MORE Research Projects |
|
 |
The Obesity Epidemic in the Americas: Making Healthy Choices the Easiest Choices
To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004, 15(4):278-284) (You can purchase this article) Full Text
|
|
|
Prevalence of and risk factors for overweight among school girls 12 to 19 years old in a semi-urban region of Ecuador
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of overweight and identify its risk factors in school girls between the ages of 12 and 19 in a semi-urban region of Ecuador and to explore the potential relationship between the adolescents' body mass index (BMI) and their physical activity, caloric intake, and macronutrient intake, as well as be tween their BMI and their parents' estimated BMI. (Rev Panam Salud Pública, 2003 13(5):277-284) More
|
|
|
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Costa Rican elementary school Children
This article presents a study carried out from July 2000 to April 2001 to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in urban and rural Costa Rican elementary school children. (Rev Panam Salud Pública, 2003 13(1))
|More|
|
|
|
A comparison of distribution curves of body mass index from Brazil and the United States for assessing overweight and obesity in Brazilian adolescents.
The objective of this study is to assess the validity of recommendations for use of the 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index (BMI) of the population in the United States of America as a screening tool to assess overweight/obesity in adolescents. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2001; 10(2):79-85) More
|
|
