Publications by authors named "Amalia Cornejo"
Background: The frequency of obesity is increasing steadily in Chile.
Aim: To assess the prevalence of obesity and overweight in children and teenagers living in three southern Chilean cities.
Material And Methods: The database of an evaluation performed in 2006 in schools, was used to obtain weight and height of 32514 subjects aged 12 ± 4 years (48% males).
Background: Considering the high prevalence of obesity among children attending elementary schools, it is important to know the evolution of body weight when these children reach adolescent.
Aim: To analyze the changes in nutritional status of children between the first year of elementary school and the first year of high school.
Material And Methods: A historical cohort of children that were assessed when they started elementary school in 1997 was evaluated again eight years later Weight and height were measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated.