background and objective: in the present study, the diagnostic agreement between surgical and pathological findings of appendicitis in children was tested. the aim was to assess the association between patient body mass index (bmi) and this diagnostic agreement. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 121 consecutive children aged less than 15 years suspected to acute appendiciti...

BACKGROUND Obesity the epidemic of our times appears to be a problem that is easy to resolve: just eat less and move more. However, this very common condition has turned out to be extremely troublesome, and in some cases even irreversible. METHODS The interplay between less muscle and more fat tissue is discussed from physiological perspectives with an emphasis on the early years of childhood...

Objectives: To explore the association between short sleep duration, obesity and the role of appetiterelated hormones in 10 to 15 years old children. Design: An observational study was conducted from January 2003 to June 2010, with epidemiological survey, anthropometry, and laboratory tests. One-way logistic and linear logistic methods were used for data analysis. Participants: A total of 311 o...

SARS-CoV-2 virus caused a pandemic that started in 2020 and infections with the continue to date of this review. Children have been infected by virus, although less severe clinical manifestations compared adults. underlying diseases, obesity were more susceptible disease. Pediatric infection resulted systemic addition pneumonia. In article we review mechanism lung infections, manifestations, ve...

The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), calculated by dividing the waist circumference (WC) by height, has recently gained attention as an anthropometric index for central adiposity. It is an easy-to-use and less age-dependent index to identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic risk. A WHtR cutoff of 0.5 can be used in different sex and ethnic groups and is generally accepted as a universal ...

BACKGROUND Obesity is considered to be caused by a combination of heredity and environmental factors with typical onset during childhood. The aim of this study was to identify family risk factors for the development of obesity in children from Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 699 children, randomly and proportionally selected, ranging from 5 to 9 years of age, from public and privat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between duration of breastfeeding (BF) and obesity in schoolchildren of Florianópolis (SC), and the role of possible effect modifiers. METHODS Cross-sectional study with a random sample of 2,826 schoolchildren (7-14 years). Weight and height were measured according to standardized procedures. Data concerning BF and sociodemographic variables were obtained...

background: the body mass index (bmi) is widely used to diagnose overweight and obesity. however, there are limitations on the use of bmi and development of alternative measures can be of clinical importance. this study aimed to compare specificity and sensitivity of weight for height (w/h), waist circumference (wc) and waist-to-height ratio (whtr) with bmi-for-age in diagnosing overweight and ...