Los países en vías de desarrollo están sufriendo una epidemia de enfermedades crónicas
no transmisibles con costos socioeconómicos grandes. El estudio de alimentos …

La diabetes tipo 2 y el síndrome metabólico son problemas de salud en crecimiento que
afectan a los sistemas de salud en todo el mundo. Hay una necesidad urgente de …

OBJECTIVE: To explore socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with the prevalence
of self-reported chronic conditions among older adults in Ecuador. METHODS: The sample …

Objective Overweight and obesity are risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and risk factors …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to report the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and
socioeconomic differences in school‐going E cuadorian adolescents. Methods A cross …

Objective. We investigate socioeconomic disparities in adolescent obesity in Mexico. Three
questions are addressed. First, what is the social patterning of obesity among Mexican …

South America is experiencing rapid epidemiologic and nutrition transitions. In the last two to
three decades, profound demographic, socio-economic and environmental changes have …

Introduction: therapeutic lifestyles changes including frequent consumption of legumes have
resulted in improved metabolic control and decreased blood pressure in type 2 diabetes …

Background: Insufficient physical activity (PA) and excessive sedentary behavior (SB) are
the main contributors to adolescent obesity. However, it is uncertain whether recent …

Background Excess weight (overweight and obesity) is the major modifiable risk factor for
type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and other non-communicable diseases. However, excess …