Browsing by Subject "Obesity"
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(Cambridge University Press, 2022)Objective: Childhood obesity is considered one of the most important public health problems around the world. Chile is currently one of the Latin American countries with a high prevalence of childhood obesity. Given that ...
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(Wiley, 2021)Following a 2019 workshop led by the Center for Global Health Studies at the Fogarty International Center on the topic of childhood obesity prevention and research synergies transpiring from cross-border collaborations, ...
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(Mary Ann Liebert, 2017)BACKGROUND: The mechanism leading to the development of metabolic complications in obese individuals is not fully understood. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine differences in insulin resistance, inflammation, ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Obesity-associated insulin-resistance is set by a chronic inflammatory state established in the adipose tissue. Chilean native fruits calafate (CA) and maqui (MA) berries present remarkable anti-inflammatory ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2003)Se realizó un estudio de carácter analítico, de casos y controles de modalidad pareada que involucró una muestra de 142 familias de preescolares beneficiarios de JUNJI, asistentes a los jardines infantiles de las comunas ...
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(2006)Background: Recently, the cut-off point for normal fasting glucose (FG) level, was decreased to 100 mg/dl. Aim: To determine the frequency of abnormal carbohydrate abnormalities in children with obesity and evaluate if the ...
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(2009)Background: Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. In Latin America, 10% to 35% of the population is obese. Obese critically ill patients are at greater risk for requiring intubation and prolonged mechanical ...
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(American Public Health Association, 2020)Objectives. To study changes in food advertising on television after Chile's food marketing restriction was implemented in June 2016. Methods. Food advertisements shown between 6 AM and 12 AM on the 4 primary broadcast ...
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(Wiley, 2021)The food environment is a major contributor to unhealthy diets in children and, therefore, to the increasing rates of obesity. Acclaimed by scholars across the world, Latin American countries have been leaders in ...
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(2012)Background: The Chilean population has inadequate lifestyles and high prevalence of chronic diseases. Aim: To analyze eating behaviors, nutritional status and history of previous diseases, in students of higher education. ...
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(Aula Médica, 2016)Gallbladder cancer is the most malign neoplasm of the binary tract. Chile presents the third highest prevalence of gallbladder cancer in the Americas, being Chilean women from the city of Valdivia the ones with the highest ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2016)© 2016, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Gallbladder cancer is the most malign neoplasm of the biliary tract. Chile presents the third highest prevalence of gallbladder cancer in the Americas, being Chilean women ...
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(John Wiley, 2019)Background: While the genetic contribution to obesity is well established, few studies have examined how genetic variants influence standardized body mass index Z-score (BMIz) in Hispanics/Latinos, especially across ...
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(2005)This review focuses on methodological aspects and main results of different family studies that have been conducted to assess the existence of a genetic contribution in human obesity. A genetic component in the etiology ...
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(SBEM-Soc Brasil Endocrinologia & Metabologia, 2021)Objective: To study the association of SLC16A11 gene variants with obesity and metabolic markers in nondiabetic Chilean adults. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 263 nondiabetic adults. The ...
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(Elsevier, 2018)Objectives: We examined if the guidelines for gestational weight gain (GWG) proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) are the most suitable for Chilean women. Study design: Secondary analysis of records of single ...
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(MDPI, 2021)Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a public health challenge that must be addressed considering the large number of risk factors involved in its appearance. Some environmental risk factors are currently described as ...
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(2012-02)Introduction: Obese adolescents have higher cardiovascular risk (CVR). Intima-media thickness (IMT) detects early arterial vascular compromise. Objective: To evaluate whether obese adolescents have higher vascular ...
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Hábitos alimentarios, obesidad y calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en adolescentes chilenos (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)Background: Adolescence is considered a nutritionally vulnerable period of life, since their eating habits are influenced by factors that can promote the consumption of non-nutritious food. Aim: To analyze the relation ...
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(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2016)Objective: To analyse the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in healthy adolescents of low to middle socio-economic status and to study the influence of anthropometric, biological and lifestyle factors on the risk ...