Publications by authors named "Livia Almeida Amaral Ferraz"

The aim of this review was to assess whether the presence of rs9939609 and rs17782313 polymorphisms increase the risk for obesity among children and adolescents. This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist and it was registered in PROSPERO. The search was performed in the PubMed/Medline, The Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases.

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This study aimed to analyze the demand for health services or professionals by adolescents with individual determinants and contextual variables (school teaching modality and Social Vulnerability Index). Data were collected from March to June 2018, in state public schools in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil, through a structured questionnaire with questions from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the National School Health Survey (PeNSE). Among the 2,454 adolescents, the proportion of those looking for a health service was higher among women; in adolescents whose mothers had a minimum of nine schooling years; in the physically active; and whose parents did not receive a family aid (Bolsa Família).

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