Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, the association with socioeconomic variables in adolescents from low-income region.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of obesity, overweight, abdominal obesity and high blood pressure in a sample of adolescents from a low-income city in Brazil and to estimate the relationship with the socioeconomic status of the family, the education level of the family provider and the type of school.

Methods: This cross-sectional study randomly sampled 1,014 adolescents (54.8% girls), between 14-19 years of age, attending high school from Imperatriz (MA).

[Impact of an exercise program in adiposity and muscular condition of postmenopausal women].

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of an exercise program on fat mass (FM), visceral fat area (VFA), skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and skeletal muscle mass index (SMMI) of post-menopausal women.

Methods: A sample of 169 women (56.8±6.