INTRODUCTION: Overweight has become a public health problem worldwide and its prevalence has increased rapidly, reaching about 200 million children, of which 40 to 50 million are considered obese. Obesity in childhood is associated with increased blood pressure (BP), high triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol and abnormal glucose metabolism. The distribution of body fat is a stronger predictor of metabolic dysfunction and cardiovascular risk than total body adiposity. Assessment of neck circumference (NC) is an easy method, which can serve as screening to identify individuals with weight excess. OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between measures of NC and WC with BP values, lipid profile, blood glucose and fasting insulin in obese adolescents...
Introdução: A associação entre obesidade central e dislipidemia e resistência periférica à insulina ...
Os objetivos do estudo foram correlacionar a razão entre a circunferência abdominal e altura (CA/A) ...
Summary Objective: To critically analyze articles on the relation between neck circumference (NC) i...
Background: Weight excess has become a public health problem worldwide, reaching about 200 million c...
FUNDAMENTO: Excessos de peso e de gordura corporal são atualmente reconhecidos como os maiores deter...
Background. It has been demonstrated that indirect indicators of adiposity such as body mass index a...
The worldwide prevalence of obesity has increased substantially in recent times, and is considered a...
Introdução: A expansão da obesidade entre populações jovens tem aumentado de forma expressiva e con...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity are a major public health problem, causing high financial and s...
Overweight and obesity are considered a public health concern worldwide. Various clinical parameters...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a associação entre os valores médios de pressão arterial de 70...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between neck circumference and insulin resistance and compone...
A obesidade central na adolescência tende a se manter na vida adulta, com prejuízos à saúde cardiova...
OBJECTIVE: To verify whether neck circumference can predict cardiovascular risk factors and excess b...
Waist circumference (WC) is highlighted as a factor linked with the development of cardiovascular di...
Introdução: A associação entre obesidade central e dislipidemia e resistência periférica à insulina ...
Os objetivos do estudo foram correlacionar a razão entre a circunferência abdominal e altura (CA/A) ...
Summary Objective: To critically analyze articles on the relation between neck circumference (NC) i...
Background: Weight excess has become a public health problem worldwide, reaching about 200 million c...
FUNDAMENTO: Excessos de peso e de gordura corporal são atualmente reconhecidos como os maiores deter...
Background. It has been demonstrated that indirect indicators of adiposity such as body mass index a...
The worldwide prevalence of obesity has increased substantially in recent times, and is considered a...
Introdução: A expansão da obesidade entre populações jovens tem aumentado de forma expressiva e con...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity are a major public health problem, causing high financial and s...
Overweight and obesity are considered a public health concern worldwide. Various clinical parameters...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a associação entre os valores médios de pressão arterial de 70...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between neck circumference and insulin resistance and compone...
A obesidade central na adolescência tende a se manter na vida adulta, com prejuízos à saúde cardiova...
OBJECTIVE: To verify whether neck circumference can predict cardiovascular risk factors and excess b...
Waist circumference (WC) is highlighted as a factor linked with the development of cardiovascular di...
Introdução: A associação entre obesidade central e dislipidemia e resistência periférica à insulina ...
Os objetivos do estudo foram correlacionar a razão entre a circunferência abdominal e altura (CA/A) ...
Summary Objective: To critically analyze articles on the relation between neck circumference (NC) i...