scholarly journals Weight Excess: The Great Villain in the Development of Hypertension in Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 617-619
Author(s):  
Erika Maria Gonçalves Campana ◽  
Maria Eliane Campos Magalhães ◽  
Andréa Araujo Brandão
Keyword(s):  
2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dartagnan Pinto Guedes ◽  
Francisléia Nascimento Almeida ◽  
Jaime Tolentino M. Neto ◽  
Maria de Fátima de M. Maia ◽  
Thatiana Maia Tolentino

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region with low economic development. METHODS: A total of 982 girls and 986 boys, aged seven to 17 years old and assisted by Segundo Tempo Program, from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were included in the study. Low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity were defined based on body mass cut-off indexes recommended by the International Obesity Task Force. The prevalence of the nutritional status according to sex and age was compared by chi-square test. RESULTS: In girls, the frequency of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity was 4.1, 18.4 and 3.8%, respectively; in boys, these percentages were 6.3, 13.2 and 2.9%, respectively. The low body weight/thinness for girls raised from 2.7% (7-10 years old) to 5.5% (15-17 years old); the body weight excess (overweight and obesity) decreased from 30.1 to 16.2% for the same age groups. In boys, the corresponding trends were from 3.2 to 9.4% for low body weight/thinness, and from 23.4 to 9.2%, for body weight excess. CONCLUSIONS: The data indicate that, even in a region with low economic status, the body weight excess was the main problem associated with nutritional health. The high overweight and obesity prevalence rates indicate the need of public policies for promoting healthy feeding behaviors and physical activity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aichah Ahmad El Orra ◽  
Milena Monfort Pires ◽  
Sandra Roberta G. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
E. Cereda ◽  
A.E. Malavazos ◽  
R. Caccialanza ◽  
M. Rondanelli ◽  
G. Fatati ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Cecília Ogando Alfama ◽  
Amanda Vilaverde Perez ◽  
Mariana Sbaraini ◽  
Marianna Sperb ◽  
Rafaela da Silveira Corrêa ◽  
...  

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between pregestational obesity and maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnant adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted among puerperal teenagers of a university hospital in Southern Brazil. Structured questionnaires on sociodemographic and obstetric data were applied. Results: We evaluated 500 puerperal adolescents with a mean age of 17.77± 1.36. Of these, 31.2% (n=156) had pregestational weight excess. Pregestational weight excess was significantly associated with gestational hypertension (p=0.037) and diabetes (p=0.045), cesarean delivery (p=0.040),and lower adherence to prenatal care (24.7%, p=0.007).


PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. e0169258 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Kwakernaak ◽  
L. C. Roksnoer ◽  
H. J. Lambers Heerspink ◽  
I. van den Berg-Garrelds ◽  
G. A. Lochorn ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Thaynã Ramos Flores ◽  
Gregore I Mielke ◽  
Alicia Matijasevich ◽  
Iná S Santos ◽  
Mariângela Freitas da Silveira ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose: To investigate the associations of maternal excess weight before pregnancy with (1) weaning at age 3mo, (2) duration of exclusive breastfeeding at age 6mo, (3) duration of any breastfeeding at age 12mo; and (4) to compare the magnitude of these associations over four decades. Methods: Data were from participants in the Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohorts born in 1982 (N=5,334), 1993 (N=1,442), 2004 (N=4,092) and 2015 (N=4,102). Maternal pre-pregnancy weight was collected after the delivery and breastfeeding status was assessed when children were three and 12 months old. Results: Only in the most recent cohort (2015), women with excess weight [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2) before pregnancy had higher risk of discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding within the first six months post-partum than women with normal weight [HR= 1.22 (95%CI 1.15; 1.30)]. Duration of any type of breastfeeding until 12 months of age was not affected by pre-pregnancy weight. Conclusion: Excess weight before pregnancy is associated with exclusive breastfeeding only in the most recent birth cohort coinciding with increases in weight excess and breastfeeding over time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (18) ◽  
pp. 3327-3335
Author(s):  
IF Bejarano ◽  
EE Oyhenart ◽  
MF Torres ◽  
MF Cesani ◽  
M Garraza ◽  
...  

AbstractObjective:The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) can only be applied to children under 5 years of age and does not contemplate obesity. The aim of this study was to propose an Extended CIAF (ECIAF) that combines the characterization of malnutrition due to undernutrition and excess weight, and apply it in six Argentine provinces.Design:ECIAF excludes children not in anthropometric failure (group A) and was calculated from a percentage of children included in malnutrition categories B: wasting only; C: wasting and underweight; D: wasting, stunting and underweight; E: stunting and underweight; F: stunting only; Y: underweight only; G: only weight excess; and H: stunting and weight excess.Setting:Cross-sectional study conducted in Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza and Misiones (Argentina).Participants:10 879 children of both sexes aged between 3 and 13·99.Results:ECIAF in preschool children (3 to 4·99 years) was 15·1 %. The highest prevalence was registered in Mendoza (16·7 %) and the lowest in Misiones (12·0 %). In school children (5 to 13·99 years) ECIAF was 28·6 %. Mendoza also recorded the highest rate (30·7 %), while Catamarca and Chubut had the lowest values (27·0 %). In the whole sample, about 25 % of the malnutrition was caused by undernutrition and 75 % by excess weight.Conclusions:The ECIAF summarizes anthropometric failure by both deficiency and excess weight and it highlights that a quarter of the malnutrition in the Argentine population was caused by undernutrition, although there are differences between Provinces (P < 0·05). ECIAF estimates are higher than those of CIAF or under-nutrition.


Author(s):  
Caroline Ferraz Simões ◽  
Wendell Arthur Lopes ◽  
Jane Maria Remor ◽  
João Carlos Locateli ◽  
Felipe Bandeira Lima ◽  
...  

The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide, no mattering age groups and socioeconomic status. In Brazil, it is still unclear the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents, since most Brazilian studies have only verified regional prevalence of obesity. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyze the scientific production regarding the prevalence of weight excess in Brazilian children and adolescents. A search in the relevant electronic databases Medline/Pubmed, Web of Science, Lilacs, Scielo and BVS was performed. After analyzing 61 studies, the overall prevalence was 25.5%.When sample was stratified weight excess degree, a prevalence of17% and 11.6% for overweight and obesity were observed, respectively. Analyzing differences by sex, boys presented higher prevalence of overall weight excess (e.g., 26.4% vs 23.5%), overweight (17% vs 16%) and obesity (11.9% vs 9.1%) than girls. With respect to Brazilian regions and its differences, individuals from southern presented the highest prevalence of overall weight excess (33.2%) and overweight (20.1%). The southeastern region showed the highest prevalence of obesity (18.2%).The results obtained in the current study indicate that Brazil presents a scenario of crescent increasing on the prevalence of weight excess. These results are in accordance with studies from other countries,and reinforce the increase of the overall weight excess prevalence in Brazilian children and adolescents, highlighting the increasing of obesity rates, since it is a more concerning condition than overweight. Therefore, preventive measures to reduce weight excess increase, as well as treatment programs aiming to tackle obesity in childhood should be public health system top priority.


2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Cereda ◽  
Alexis Elias Malavazos ◽  
Riccardo Caccialanza ◽  
Mariangela Rondanelli ◽  
Giuseppe Fatati ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviane Sahade ◽  
Silvana França ◽  
Luis F Adan

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