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Migrant labor and wear-out in manual sugarcane harvesting in São Paulo, BrazilTrabalho e desgaste de migrantes no corte manual de cana de açúcar no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
(ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva, 2012)
The scope of this paper is to describe the work of manual sugarcane harvesters, assessing the nutritional behavior and body composition between the beginning and the end of the harvest. A descriptive longitudinal study was ...
The Nutritional Status of Children and Adolescents with HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2011)
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the nutritional status of children and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) receiving highly active ...
Handgrip strength predicts pressure ulcers in patients with hip fractures
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-09-01)
Objective: Pressure ulcer (PU) is a frequent complication of hip fracture. Studies were carried out to identify the risk factors of PU development after hip fractures. The objective of the study was to determine the role ...
Evaluation of nutritional indicators and body composition in patients with advanced liver disease enrolled for liver transplantation
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2013-10-01)
PURPOSE: Malnutrition is prevalent in patients with advanced liver disease (LD) related to multifactorial causes. Fluid retention can underestimate the nutritional status based on anthropometric measures. We evaluated ...
Accuracy of sagittal abdominal diameter as predictor of abdominal fat among Brazilian adults: a comparation with waist circumference
(Aula Médica Ediciones, 2010-07-01)
Aim: We aim was to compare the sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) with waist circumference (WC) as a predictor of central obesity among adults and to identify the sensitivity and specificity of the best cut-off point for ...
Medidas antropométricas orofaciais de crianças paulistanas e norte-americanas: estudo comparativo
(Pró-Fono Produtos Especializados para Fonoaudiologia Ltda., 2009)
TEMA: medidas antropométricas orofaciais de crianças paulistanas e norte-americanas. OBJETIVO: descrever medidas antropométricas orofaciais em crianças paulistanas e comparar as médias dessas medidas com os padrões de ...
Intestinal permeability parameters in obese patients are correlated with metabolic syndrome risk factors
(CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONEEDINBURGH, 2012)
Background & aims: Altered intestinal permeability has been shown to be associated with metabolic alterations in animal models of obesity, but not in humans. The aim of this study was to assess intestinal permeability in ...