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Influence of parents and physical education teachers in adolescent physical activity
(2015)
El objetivo del estudio fue analizar la influencia de los padres y los profesores de Educación Física en la Actividad Física extracurricular de los adolescentes. Los datos fueron obtenidos del Sistema Chileno de Medición ...
Ratio cintura-estatura y riesgo de síndrome metabólico en adolescentes chilenos
(2015)
Objetivos: El propósito de este estudio fue: i)analizar la prevalencia del riesgo de sufrir Síndrome Metabólico (SM) mediante la Relación Cintura-Estatura (RCE) en una muestra de adolescentes chilenos representativa a nivel ...
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 ...
Association between dietary habits and the presence of overweight/obesity in a sample of 21,385 Chilean adolescents
(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 ...
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 ...
Waist circumferences of chilean students: Comparison of the CDC-2012 standard and proposed percentile curves
(2015)
The measurement of waist circumference (WC) is considered to be an important means to control overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The objectives of the study were to (a) compare the WC measurements of Chilean ...