Objective: To evaluate the association between levels of physical activity and depression and anxiety symptoms among medical students. Methods: Observational cross-sectional study that used 3 questionnaires: the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to assess depression symptoms, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, short version (IPAQ). Results: 146 students participated in the study. The higher the level of physical activity, the lower were the scores on the depression and anxiety scales; however, no significant differences were found in the median scores of the PHQ-9 (p = 0.121) and GAD-7 (p = 0.393) between the three levels of physical activity. It was found that women and students in the first three years of study had higher scores on the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales. Conclusions: There was a non-significant tendency for med...

Introduction: The association between intimate intimate partner violence against women and chronic malnutrition in children has not been clearly established. Many conceptual frameworks of child malnutrition do not considered domestic violence as a determinant. Objective: To evaluate the association between intimate intimate partner violence against women and chronic malnutrition in children under 5 years of age. Methods: We conducted a study of secondary data based on the Demographic and Family Health Survey 2020 of Peru. We estimated the odds ratio crude and adjusted with a binary logistic regression that considered as exposure to intimate intimate partner violence and dependent variable to chronic malnutrition, also we included 16 covariates of interest selected from the relevant literature. Results: We included data from 8980 women and their children. The chronic malnutrition prevalen...