Body composition in adolescents: measurements and metabolic aspects

G Rodríguez, LA Moreno, MG Blay, VA Blay… - International Journal of …, 2004 - nature.com
INTRODUCTION: Adolescence is a decisive period in human life in which important body
composition changes occur. Increase of total body mass and its relative distribution are …

Using height-corrected definition of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents

C Ma, Q Lu, R Wang, F Yin - Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is common among children and adolescents. Age-and gender-
specific references or age-, gender-and height-specific references were used in pediatric …

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in overweight and obese adolescents

RAS Dejavitte, CC Enes, LB Nucci - Journal of Pediatric …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is not only a problem of adulthood but is already
present in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of …

A comparison between body mass index and waist circumference for identifying continuous metabolic syndrome risk score components in Iranian school-aged …

HS Ejtahed, Z Mahmoodi, M Qorbani… - Eating and Weight …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of anthropometric
indices with continuous metabolic syndrome (cMetS) risk score components in a large …

Anthropometric measurements for the prediction of the metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study on adolescents and young adults from southern india

SK Vasan, N Thomas, S Christopher, FS Geethanjali… - Heart …, 2011 - heartasia.bmj.com
Objectives To determine which anthropometric measurement correlates best with the
metabolic abnormalities associated with the metabolic syndrome in adolescents and young …

Metabolic syndrome in adolescents of different nutritional status

AS Neto, R Bozza, A Ulbrich… - Arq Bras Endocrinol …, 2012 - aem-sbem.com
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents of
different nutritional status. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 582 …

Preliminary data on the association between waist circumference and insulin resistance in children without a previous diagnosis

E Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C Palmeros-Exsome… - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
The aim of the present work was to study the association between different anthropometric
parameters and insulin resistance (IR) in Spanish schoolchildren without a previous …

Is waist circumference a better predictor of blood pressure, insulin resistance and blood lipids than body mass index in young Chilean adults?

M Lara, P Bustos, H Amigo, C Silva, RJ Rona - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background It has been reported that waist circumference (WC) is a better predictor of
cardiovascular risk factors than body mass index (BMI), although the findings have not been …

Health behaviors, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in children

R Lehto, C Ray, M Lahti-Koski, E Roos - European journal of clinical …, 2011 - nature.com
Background: Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) begin to gain
attention as measures of adiposity and as important cardiometabolic disease risk factors …

Assessment of different atherogenic indices as predictors of metabolic syndrome in Spanish adolescents

Á Fernández-Aparicio, JS Perona… - … research for nursing, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Inconsistent results due to age, ethnic, and geographic differences have been
found on the predictive capacity of atherogenic indices in previous studies. The aim of this …