Prevalence of overweight and obesity in 7-9 year-old Portuguese children: Trends in body mass index from 1970-2002

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portuguese children age 7-9 years and to analyze trends in body mass index (BMI) from 1970-2002. The findings of the study shows a very high prevalence of overweight/obesity in Portuguese children compared to other European countries and also provide further evidence that there were strong increases in BMI among Portuguese children between 1970 and 2002, particularly between 1992 and 2002, when changes in weight were higher than those of height.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Risk factors, Market trend/market analysis, Obesity in children, Childhood obesity, Body mass index

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Secular trends in age at menarche among Caboclo populations from Para, Amazonia, Brazil: 1930 - 1980

Article Abstract:

A study to analyze the age of menarche in adolescents and adult women born in the period between 1930-1980 in Caboclo populations from Para, Amazonia and Brazil is presented. The change found in age at menarche in women born from the 1930s to the 1980s may be related to the changes in health and nutritional factors that occurred in Brazil which experienced significant improvement in living standards during that period.

Brazil, Health aspects, Analysis, Food and nutrition, Life style, Lifestyles, Brazilians

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Social background and age at Menarche in Portuguese university students: A note on the secular changes in Portugal

Article Abstract:

Menarcheal age of a sample of Portuguese university students, born between 1972 and 1983, age 18-23 years, is analyzed. The influence of parents' educational level and occupation, family size, birth order, and degree of urbanization of girl's locality of residence during childhood and adolescence as well a secular trend in the Portuguese population is analyzed.

Public affairs, Students, College, Social aspects, Evaluation, College students, Social classes, Social class, Secularism, Women college students

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