La inactividad física y la alimentación insalubre son factores de riesgo para las enfermedades crónicas, y el grado de procesamiento de los alimentos favorece el incremento de peso y circunferencia de cintura (CC). Determina la relación entre actividad física y el consumo de alimentos procesados según sistema NOVA (sNOVA) con la obesidad abdominal (OA) en universitarios. Realiza un estudio transversal y correlacional. Participaron 72 universitarios de 18 a 28 años. Se usó el cuestionario de frecuencia de consumo, para clasificar los alimentos según sNOVA, y el Cuestionario Global de Actividad Física. También se midió la CC para diagnosticar OA. Se aplicó chi-cuadrado y correlación de Pearson. Encuentra que el 58% de los estudiantes consumen alimentos mínimamente procesados, el 56% presenta un nivel de actividad física moderado y el 58% muestra riesgo cardiometabólico baj...

Introduction: Severe obesity (SO) has been studied very little in Peru. Objective: To determine the prevalence of SO according to two diagnostic criteria and its relationship to socio-demographic and cardiovascular risk factors in the child population. Methods: BMI was used, defining as obesity at a value ≥ ≥ at 95p and SO at: ≥ 99p and ≥ 120% of 95p, respectively (n=2001). For dyslipidemias the following: hypercholesterolemia 200 mg/dL, C-HDL under ≤ 40 mg/dL, C non HDL high ≥ 145 mg/dL, High C-LDL ≥ 130 mg/dL and hypertriglyceridemia for children under 9 ≥ to 100 mg/dL and 10 to 19 years ≥ 130 mg/dL and insulin resistance (RI) with a HOMA-I ≥3.16 (n=344). Results: 31,5% were obese. 12,8% SO with the first criterion and 7,7% with the second criterion. In both SO criteria it had association with age groups (OR: 0,55 IC 0,4-0,89) and (OR: 0,62 IC 0,43-0,89). Alteration...

Objective. To describe the level of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free plasma thyroxine (FT4) in school students with overweight and obesity; also determine the association between TSH and cardiovascular risk factors. Methods. 96 women schoolchildren, between 7 to 17 years old, euthyroid, were studied. Overweight BMI was defined as 85 to <95p and obesity ≥95p. Glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high and low density cholesterol, TSH and FT4 were determined. To define the subgroups, a value of 75p of TSH was chosen. Results. Anthropometric variables and TSH was significantly higher among obese women, however, biochemical variables did not differ between groups. Those who were overweight and had a TSH> 75p had significantly higher waist circumference (WC) measurements, compared to the TSH <75p group, with no difference in th...

Objective. To determine the cardiovascular risk factors in overweight schoolchildren and to measure their association with sociodemographic variables. Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical study. 2001 female schoolchildren from 6 to 17 years of age from an Educational Center in Metropolitan Lima were surveyed. The Body Mass Index was used for the diagnosis of excess weight (overweight between 85 and 95p and obesity ≥ 95p) and the Waist Circumference for abdominal obesity (≥ 90p). HOMA-I for insulin resistance (≥ 3,16) and for lipid abnormalities: total cholesterol (≥ 200 mg / dL), low HDL-C (≤ 40 mg/dL), high LDL-C (≥ 130 mg / dL), non-HDL C (≥ 145 mg / dL) and triglycerides (≥ 100 and 130 mg / dL) for girls younger than 9 and 10 to 19 years old, respectively. Results: Excess weight occurred mainly in schoolgirls aged 10 to 17 years,...

Introduction. Obesity is considered a public health problem. Its presence at an early age implies an obligation to identify the onset of complications such as insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods. Observational, descriptive and transversal study. Participated 1206 teenage women. Obesity was defined with BMI values ≥95p according WHO. Serum levels of insulin, glucose and lipid profile were determined. T≥≤h e43 0,H1 m6o mgto/ed odLse,t fahinsigiesh i MnCso-uLdlDeinlL o r≥ef sA 1iss3tsa0en smcmege (/n Rdt IIL)n. daFneodxr (hdHyyOpsleMiptrAiidg-eIl)ym cwieaarssid: uehsmyepidae, r≥ucsh 1ion3lge0 s tmhteegr o/MdleaLmt.t hTiaeh we≥ so 2be0qe0su eam ttigeo/endn wLa,ig tlheo rwtsh ewH viDtahLl u-RCeI underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (PTG): glycemia of 140 to 199 mg / dL intolerant to glucose and ≥ 200 mg/dL as diabetic. Results 25,1% (303) of the population...