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Desarrollo de ecuaciones y propuesta de valores referenciales para estimar la masa grasa de niños y adolescentes chilenos
(2017)
Introducción. La evaluación de la composición corporal es relevante para determinar el estado nutricional e identificar posibles riesgos para la salud.
Objetivo. a) Desarrollar ecuaciones de regresión para predecir la ...
Confiabilidad de un cuestionario que valora la actividad física en adolescentes normopeso y con exceso de peso
(2015)
Introducción: En los últimos años se ha reportado altos niveles de obesidad relacionados con bajos niveles de actividad física, lo que muestra la necesidad de su valoración como elementos de la salud y calidad de vida. ...
Accuracy of body mass index cutoffs for classifying obesity in chilean children and adolescents
(2016)
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 ...
Referencial values for the physical growth of school children and adolescents in Campinas, Brazil
(2014)
Aims: To compare the values of weight, height and IMC with the regional curve (Cariri); to compare with the international references of the CDC-2000; and to construct references that will measure physical growth from ...
Linear and nonlinear relationships between body mass indexand physical fitness in Brazilian children and adolescents
(2017)
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the linear and curvilinear rela-tionship between body mass index (BMI) and physical fitness in children andadolescents.Methods: Participants were 4567 (2505 girls) ...
Secular trends of physical growth and abdominal adiposity of school children and adolescents living at a moderate altitude in Peru
(2017)
Objective: Identify changes in physical growth and abdominal adiposity at an interval of 14 yearsin children and adolescents living at a moderate altitude in Peru.Materials and Methods: The data comes from two cross-sectional ...
Weight, height and body mass index of children and adolescents living at moderate altitude in Colombia
(2018)
Introduction. There is increasing concern over the study of physical growth in different regions of the world, although altitude is not considered an adjustment factor. Objectives. Compare physical growth variables and ...
Hand grip strength and maximum peak expiratory flow: determinants of bone mineral density of adolescent students
(2018)
Background: Maintaining and building healthy bones during the lifetime requires a complicated interaction between a number of physiological and lifestyle factors. Our goal of this study was to analyze the association between ...
Normative data for handgrip strength in children and adolescents in the Maule Region, Chile: Evaluation based on chronological and biological age
(2018)
Background: Hand grip strength (HGS) is associated with a number of causes resulting in cardiovascular death, in addition to bone fragility, and the presence of sarcopenia. The goal of our study was to analyze HGS of ...
Reference norms for evaluating maximum expiratory flow of children and adolescents of the Maule Region in Chile
(2018)
Background: The norms for evaluating the maximum expiratory flow (MEF) usually are developed according to chronological age and height. However, to date, little research has been conducted using reference values that take ...