Search Results - "Luft, Vivian C."
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Stress and the Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods during COVID-19's Social Distancing: Are Mental Disorders Mediators in This Association? ELSA-Brasil Results
Published in Nutrients (01-07-2024)“…The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated various determinants of mental disorders. Several behavioral changes were observed given this increase, including harmful…”
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Association between ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: the ELSA-Brasil cohort
Published in Diabetology and metabolic syndrome (15-11-2023)“…Background Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in various high-income countries, with some variation in the magnitude…”
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Waist-to-Height Ratio: A Sensitive Tool for Assessing the Need for Nutritional Risk Management in Elderly Populations from Brazil
Published in Healthcare (Basel) (28-08-2023)“…Introduction: Nutritional status assessment commonly relies on body mass index (BMI), which overlooks lean mass and adipose tissue distribution. However, waist…”
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Measurement of mid‐arm circumference as a starting point for nutritional assessment of patients with decompensated cirrhosis: A prospective cohort study
Published in Journal of human nutrition and dietetics (01-02-2023)“…Background The mid‐arm circumference (MAC) is an accessible, quick, and inexpensive measurement, which can be performed at the bedside only with a measuring…”
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Total and Full-Fat, but Not Low-Fat, Dairy Product Intakes are Inversely Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Adults
Published in The Journal of nutrition (01-01-2016)“…Growing evidence suggests that dairy products may have beneficial cardiometabolic effects. The current guidelines, however, limit the intake of full-fat dairy…”
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Association between meatless diet and depressive episodes: A cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA-Brasil)
Published in Journal of affective disorders (01-01-2023)“…The association between vegetarianism and depression is still unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between a meatless diet and the presence of…”
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The inflammatory food index and its association with weight gain and incidence of diabetes: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Published in Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases (01-03-2022)“…Diet plays a central role in regulating inflammation and is closely related to the development of chronic diseases. We aimed to develop an inflammatory food…”
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Retinol binding protein 4 and incident diabetes--the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC Study)
Published in Revista brasileira de epidemiologia (01-06-2013)“…Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) has been described as a link between impaired glucose uptake in adipocytes and systemic insulin sensitivity. To determine…”
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Sleep problems and their association with weight and waist gain - The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Published in Sleep medicine (01-09-2020)“…To evaluate the association of sleep problems with weight and waist size gain during four years of follow-up. We investigated 13,030 participants (35–74 years)…”
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Chronic inflammation role in the obesity-diabetes association: a case-cohort study
Published in Diabetology and metabolic syndrome (27-06-2013)“…Chronic inflammation is related to both obesity and diabetes. Our aim was to investigate to what extent this inflammation contributes to the association…”
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Influence of internal migration on body mass index: Results of the ELSA‐Brasil study
Published in American journal of human biology (01-07-2020)“…Objectives To investigate the association between internal migration and body mass index (BMI) in the adult population with data from the Brazilian…”
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Glucose and triglyceride excursions following a standardized meal in individuals with diabetes: ELSA-Brasil study
Published in Cardiovascular diabetology (13-02-2015)“…To assess glucose and triglyceride excursions 2 hours after the ingestion of a standardized meal and their associations with clinical characteristics and…”
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Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV and incident Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
Published in Diabetes care (01-05-2010)“…Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) is not only important in beta-cell function but also has proinflammatory actions. We aimed to investigate whether it could act…”
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Childhood obesity--towards effectiveness
Published in Jornal de pediatria (01-05-2004)“…To review therapeutic approaches to childhood obesity and also its diagnosis and prevention. Searches were performed of scientific papers held on the MEDLINE,…”
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Validation of a New Method Developed to Measure the Height of Adult Patients in Bed
Published in Nutrition in clinical practice (01-08-2008)“…We present the performance of a new instrument developed to measure the height of patients in bed (Luft Ruler). Methods: Standing height was the gold standard…”
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Individual outpatient care versus group education programs. Which leads to greater change in dietary and physical activity habits for obese children?
Published in Jornal de pediatria (01-11-2004)“…To compare two strategies for childhood obesity management: ambulatory assistance (individual) and educational program (in group). Children and adolescents…”
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Development of an Inflammatory Food Index and Association with Inflammatory Markers and Diabetes—Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-07-2018)“…Introduction: Diet plays a central role in the regulation of inflammation and is closely related to the development of chronic diseases. Dietary patterns…”
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Abstract P076: Regression of Prediabetes and Diabetes is Associated with Mild Weight and Waist Loss - ELSA-Brasil
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (05-03-2019)“…Abstract only Introduction: The prevalence of diabetes has risen dramatically in the last decades. Prediabetes, or intermediate hyperglycemia, represents an…”
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Associations between exploratory dietary patterns and incident type 2 diabetes: a federated meta-analysis of individual participant data from 25 cohort studies
Published in European journal of nutrition (01-10-2022)“…Purpose In several studies, exploratory dietary patterns (DP), derived by principal component analysis, were inversely or positively associated with incident…”
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Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV and Incident Diabetes
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