Introducción: La modificación en los patrones de sueño incrementa la susceptibilidad para la ganancia de peso. Objetivo: Estimar la asociación entre la calidad y la cantidad de horas de sueño por noche con el Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) en adolescentes universitarios mexicanos. Materiales y méto...
Aims: to describe the prevalence of overweight, obesity and lifestyle factors among health professionals from three Brazilian cities. Methods: in addition to a questionnaire containing the FIT and PAR-Q test, the WHOQOL and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, we also estimated the body mass index and waist cir...
Objetivo: determinar el mantenimiento del peso e índice de masa corporal en un corto plazo en pacientes entre 18 y 81 años de edad, que asistieron a tratamiento integral para sobrepeso y obesidad en consulta médica especializada Materiales y Métodos: el diseño del estudio es de tipo descriptivo ob...
Objective. This work sought to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity conditions and the associated factors in nursing students in a public university in Medellín, Colombia. Methodology. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2015. The study selected 171 participants throug...
Objective.To evaluate the effects of educational software to improve first grade school students' knowledge about prevention of overweight and obesity. Methods. This non-controlled trial with a before-and-after evaluation was carried out in an school located in the municipality of Divinópolis (Brazil) a...
Objective.To evaluate the risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, at the Childhood Obesity Center, in Campina Grande, Brazil, with the records of 208 children and adolescents, between three an...