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Obesity as a risk factor for complications during acute respiratory infections in children La relación entre obesidad y complicaciones en el curso clínico de las enfermedades respiratorias virales en niños ¿un nuevo factor de riesgo a considerar?
(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)
© 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Obesity has a high prevalence among children. On the other hand, acute respiratory infections especially of viral origin, are an important cause of morbidity and ...
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 ...
Metformin alleviates obesity and systemic oxidative stress in obese young swine
(2020)
The present study assessed the relationship between obesity induced by lifestyle and systemic oxidative stress and possible modulations by oral metformin treatments in young individuals, by using a translational swine model ...
Wealth index and risk of childhood overweight and obesity: evidence from four prospective cohorts in Peru and Vietnam
(Frontiers Media, 2015)
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incidence and risk of childhood overweight and obesity according to socioeconomic status in Peruvian and Vietnamese school-aged children. METHODS: Longitudinal data from the Young Lives study ...
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 ...
La relación entre obesidad y complicaciones en el curso clínico de las enfermedades respiratorias virales en niños ¿un nuevo factor de riesgo a considerar?
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2016)
Obesity has a high prevalence among children. On the other hand, acute respiratory infections especially of viral origin, are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in this age group. During the recent pandemic of ...
Nutrition status of children in Latin America
(Wiley, 2017)
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide range of diseases. To understand the factors ...