Browsing by Subject "Adolescents"

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    • Adiposidad visceral y su asociación con lípidos séricos e insulinemia en adolescentes obesas 
      Neri, Daniela; Espinoza, Aníbal; Bravo, Aurora; Rebollo, M. Jesús; Moraga, Francisco; Mericq, Verónica; Castillo Durán, Carlos (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2007-03)
      Increased visceral or abdominal adipose tissue in children and adults is strongly associated with metabolic and a variety of chronic diseases. Aim: To study the association between visceral or external body measurements ...
    • Adolescents’ perception of dietary behaviour in a public school in Chile: a focus groups study 
      Vio, F.; Olaya, M.; Yáñez, M.; Montenegro, E. (BMC, 2020)
      BackgroundThe objective of this study was to assess dietary behavior among sixth- to eighth-grade students to inform the delivery and content of nutrition education.MethodsThis was a qualitative study through focus groups. ...
    • Evaluating the impact of Chile’s marketing regulation of unhealthy foods and beverages: preschool and ... 
      Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R.; Correa, Teresa; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Smith Taillie, Lindsey (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
      Objective: To evaluate the effects of Chile's 2016 regulation restricting child-directed marketing of products high in energy, saturated fats, sodium and sugars on reducing children's exposure to 'high-in' television food ...
    • High cardiometabolic risk in healthy Chilean adolescents: associations with anthropometric, biological and ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, Sheila (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 ...
    • Low muscle mass is associated with cardiometabolic risk regardless of nutritional status in adolescents: a ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, S. (Wiley, 2017)
      BackgroundIncreased cardiometabolic risk (CMR) is documented in obese and non-obese adolescents with low muscular fitness. However, the association of low muscle mass (LMM) with CMR, independent of weight status, has not ...
    • Mechanisms linking childhood weight status to metabolic risk in adolescence 
      Martínez, Suzanna M.; Blanco, Estela; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Lozoff, Betsy; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Obesity is a risk factor for insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic disease. Objective To examine potential metabolic pathways linking childhood weight status to adolescent IR and metabolic risk. Methods Participants ...
    • Misreporting of energy intake is related to specific food items in low-middle income chilean adolescents 
      Martínez Arroyo, Angela Graciela; Duarte Batista, Luis; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila Luz; Fisberg, Regina Mara (MDPI, 2022)
      Background: Misreporting of energy intake (EI) in self-reported dietary assessment is inevitable, and even less is known about which food items are misreported by low-middle income adolescents. We evaluated the prevalence ...
    • Obesity is associated with acute inflammation in a sample of adolescents 
      Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Quintanilla, Cristina; Burrows, Raquel; Blanco, Estela; Cifuentes, Mariana; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2015)
      Background: Obesity is associated with a mild chronic inflammatory response, which has been suggested to be pivotal in the development of cardiometabolic alterations of obesity. However, little is known about the involvement ...
    • Obesogenic environment - intervention opportunities 
      Fisberg, Mauro; Maximino, Priscila; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Kovalskys, Irina (Soc Brasil Pediatria, 2016)
      Objectives: To evaluate environmental obesogenic-related factors, such as physical activity in neighborhoods and schools, nutritional behavior, and intervention programs. Sources: Critical analysis of literature with ...
    • Prepubertal Adiposity, Vitamin D Status, and Insulin Resistance 
      Cediel, Gustavo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; López de Romaña, Daniel; Mericq, Verónica; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Amer Acad Pediatrics, 2016)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the following from prepuberty to the puberty-onset: (1) changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25[OH]D), adiposity, and insulin resistance (IR); (2) the effect of prepubertal adiposity on serum 25(OH)D ...
    • Snacking quality is associated with secondary school academic achievement and the intention to enroll in ... 
      Correa Burrows, Paulina; Rodríguez Letelier, Yanina; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Burrows, Raquel (MDPI, 2017-05)
      Although numerous studies have approached the effects of exposure to aWestern diet (WD) on academic outcomes, very few have focused on foods consumed during snack times. We explored whether there is a link between nutritious ...