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The pharmacological treatment of obesity: A historical perspective
(Academia Nacional de Medicina venezolana., 2022)
Leptin as a potential prognostic marker of the severity of COVID-19 infection in obese patients
(Elsevier, 2022)
We read with great interest the article “Obesity as a risk factor for unfavorable outcomes in critically ill patients affected by COVID-19”, and we believe this is an important contribution toward understanding the ...
Educational inequalities in obesity: a multilevel analysis of survey data from cities in Latin America
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
OBJECTIVE: Using newly harmonised individual-level data on health and socio-economic environments in Latin American cities (from the Salud Urbana en America Latina (SALURBAL) study), we assessed the association between ...
Obesity Prevention in Latin America
(Springer, 2014)
In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a result of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the prevalence of overweight and/or obesity and ...
Systematic analysis for the relationship between obesity and tuberculosis
(Elsevier, 2021)
In their study, Badawi et al. conducted a systematic review of the available literature to determine the risk of tuberculosis at different body weights. This study tries to summarize the growing body of evidence that relates ...
Geographic differences in overweight and obesity prevalence in Peruvian children, 2010-2015
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is emerging as a major public health problem worldwide. To date, most studies of obesity and overweight in Peru are focused on adults, with few of them involving children, a population at a ...
A research agenda to guide progress on childhood obesity prevention in Latin America
(Wiley, 2017)
Childhood obesity rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world. This paper examines and evaluates the many efforts underway in the region to reduce and prevent further increases in obesity, identifies and ...
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
(eLife Sciences Publications, 2021)
From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated ...
Evaluation of plaque index, gingival index and oral health-related quality of life in obese patients
(Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Costa Rica, 2023)
The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action.
(BioMed Central, 2019)
BACKGROUND: In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased dramatically. This worldwide epidemic has important consequences, including psychiatric, psychological and psychosocial disorders in childhood ...