Health promotion initiatives at school related to overweight, insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidemia in adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Recife, Brazil.
Myrtis Katille de Assunção BezerraEduardo Freese de CarvalhoJuliana Souza OliveiraEduarda Ângela Pessoa CessePedro Israel Cabral de LiraJonathan Galvão Tenório CavalcanteVanessa Sá LealPublished in: BMC public health (2018)
Schools which have implemented adequate health promotion in their curriculums showed a lower prevalence of overweight, insulin resistance and hypercholesterolemia in adolescents.
Keyphrases
- health promotion
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- young adults
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- blood pressure
- type diabetes
- high fat diet induced
- weight loss
- risk factors
- body mass index
- weight gain
- cardiovascular events
- quality improvement
- cardiovascular disease
- glycemic control
- coronary artery disease