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Saturated and cis- and trans-unsaturated fatty acids intake in rural and urban Costa Rican adolescents
(2005)
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine whether intake of saturated fatty acids and cis- and trans-unsaturated fatty acids is associated with an urban compared to a rural lifestyle, and whether these associations ...
Different lifestyles in young women from urban and rural areas may explain different cardiovascular risk
(2006)
Background: Inadequate lifestyles (LS) in young women may be related to the increasing population that migrate to the cities. Objective: To compare the LS in rural and urban women and to assess their relation with educational ...
Differences in nutritional status, physical activity, and fruit and vegetable consumption in urban and rural school-going adolescents in Paute, Ecuador
(2016)
Ecuador is undergoing a nutrition tran- sition where overweight/obesity coexist with under-nutrition. The objective of this study was to determine nutritional status, physical activity, fruit and vegetables consumption ...
Differences in cardiovascular risk factors in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
Objectives: To assess differences in cardiovascular risk profiles among rural-to-urban migrants and non-migrant groups. Methods: Cross-sectional study in Ayacucho and Lima, Peru. Participants were: rural (n=201); rural-to-urban ...
Urbanization, mainly rurality, but not altitude is associated with dyslipidemia profiles
(Elsevier, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Geographical and environmental features such as urbanization and altitude may influence individual's lipid profiles because of the diversity of human-environment interactions including lifestyles. OBJECTIVE: ...
Small mammal assemblages in fragmented shrublands of urban areas of Central Chile
(2013)
Mediterranean-type ecosystems are one of the most affected environments by habitat loss and fragmentation due to urban development, however only few studies have evaluated the effects of urbanization on the biodiversity ...
Differences in nutritional status, physical activity, and fruit and vegetable consumption in urban and rural school-going adolescents in Paute, Ecuador
(ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS NUTRICION, 2018)
Hygiene, atopy and wheeze-eczema-rhinitis symptoms in schoolchildren from urban and rural Ecuador
(Brasil, 2015-05-28)
BACKGROUND: Rural residence is protective against atopy and wheeze-rhinitis-eczema symptoms in developed countries, an effect attributed to farming and poor hygiene exposures. There are few data from developing countries ...