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Assessment of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-8, MMP-9, and their inhibitors, the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and TIMP-2 in obese children and adolescents
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2009)
Objectives: To compare the circulating levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8, pro-MMP-2, pro-MMP-9, and total MMP-9, their endogenous inhibitors, the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 and TIMP-2, and ...
Obesity, sedentarism and TMD-pain in adolescents
(2019-05-01)
Background: Obesity is a chronic and prevalent disorder, affecting individuals of all age. Previous evidence suggests that it is associated with some types of chronic pain, especially musculoskeletal pain. In addition, ...
Obesity is associated with acute inflammation in a sample of adolescents
(Wiley, 2015)
Background: Obesity is associated with a mild chronic inflammatory
response, which has been suggested to be pivotal in the development of
cardiometabolic alterations of obesity. However, little is known about the
involvement ...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6- to 9-year-old schoolchildren in Cuenca, Ecuador: relationship with physical activity, poverty, and eating habits
(2013)
Background. The high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is a health problem worldwide. In developing countries, we lack information on the extent of the problem and the risk factors involved.
Objective. To ...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 6- to 9-year-old schoolchildren in Cuenca, Ecuador: Relationship with physical activity, poverty, and eating habits
(2013-12-01)
Background. The high prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is a health problem worldwide. In developing countries, we lack information on the extent of the problem and the risk factors involved. Objective. To ...
Postural control in children with overweight and obesity: A review of literature
(Universidad del Norte, 2020)
Overweight and childhood obesity have become a global health problem. As the incidence and severity of overweight and obesity in children continue to rise, determining the physio-logical effects and functional consequences ...
Genetic epidemiology of obesity. Family studies Epidemiología genética de la obesidad: Estudios familiares
(2005)
This review focuses on methodological aspects and main results of different family studies that have been conducted to assess the existence of a genetic contribution in human obesity. A genetic component in the etiology ...
Abdominal obesity: Prevalence,sociodemographic and lifestyle-associated factors in adolescents
(2017-01-01)
Introduction: Among human development stages, adolescence comprises the period in which intense somatic and behavioural changes occur1. In this period of life, the presence of detrimental health habits can be consolidated ...