Background: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of a multidisciplinary exercise program on physical fitness, metabolic profile and nutritional status of obese patients. Methods: Seventeen women and four men (N.=21, age 18 to 60 years), with severe obesity (BMI=35-40 kg/m2, N.=7), m...
Delgado Floody, Pedro
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Caamaño Navarrete, Felipe
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González Rivera, Javier A.
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Fleckenstein, Johannes
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Banzer, Winfried
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Martínez Salazar, Cristian
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[Improvements in Chilean patients with obesity following a 5-month multidisciplinary exercise program: A feasibility study]
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Improvements in Chilean patients with obesity following a 5-month multidisciplinary exercise program: A feasibility study
Objectives: Maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) plays a fundamental role in firefighters' occupational activities due to the high intensity tasks they perform in their professional duties. In Chile, firefighters are volunteers (non-salary) and their lack of continuous and programmed physical acti...
Espinoza, Fernando
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Delgado Floody, Pedro
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Martínez Salazar, Cristian
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Jerez Mayorga, Daniel
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Guzmán Guzmán, Iris Paola
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Caamaño Navarrete, Felipe
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Ramírez Campillo, R.
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Chamorro, Claudio
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Campos Jara, Christian
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[The influence of cardiometabolic risk factors on cardiorespiratory fitness in volunteer Chilean firefighters]
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The influence of cardiometabolic risk factors on cardiorespiratory fitness in volunteer Chilean firefighters
Introducción: los niños con exceso de peso corren mayor riesgo de sufrir alteraciones psicosociales.
Objetivo: el propósito de esta investigación fue relacionar la condición de sobrepeso y obesidad con los niveles de autoestima y felicidad en escolares de centros educativos públicos.
Métodos: par...
Introduction: overweight children are at increased risk for psychosocial disorders.
Objective: the purpose of this research was to relate the condition of overweight and obesity to the levels of self-esteem and happiness in schoolchildren of public schools.
Methods: a total of 364 schoolchildren ...
Delgado Floody, Pedro
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Caamaño Navarrete, Felipe
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Martínez Salazar, Cristian
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Jerez Mayorga, Daniel
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Carter Thuillier, Bastián
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García Pinillos, Felipe
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Latorre Román, Pedro
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[Childhood obesity and its association with the feeling of unhappiness and low levels of self-esteem in children of public schools]
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[La obesidad infantil y su asociación con el sentimiento de infelicidad y bajos niveles de autoestima en niños de centros educativos públicos]
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La obesidad infantil y su asociación con el sentimiento de infelicidad y bajos niveles de autoestima en niños de centros educativos públicos
El aumento progresivo de la obesidad en la población escolar chilena es preocupante, los niños mapuches, corren un riesgo alto de ser obesos, debido a la rápida transculturación y el acceso deficiente a información de salud pública. El propósito del estudio fue comparar variables antropometricas ...
The progressive increase of obesity in the Chilean school population is worrisome, Mapuche children are at high risk of being obese, due to rapid transculturation and poor access to public health information. The purpose of the study was to compare anthropometric variables and their relationship ...
Cresp Barría, Mauricio
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Barría, Claudia
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Delgado Floody, Pedro
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Espinoza Zambrano, Valentina
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Zalazar Quezada, Betssy
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Carter Vidal, Angélica
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Fernández Filho, José
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[Assessment of cardiometabolic risk determined by anthropometric variables in school children with ethnic diversity]
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[Valoración del riesgo cardiometabólico determinado por variables antropometricas en niños escolares con diversidad étnica]
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Valoración del riesgo cardiometabólico determinado por variables antropometricas en niños escolares con diversidad étnica
Background: adequate exposure to Physical Education (PE) classes contributes to a healthier lifestyle among children during their lifespan. Objective: the main objective of this research was to evaluate the perception of obese schoolchildren regarding their participation in PE class and to determ...
Delgado Floody, Pedro
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Cofre Lizama, Alfonso
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Guzmán Guzmán, Iris
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Jerez Mayorga, Daniel
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Martínez Salazar, Cristian
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Caamaño Navarrete, Felipe
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[Precepción de los escolares obesos con respecto a su participación en la clase de educación física y su nivel de autoestima: Comparación según el estado corporal]
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[Perception of obese schoochildren regarding their participation in the physical education class and their level of self esteem: Comparison according to corporal status]
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Perception of obese schoochildren regarding their participation in the physical education class and their level of self esteem: Comparison according to corporal status