica; Dominguez de Landa, Angélica; Thielecke, Frank; Mondragón M., Mary; Rozowski Narkunska, Jaime; Cruchet Muñoz, Sylvia (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Background and aims: childhood obesity in Chile is a serious problem with the prevalence continuing to increase over the last decade, despite all governmental efforts to diminish it. Studies indicate that the consumption ...
    • Female infertility in the era of obesity: the clash of two pandemics or inevitable consequence? 
      Medenica, Sanja; Spoltore, María Elena; Ormazábal Leiva, Paulina Fernanda; Marina, Ljiljana V.; Sojatv, Antoan Stefan; Faggiano, Antongiulio; Gnessi, Lucio; Mazzilli, Rossella; Watanabe, Mikiko (Wiley, 2022)
      Obesity is an epidemic that has led to a rise in the incidence of many comorbidities: among others, reduced fertility is often under-evaluated in clinical practice. The mechanisms underlying the link between reduced fertility ...
    • Obesity leads to declines in motor skills across childhood 
      Cheng, J.; East, P.; Blanco, E.; Sim, E. Kang; Castillo, M.; Lozoff, B.; Gahagan, S. (Jonh Wiley, 2016)
      BackgroundPoor motor skills have been consistently linked with a higher body weight in childhood, but the causal direction of this association is not fully understood. This study investigated the temporal ordering between ...
    • Serum polyunsaturated fatty acids in infancy are associated with body composition in adolescence 
      Flannagan, Kerry; Gahagan, Sheila; Das, Arun; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Lozoff, Betsy; Villamor, Eduardo (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have been related to the development of adiposity. N-3 PUFA appears to be protective against obesity risk, while n-6 PUFA may be associated with greater adiposity. However, ...
    • Tendencia del desarrollo puberal en escolares de la Región Metropolitana de Chile: Menor edad de presentación, ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Ceballos S., Ximena; Burgueño, Medardo; Muzzo B., Santiago (2010)
      Background: There is a worldwide tendency towards an earlier appearance of puberal development among children, associated with an increase in weight and height. Aim: To study the trends in puberal development in Chilean ...