Browsing by Subject "obesity"

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    • Perinatal androgen exposure and adipose tissue programming: Is there an impact on body weight fate? 
      Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Echiburú López, Bárbara; Crisosto King, Nicolás (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 Informa UK, Ltd. Obesity is a major concern in public health because it is one of the main risk factors for the development of non-transmissible chronic diseases. The fact that there is a clear sex dimorphism in ...
    • The obese child in the Intensive Care Unit. Update 
      Donoso F., Alejandro; Cordova L., Pablo; Hevia Juricic, María del Pilar; Arriagada S., Daniela (Soc. Argentina Pediatria, 2016)
      Given that childhood obesity is an epidemic, the frequency of critically-ill patients who are overweight or obese seen at intensive care units has increased rapidly. Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that secretes a ...
    • Trends in nutritional status and stature among school-age children in Chile 
      Muzzo, Santiago; Burrows, Raquel; Cordero, Jaime; Ramírez, Iván (2004)
      Objective We studied the prevalence of weight excess and short stature among school-age children in Chile over the past decade. Methods We designed a descriptive cross-sectional, school-based study to analyze nutritional ...