Background The results of most school-based health promotion initiatives are inconclusive.
Objectives This trial assessed the effect of time-varying exposures to a multicomponent …

There is an increasing need for suitable tools to evaluate body composition in paediatrics.
The Body Composition Monitor (BCM) shows promise as a method, but reference values in …

Aim We aimed to examine the association between waist circumference and blood pressure
(BP) in children at 9 years of age. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 142 children …

Existem outras formas de medir a obesidade, desde uma simples medida da circunferência
abdominal (CA) até métodos mais sofisticados, como a impedância bioelétrica e a …

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of obesity and cardiometabolic risk in schoolchildren
under ten years old. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with schoolchildren (n= 639) …

Nos últimos anos a Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (RPC) e os Arquivos Brasileiros de
Cardiologia (ABC Cardiol) têm cooperado na elaboração da lista dos melhores artigos …

Although body mass index (BMI) has been widely used as the main index of obesity, it is not
an accurate predictor of cardiovascular disease. There are other ways to measure obesity …

El diagnóstico de la obesidad central es complicado ya que los infantes y adolescentes se
encuentran en constante crecimiento, actualmente utilizamos índices y fórmulas …

Anthropometrics are a set of non-invasive, quantitative body measurements used to assess
growth, development and health parameters. Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip …

Embora o índice de massa corporal (IMC) tenha sido amplamente utilizado como o principal
índice de obesidade, não é um preditor preciso de doenças cardiovasculares. Existem …