Ecuador is undergoing a nutrition transition where overweight/obesity coexist with undernutrition. The objective of this study was to determine nutritional status, physical activity, fruit and vegetables consumption frequency among school-going adolescents in the canton of Paute and further explore if these variables were differential by urban vs. rural residence. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a random sample of students aged 12 to 19 years from the only two public secondary schools in the canton Paute. We determined nutritional status according to the World Health Organization criteria. Demographics, physical activity habits, fruit and vegetable consumption frequency were determined by questionnaires. Of the total of 314 stude...
Introducción. Sobrepeso y obesidad responden a factores socioeconómicos, culturales y familiares, pe...
We analyzed the nutritional status of urban and rural schoolchildren from Mendoza (Argentina), but a...
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school...
Ecuador is undergoing a nutrition transition where overweight/obesity coexist with undernutrition. T...
Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) and excessive sedentary behavior (SB) are the main c...
Background. The high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is a health problem worldwide. I...
The change of the alimentary habit and its consequence in the variation of the nutritional status of...
INTRODUCTION: Differences in dietary intake and physical activity may explain the higher prevalence ...
Background: Physical fitness has been proposed as a marker for health during adolescence. Currently,...
Introduction: The National Survey of the Nutritional Situation in Colombia does not establish the n...
The present study evaluated the nutritional status of 120 adolescents aged 14 to 18 years of the "Je...
Se trata del primer estudio nacional para establecer la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en estud...
Introduction: The objective was to analyze the nutritional status, social, economic and environmenta...
The purpose of this study was to analyze whether nutritional status and body composition varies acco...
BACKGROUND: Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat and it is curren...
Introducción. Sobrepeso y obesidad responden a factores socioeconómicos, culturales y familiares, pe...
We analyzed the nutritional status of urban and rural schoolchildren from Mendoza (Argentina), but a...
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school...
Ecuador is undergoing a nutrition transition where overweight/obesity coexist with undernutrition. T...
Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) and excessive sedentary behavior (SB) are the main c...
Background. The high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is a health problem worldwide. I...
The change of the alimentary habit and its consequence in the variation of the nutritional status of...
INTRODUCTION: Differences in dietary intake and physical activity may explain the higher prevalence ...
Background: Physical fitness has been proposed as a marker for health during adolescence. Currently,...
Introduction: The National Survey of the Nutritional Situation in Colombia does not establish the n...
The present study evaluated the nutritional status of 120 adolescents aged 14 to 18 years of the "Je...
Se trata del primer estudio nacional para establecer la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en estud...
Introduction: The objective was to analyze the nutritional status, social, economic and environmenta...
The purpose of this study was to analyze whether nutritional status and body composition varies acco...
BACKGROUND: Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat and it is curren...
Introducción. Sobrepeso y obesidad responden a factores socioeconómicos, culturales y familiares, pe...
We analyzed the nutritional status of urban and rural schoolchildren from Mendoza (Argentina), but a...
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school...