We analyzed the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity (AO) in school adolescents with different body proportions, from the city of Córdoba, Argentina. This is a cross-sectional study which included 614 adolescents (11-18 years old, mean age 13,9±2,1, 51.8% girls). Data were obtained from three public high schools of Córdoba during the period 2007-2014. Body proportion was estimated via the sitting-height ratio (SHR=sitting height/total height x 100), obtaining standardized sex- and age-specific Z scores, and quartiles (Q1-4) of these values. Overweight and obesity were calculated from the body mass index (BMI=weight(kg)/height(m)2], and were defined according to the references provided by the World Health Organization, obtaining sex- ...
Introducción: Los factores socioambientales desempeñan un papel esencial en la etiología del sobrepe...
The aim of this study was to estimate the influence of physical activities on body composition of ad...
OBJECTIVES: to compare overweight and obesity in preschool children, school children and adolescents...
Se analizó la prevalencia de obesidad general y abdominal (OA) en adolescentes escolares, con difere...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
Introducción: El objetivo fue determinar los factores de riesgo de obesidad en adolescentes mujeres ...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity in adolescents are experiencing, globally, a progressive increa...
Introduction: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school students and adoles...
Introduction: In the recent decades a rapid increase of excess weight has been observed. Difficultie...
This study assesses the evolution of underweight, stunting, overweight and obesity prevalence in sch...
Objective To identify the relationships between the characteristics of the persona-lity, eating habi...
Summary Background: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children has incr...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
The objective was to determine the prevalence of global and central obesity in school adolescents of...
Introduction: Growth sexual dimorphism (SD) mainly involves size, shape and body composition. It lar...
Introducción: Los factores socioambientales desempeñan un papel esencial en la etiología del sobrepe...
The aim of this study was to estimate the influence of physical activities on body composition of ad...
OBJECTIVES: to compare overweight and obesity in preschool children, school children and adolescents...
Se analizó la prevalencia de obesidad general y abdominal (OA) en adolescentes escolares, con difere...
La adolescencia es un periodo caracterizado por los cambios fisiológicos, cognitivos y psicosociales...
Introducción: El objetivo fue determinar los factores de riesgo de obesidad en adolescentes mujeres ...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity in adolescents are experiencing, globally, a progressive increa...
Introduction: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school students and adoles...
Introduction: In the recent decades a rapid increase of excess weight has been observed. Difficultie...
This study assesses the evolution of underweight, stunting, overweight and obesity prevalence in sch...
Objective To identify the relationships between the characteristics of the persona-lity, eating habi...
Summary Background: The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children has incr...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
The objective was to determine the prevalence of global and central obesity in school adolescents of...
Introduction: Growth sexual dimorphism (SD) mainly involves size, shape and body composition. It lar...
Introducción: Los factores socioambientales desempeñan un papel esencial en la etiología del sobrepe...
The aim of this study was to estimate the influence of physical activities on body composition of ad...
OBJECTIVES: to compare overweight and obesity in preschool children, school children and adolescents...