[Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in children with overweight and obesity].

Background And Objective: Obesity is associated with cardiovascular risk factors and heart failure.

Subjects And Method: Thirty children with overweight or obesity were matched with 30 healthy children. Corrected QT interval (QTc) and QT dispersion (QTd), left ventricular mass, left ventricular mass index, fractional shortening and fractional ejection, were measured.

[Anorexia nervosa and cerebral atrophy in adolescents].

Background And Objective: The incidence of cerebral atrophy in patients with anorexia nervosa and its relation to nutritional parameters has not been considered yet.

Patients And Method: The medical records of 55 patients were reviewed. 47 of them underwent a cerebral magnetic resonance, anthropometric and nutritional study.