There is a wide acknowledgement of obesity as a relevant clinical entity. Such relevance can be inferred by the huge worldwide amount of research and related health promotion and clinical efforts. Though the evidence sustains some cues for the therapeutic success, the overall long-term effectiveness of obesity treatment tends to be not so satisfactory. Scientific literature is not unequivocal in key areas of nu...
Intragastric balloon is a temporary treatment for weight loss with proven safety and efficacy when associated with lifestyle intervention. It is indicated in the super--obese who are candidates for bariatric surgery to lose weight and to reduce their high surgical risk. Our aim was to retrospectively evaluate the results of the patients in whom this device was inserted during a three-year period from the beginn...
Ciente de que Portugal é actualmente um dos países com maior prevalência de obesidade infantil, o Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP, publicou o “Guia de Avaliação do Estado Nutricional Infantil e Juvenil”, em colaboração com o Conselho Científico da Plataforma contra a Obesidade da Direcção-Geral da Saúde. Reconhecida a forte associação entre obesidade e morbilidade cardiometabólica, já em id...
Purpose. Overweight is one of the most prevalent public health problems of developed countries, implying complex and multi-approach community and individual preventive actions. Although this is a well known and documented issue in Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain, little is known on individual slimming behavior, including pathogenic behavior. This study, promoted and conducted by the main consumer association...
Nutritional deficiences are common in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery for morbid obesity. There are limited data on nutritional status before surgery. We now begin to realize the importance and the high frequency of that situation in the morbidly obese who have never undergone any invasive procedure. It is very important to acknowlegde this fact, so that specific therapy is begun before surgery. I...
O uso de valores de peso e altura auto-relatados para cálculo do índice de massa corporal (IMC) é comum na investigação biomédica. Contudo, existe tendência para subestimação do peso e sobreestimação da altura auto-relatados. Destes desvios resulta um IMC auto-relatado subestimado e, consequentemente, estimativas de menor prevalência de pré-obesidade e de obesidade, especialmente entre populações femininas e id...
Obesity is an endemic health problem in most developed countries, requiring serious public health attention. The first Portuguese nationwide representative survey about obesity (with objective anthropometric measurement) was undertaken from 1995 to 1998. This paper presents data coming from the second and most recent nationwide representative study of obesity, with objective measurement of weight, height, waist...
Obesity is a serious health problem in developed countries. Knowledge of reliable and nationwide representative data is a must for any public health action. The dimension of this problem in Portugal was first assessed in 1995–1998. A similar populational survey using objective anthropometric measures is now being conducted (field work started in January 2003). A total of 6411 subjects aged 18– 64 years old have...
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