Browsing by Subject "Obesity"
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Accuracy of body mass index cutoffs for classifying obesity in chilean children and adolescents
Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Antonio
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Objective: To determine the accuracy of two international Body Mass Index (BMI) cut-offs for classifying obesity compared to the percentage of fat mass (%FM) assessed by Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) in a Chilean ...
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Anthropometry, dietary intake, physical activity and sitting time patterns in adolescents aged 15–17 years: an international comparison in eight Latin American countries
(2020)Background: Although there is high prevalence of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors among Latin American adolescents, there is limited evidence on dietary intake and physical activity (PA) patterns in this ...
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Aplicación de un árbol de decisión difusa con clasificación de ambigüedad para determinar el exceso de peso en escolares
; ; Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Antonio (2018)
La técnica del árbol de decisiones en las ciencias de la salud sirve para comprender las correlaciones entre las descripciones de los pacientes y para clasificar de forma precisa en diversas categorías. El objetivo del ...
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Are people with metabolically healthy obesity really healthy? A prospective cohort study of 381,363 UK Biobank participants
(2021)Aims/hypothesis: People with obesity and a normal metabolic profile are sometimes referred to as having ‘metabolically healthy obesity’ (MHO). However, whether this group of individuals are actually ‘healthy’ is uncertain. ...
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Asociación entre el polimorfismo rs9939609 del gen FTO y marcadores de adiposidad en población infantil chilena
(2020)La obesidad es una enfermedad inflamatoria donde la genética determina cierto nivel de riesgo. Aun cuando existen estudios que reportan asociación entre polimorfismos de FTO (fat-mass associated gene) y adiposidad, existe ...
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Association between air flow limitation and body composition in young adults
(2021)Background: Body composition (BC) influences respiratory system mechanics, provoking air flow limitation (AFL). The objective of this study was to determine the relationship of AFL in small- and medium-caliber airways with ...
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Association between dietary habits and the presence of overweight/obesity in a sample of 21,385 Chilean adolescents
Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Antonio; ; ; ; ; (2015)
Objetivos: El principal objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar las posibles asociaciones entre los hábitos dietéticos y la presencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en adolescentes Chilenos. Método: Para este trabajo se ...
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Association between different modes of travelling and adiposity in chilean population: findings from the chilean national health survey 2016–2017
(2020)Background: Active travel has been suggested as a feasible way of increasing physical activity levels. Although international studies have demonstrated its effect over different health outcomes and adiposity, there is still ...
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Association of leisure time and occupational physical activity with obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Chile
(2019)The aim of this study was to investigate the association between physical activity (PA), both occupational (OPA) and during leisure time (LTPA), with obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in Chilean adults. 5,157 ...
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Associations of six adiposity-related markers with incidence and mortality from 24 cancers—findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study
(2021)Background: Adiposity is a strong risk factor for cancer incidence and mortality. However, most of the evidence available has focused on body mass index (BMI) as a marker of adiposity. There is limited evidence on relationships ...
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Auto reporte de la velocidad de marcha y su asociación con marcadores de adiposidad y riesgo cardiovascular en Chile
(2020)Background: Walking speed is a strong predictor of non-communicable diseases and mortality. Aim: To investigate the association of self-reported walking pace with adiposity, metabolic and cardiovascular markers in the ...
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Body mass index and physical fitness in Brazilian adolescents
; ; ; Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Antonio; ; (2019)
Objective: Evaluate the relationship between body mass index and physical fitness in a cross-sectional sample of Brazilian youth. Methods: Participants were 3849 adolescents (2027 girls) aged 10–17 years. Weight and height ...
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Caracterización de los estilos de vida en dueñas de casa chilenas. Análisis de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2009-2010
(2019)Background: Housewives represent a important proportion of the Chilean population. However, there is limited evidence about their lifestyles. Aim: To characterize lifestyles and determine the level of compliance ...
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Changes over 15 years in the contribution of adiposity and smoking to deaths in England and Scotland
(2021)Background: For many years smoking has been the major threat to public health in developed countries. However, smoking prevalence has declined over a period when adiposity has increased. The aim of this study was to determine ...
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Combined association of general and central obesity with incidence and mortality of cancers in 22 sites
(2021)Background: Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are measures of general and central obesity, respectively, and both have been shown to be associated with cancer. However, there is insufficient evidence of ...
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Comparación de los niveles de actividad física medidos con cuestionario de autorreporte (IPAQ) con medición de acelerometría según estado nutricional
(2020)Background: It is unknown if nutritional status could influence the accuracy of self-reported physical activity (PA) levels. Aim: To compare PA measured using the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) and ...
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Construcción de un instrumento para valorar la actitud a la obesidad en adolescentes
Cossio-Bolaños, Marco Antonio; ; ; ; ; ; ; (2015)
Objetivos: a) validar una escala de actitud a la obesidad para adolescentes, b) verificar su capacidad de reproductibilidad y c) proponer baremos para su valoración en función de la edad y sexo. Sujetos y métodos: Se efectuó ...
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Consumo de azúcares totales y su asociación con obesidad en población chilena - Resultados del estudio GENADIO
(2020)Background: Sugar intake is a risk factor for the development of obesity. Aim: To investigate the association between total sugar intake and obesity markers in Chilean adults. Material and Methods: This ...
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Contribution of RAGE axis activation to the association between metabolic syndrome and cancer
; ; ; ; Rojas, Armando (2021)
Far beyond the compelling proofs supporting that the metabolic syndrome represents a risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, a growing body of evidence suggests that it is also a risk factor for different ...
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Descripción del estado nutricional de una muestra de estudiantes de un colegio particular subvencionado de la comuna de Padre las Casas, Región de la Araucanía - Chile
Vargas, Rodrigo; ; ; ; ; ; ; (2016)
En Chile la creciente prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad, en edad escolar están asociados a causas de tipo multifactorial. Presentando una asociación con las principales enfermedades crónicas no trasmisibles (ECNTS) de ...