Browsing by Subject "anthropometry"

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    • Anemia ferropriva e estado nutricional de crianças de creches de Guaxupé 

      Camillo, Carlos Cesar [UNIFESP]; Amancio, Olga Maria Silverio [UNIFESP]; Vitalle, Maria Sylvia de Souza [UNIFESP]; Braga, Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini [UNIFESP]; Juliano, Yara [UNIFESP] (Assoc Medica Brasileira, 2008-03-01)
      OBJECTIVE, To evaluate the nutritional status and the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in children attending public day care centers in the city of Guaxupe (MG), Brazil.METHODS. Children of both genders, from 6 to 72 ...

    • Avaliação antropométrica e musculoesquelética de pacientes com síndrome de Marfan 

      Cipriano, Graziella França Bernardelli [UNIFESP]; Brech, Guilherme Carlos; Peres, Paulo Alberto Tayar [UNIFESP]; Mendes, Cássia Claudino [UNIFESP]; Cipriano Junior, Gerson [UNIFESP]; Carvalho, Antonio Carlos [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, 2011-08-01)
      BACKGROUND: Marfan syndrome (MS) is an autosomic dominant condition of the connective tissue that involves the ocular, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. MS is caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 gene, leading ...

    • Avaliação de gordura corporal pela bioimpedância elétrica e sua correlação com diferentes pontos anatômicos de medida da circunferência da cintura em crianças 

      Sant'anna, Mônica de Souza Lima; Tinoco, Adelson Luiz Araújo; Rosado, Lina Enriqueta F. P. de Lima [UNIFESP]; Sant'ana, Luciana Ferreira da Rocha; Mello, Amanda de Carvalho; Brito, Igor Surian de Sousa; Araújo, Larissa Fortunato; Santos, Tássia Ferreira [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2009-02-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To compare the different anatomical sites used in the measurement of waist circumference, as well as the effectiveness of these landmarks to predict the percentage of body fat by tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance ...

    • Body composition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: which method to use in clinical practice? 

      Lerario, Maria Cristina [UNIFESP]; Sachs, Anita [UNIFESP]; Lazaretti-Castro, Marise [UNIFESP]; Saraiva, L. G. [UNIFESP]; Jardim, José Roberto [UNIFESP] (Cambridge Univ Press, 2006-07-01)
      The objective of the present study was to compare anthropometry with bioelectrical impedance (BIA) in relation to densitometry (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; DEXA) as methods of nutritional assessment and body composition ...

    • Clinical value of anthropometric estimates of leg lean volume in nutritionally depleted and non-depleted patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Villaca, Debora Strose [UNIFESP]; Lerario, Maria Cristina [UNIFESP]; dal Corso, Simone [UNIFESP]; Napolis, Lara [UNIFESP]; Pereira de Albuquerque, Andre Luiz [UNIFESP]; Lazaretti-Castro, Marize [UNIFESP]; Sachs, Anita [UNIFESP]; Nery, Luiz Eduardo [UNIFESP]; Neder, Jose Alberto [UNIFESP] (Cambridge Univ Press, 2008-08-01)
      This study aimed to investigate the clinical usefulness of an anthropometrically based method for estimating leg lean volume (LLV) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who presented or not with ...

    • Comparação entre as curvas de crescimento do Centers for Disease Control and Prevention e da Organização Mundial da Saúde para lactentes com idade de seis a 12 meses 

      Pires, Bianca Sant'Anna [UNIFESP]; Akutsu, Rita de Cássia [UNIFESP]; Castro, Lucíola Sant'Anna de [UNIFESP]; Asakura, Leiko; Sachs, Anita [UNIFESP]; Abrão, Ana Cristina Freitas de Vilhena [UNIFESP]; Coca, Kelly Pereira [UNIFESP] (Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2010-12-01)
      OBJECTIVE: Compare the nutritional status of male and female infants classified according to the growth curve proposed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-2000) and the new growth curve proposed by the ...

    • Composição corporal por bioimpedância e antropometria de idosos longevos 

      Bertolini, Audrey Andrade [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-05-31)
      Introduction: Aging is associated with changes in body composition in both men and women. Gender differences can impact the functional fitness in elderly with 80 or more years of age, and assessment methods are important ...

    • Could Low Birth Weight be Associated with Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescence? 

      dos Santos Alves, Priscila de Jesus; Araujo Junior, Edward [UNIFESP]; Pinto Teixeira Henriques, Ana Cileia; Costa Carvalho, Francisco Herlanio (Federacao Brasileira Soc Ginecologia & Obstetricia-Febrasgo, 2016)
      Purpose Previous studies have shown that low birth weight (LBW) is associated with cardiovascular risk in late adulthood. Recent studies in adolescents suggest that modifiable factors may have greater influence on increased ...

    • Diagnosis of obesity in chronic kidney disease: BMI or body fat? 

      Cuppari, Lilian [UNIFESP] (Oxford Univ Press, 2013-11-01)

    • Estado nutricional de crianças índias terenas: evolução do peso e estatura e prevalência atual de anemia 

      Morais, Mauro Batista de [UNIFESP]; Alves, Gildney Maria Dos Santos; Fagundes-neto, Ulysses [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2005-10-01)
      OBJECTIVE: This study of Terena Indian children less than 10 years old was undertaken in order to compare weight and height in 1995 and 2002 and to evaluate anemia prevalence in 2002. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional ...