Background: This study tested whether rats with obesity induced by a hypercaloric diet (HD) present higher nutritional, endocrine, and cardiovascular disturbances compared with counterparts with obesity induced by overfeeding ...

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 ...

The increase in the variety of food choices influences the eating patterns of older adults, which is in turn increases the occurrence of obesity. This study aimed at identifying eating patterns and their association with ...

Obesity can be understood as a comorbidity of increasing systemic impact, including a deficit in the autonomic nervous system. To analyze cardiac autonomic behavior and hemodynamic parameters in obese young people. 92 ...

In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a Results: of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the prevalence of overweight and/or obesity and ...

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 ...

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 ...

© 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 ...

Our aim was to compare peri-operative core temperatures and the incidence of hypothermia in obese and non-obese women with active forced-air warming. Twenty female patients scheduled for abdominal surgery were allocated ...