Risk of eating disorders in Mexican university students.

Objective: To determine the distribution of the risk of developing an eating disorder, other psychological variables, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity in Mexican university students. The second aim was to determine the association between the risk of developing an eating disorder and all variables by sex.

Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out.

Comparison of Two Types of Pit and Fissure Sealants in Reducing the Incidence of Dental Caries Using a Split-Mouth Design.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of two pit and fissure sealants (PFS) in reducing the incidence of dental caries in schoolchildren.

Material And Methods: A randomized split-mouth experimental design was used in a sample of 140 subjects assigned to two groups. The sealants used were Clinpro©3M and BeautiSealant©Shofu placed in first permanent molars (FPMs).

Drive for muscularity and disordered eating behaviors and its relationship with anthropometric indicators and physical activity in Mexican adolescent men.

Purpose: Adolescent men have been identified as a risk population to develop eating disorders and other psychopathologies as drive for muscularity (DM) recently considered as muscularity-oriented disordered eating. It is important to identify risk factors as precursors of these pathologies. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of developing disordered eating behaviors (DEB) and DM and its relationship with anthropometric indicators and physical activity (PA) in adolescent men (high-school students, age 15-19) from Hidalgo, Mexico.

[RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MEAL TIMES IN MEXICAN ADOLESCENTS].

Objectives: 1) to describe the distribution of the body mass index (BMI), physical activity levels and meal times' frequency and; 2) to assess its relationships in a sample of high school Mexican adolescents.

Methods: a total of 1028 adolescents (41.1% males and 58.

Eating disorders associated risk factors: trends from 2007 to 2010.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the trends on risk factors associated to eating disorders in bachelor students from an urban setting in Hidalgo in the period 2007-2010.

Material And Methods: Students were censored both in 2007 and in 2010, and registered as 455 (50.5% female, 49.

[Social environment and risky eating behaviors: an exploratory study in adolescent females in Mexico].

The objectives of the current study were to explore: (1) the association between the social environment at the city and family levels and risky eating behaviors in adolescent females and (2) the interaction between the social and cultural environment and body mass index (BMI). The data were obtained from a representative survey of female high school students in Mexico State, Mexico (15-19 years). A questionnaire was applied on risky eating behaviors and socio-demographic data.

[Odds ratio between sociocultural factors, body dissatisfaction, and body mass index in university students of Hidalgo, Mexico].

After to identify risky factors involved in the prediction and prevention of eating disorders (ED), in a sample of university males and females students from an urban setting in Hidalgo. Mexico; the main purpose of this paper was to reaffirm the following assumptions: 1) Dissatisfaction with body shape is closely related to both, the influence of sociocultural factors as Body Mass Index (BMI); 2) The participating women reported more dissatisfaction with body shape, indicating greater influence of sociocultural factors than men.Transversal, descriptive and association field research was carried out in a sample of 490 students (57% females.

[Disordered eating behaviors: prevalence among Mexican students aged 15-19].

Objective: To obtain the prevalence of disordered eating (DE) among student female adolescents from public high schools in 17 urban settings in the Mexican Republic, across age, setting and region.

Material And Methods: The sample comprised 4358 female students 15 to 19 years of age. DE was evaluated with a validated and standardized questionnaire for Mexican adolescents with 2 cutoff points: moderate-DE and high-DE.

[Distribution and relation of risk factors associated with eating disorders in a sample of pubescents, males and females, to 11-15 years old from Hidalgo, Mexico].

Objective: To determine the distribution and relation of risk factors: biological (body mass index (BMI), sexual maturity) psychological (eating behaviours, body unsatisfied), and sociocultural (publicity influence and distress with body shape) factors associated to eating disorders in Mexican pubescent from Hidalgo, Mexico.

Material And Methods: A field transversal descriptive and correlational design was carried away with a probabilistic sample of 2194 pubescent (males 48%; females 52%), between 11 and 15 years (X = 13.2; DE = 1.