Suicidio: autolesión e insatisfacción corporal en adolescentes

El embarazo de las adolescentes en México

Paracoccidioidomicose em crianças e adolescentes

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an important systemic mycosis; it is restricted to Latin America, and Brazil is the most affected country. Children and adolescents account for approximately 5 to 10% of all cases with the acute form of the disease, which afflicts the mononuclear phagocytic system, in particular, lymph nodes and abdominal organs. Involvement of bones and joints has been observed ...

[Validity and reproducibility of Escala de Evaluación da Insatisfación Corporal para Adolescentes].

OBJECTIVE To validate a body dissatisfaction scale for adolescents. METHODS The study included 386 female and male adolescents aged 10 to 17 years enrolled in a private elementary and middle school in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, southeastern Brazil, in 2006. 'Escala de Evaluación da Insatisfación Corporal para Adolescentes' (body dissatisfaction scale for adolescents) was translated an...

Exercício, obesidade e asma em crianças e adolescentes

Overweight has become increasingly common in children around the world. Unfortunately, Brazil is no exception. Additionally, due to increased access to many modern conveniences, the physical activity levels in this age group have declined. Besides metabolic sequelae, obesity combined with a sedentary activity level can also negatively affect multiple organ systems throughout the body. Data are ...

Detection of Muscle Dysmorphia symptoms in male weightlifters

Título: Detección de síntomas de dismorfia muscular en halterófilos masculinos. Resumen: La Dismorfia Muscular (DM) es un desorden dismórfico corporal en el que la persona que lo padece está insatisfecho con su tamaño corporal, y/o forma. La DM no ha sido estudiada en halterófilos, por lo que el objetivo de esta investigación fue detectar síntomas en 32 halterófilos varones, así como caracterís...