Efficacy of oral Vitamin D supplementation in reducing body mass index and lipid profile in adolescents and young adults in Colombia: A pilot clinical trial protocol nested in the SIMBA cohort.

Background: In recent years, the role of vitamin D (VD) as a protective factor in cardiovascular disease has been recognized. Thus, there is a need to study the effect of vitamin D supplementation in the control of different cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome, especially in young populations where few studies have been conducted.

Methods: Pilot study of a randomized, parallel two-arm, triple-blind clinical controlled trial in 150 adolescents and young adults in the city of Bucaramanga-Colombia.

Early evaluation of the metabolic syndrome in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is one of the conditions that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and type-2 diabetes in the early future if it appears during childhood or adolescence. The purpose of the study to compare the MS prevalence of MS estimated in a representative sample of school-age population in Bucaramanga, Colombia, and the MS prevalence estimated in a subsample from the same population in the adolescent stage.

Methods: An analytical cross-sectional survey (in the adolescent stage) (n=494) was carried out, nested in a population-based cohort assembled when children were of school age (n=1,282).

[Relationship between exclusive breastfeeding the first six months of life and development of insulin resistance in children and adolescents in Bucaramanga, Colombia].

Introduction: exclusive breastfeeding (EB) is a protective factor against the development of insulin resistance (IR) as mainstay of the metabolic syndrome.

Objective: the objective of the study was to evaluate the relationship between EB during the first six months of life and the development of IR through the Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA-IR) and Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI) indexes.

Material And Methods: a population-based cohort study included 494 adolescent participants, from whom socio-demographic, anthropometric, and cardiometabolic variables were assessed using the HOMA-IR and QUICKI indexes to determine the degree of association between EB and the development IR.

Vitamin D and risk of preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Human vitamin D levels have been increasingly related to a wide range of clinical outcomes. There is a large amount of reports on its associations, especially with obstetric complications, including preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. These results are scarcely consistent and there is still a lack of quality intervention studies to confirm the role of vitamin D in those outcomes.

Waist-to-height ratio and its relation with cardiometabolic risk factors in children from Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Background: Currently, the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has emerged as a practical and useful indicator for identifying cardiometabolic risk in child and adolescent population.

Objective: To evaluate the association between the WHtR and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) in a cohort of children in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study.

[Prevalence of modifiable behavioral risk factors associated to non-communicable diseases in Latin American college students: a systematic review].

Introduction: Physical inactivity, smoking, harmful use of alcohol and an unhealthy diet are considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the four main behavioral risk factors that increase the risk of suffering non-communicable diseases.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of the behavioral risk factors in college students according to the scientific database analyzed.

Materials And Methods: A systematic review was carried out with 585 articles analyzed through electronic search in academic databases.

[Association between birth weight and cardiometabolic risk factors in children of Bucaramanga, Colombia>].

Background: Birth weight could be a medium-term risk factor in the development of overweight and obesity and a long-term risk factor of cardio-metabolic diseases.

Objective: To evaluate the association between birth weight and cardio-metabolic risk factors in children from Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1,282 children between five and eleven years of age in Bucaramanga.

[RISK OF MALNUTRITION ASSOCIATED WITH POOR FOOD INTAKE, PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAY AND READMISSION IN A HIGH COMPLEXITY HOSPITAL IN COLOMBIA].

Introduction: hospitalary malnutrition is highly prevalent and is related with prolonged hospital stay, increase in attention costs and associated clinic complications.

Objective: to determine the risk of malnutrition in hospitalized patients in a highly specialized health center and its associated factors.

Methods: questionnaires of the Nutrition Day initiative were applied to 70 adult patients of a health institution of high level of complexity in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

[Overweight and obesity in Colombian college students and its association with physical activity].

Introduction: Overweight, obesity and physical activity are considered modifiable factors related to development of chronic diseases. Taking into account physical activity patterns in college students, it is necessary to establish its association with the excessive weight in order to prevent and to decrease the prevalence of future chronic diseases.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association between excessive weight and physical inactivity among college students.

[Associated factors to dietary intake of fruits and vegetables in Bucaramanga, Colombia].

The objective of this study was to determine associated factors to the consumption of fruit and vegetables (FV) in the adult population of each socioeconomic status (SES) in Bucaramanga, Colombia. We conducted a cross-sectional in a sample of 317 people and we measured socio-demographic, economic and anthropometric variables and dietary factors related to the purchase and consumption of FV. We made a survey, a 24-Hour dietary recall and we did anthropometric measurements.