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Padrões alimentares de adolescentes na cidade de São Paulo
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, 2011-10-01)
OBJECTIVE: This study identified the dietary patterns of normal weight and overweight adolescents. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of 239 adolescents from a public school in São Paulo, Brazil; of both sexes, aged ...
High prevalence of malnutrition among patients with solid non-hematological tumors as found by using skinfold and circumference measurements
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2005-12-01)
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition in cancer patients has many causes. Nutritional status is usually assessed from weight/height indices. These present limitations for the nutritional assessment of cancer patients: their ...
Avaliação nutricional e consumo alimentar de pacientes com doença celíaca com e sem transgressão alimentar
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, 2013-06-01)
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the nutritional status and intakes of energy and macronutrients of celiac disease patients compliant or not with a gluten-free diet. METHODS: We studied 63 patients with celiac disease, 34 ...
Influência do déficit de estatura nos desvios nutricionais em adolescentes e pré-adolescentes
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, 2009-04-01)
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of stunting on nutrition disorders in low-income preadolescents and adolescents. METHODS: Body mass index was calculated from the weight and height of 4 ...
O conhecimento das adolescentes sobre questões relacionadas ao sexo
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 2007-02-01)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate knowledge about sexuality, contraceptive methods and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) by female adolescents from both rural and urban zone attending public school. METHODS: A cross sectional study ...
Direitos sexuais e reprodutivos na adolescência
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 2012-02-01)
OBJECTIVE: To present legal milestones to ensure the Brazilian adolescent autonomy indealing with their sexual and reproductive health. METHODS: Literature review of national legislation published on the official sites of ...
Gravidez na adolescência: perfil sócio-demográfico e comportamental de uma população da periferia de São Paulo, Brasil
(Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2007-01-01)
To identify the socio-demographic behavioral profile of low-income pregnant teenagers, 1,000 adolescents admitted to a Brazilian public maternity hospital from July 24, 2001, to November 27, 2002, were interviewed. ...
Sleep, stress, neurocognitive profile and healthrelated quality of life in adolescents with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain
(Faculdade de Medicina / USP, 2012-10-01)
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to measure levels of sleep, stress, and depression, as well as health-related quality of life, and to assess the neurocognitive profiles in a sample of adolescents with idiopathic ...
Follow-up of children and adolescents with short stature: the importance of the growth rate
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2005-05-01)
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Short stature is defined as a height of more than two standard deviations below the average for a given age and sex in a reference population. The objective was to describe follow-up conducted among ...
Quality of life of caregivers of overweight or obese children and adolescents
(Univ Sao Paolo, 2011-04-01)
This study evaluated the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of caregivers of overweight and obese children and adolescents. Three-hundred and sixty caregives of children and adolescents (ages ranging from 9 to 12 years) ...