Behavioral patterns that increase or decrease risk of abdominal adiposity in adults.

Introduction: The identification of risk or protective behavioral patterns associated with abdominal adiposity may aid in prevention and health promotion measures.

Objective: To identify and to associate behavioral patterns of risk and protection to abdominal adiposity in adults in a Brazilian city.

Material And Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Viçosa, Brazil, with 1,226 adults of both sexes.

Risk and protective factors for chronic diseases in adults: a population-based study.

The article describes the relative frequency ok of risk and protective behaviors for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adults residing in Viçosa, Brazil. A cross-section-al population-based study including 1,226 adults living in the municipality. We used a structured questionnaire containing questions sociodemographic and behavioral The risk and protection factors evaluated were: smoking, physical activity, excessive consumption of alcohol and food consumption.

Chronic joint symptoms in adults: A population-based study.

Objective: To analyze factors associated with chronic joint symptoms (CJS) in adults.

Method: A population-based, cross-sectional study was performed with a sample of 1,217 adults aged between 20 and 59 years, in the city of Viçosa, in 2014. The sampling process was performed by conglomerates and sample was selected using a two-stage cluster-sampling scheme.

BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN ADULTS: METHOD AND LOGISTICS OF A POPULATION-BASED STUDY.

Introduction: obesity is a public health problem that has increased considerably. Several techniques have been developed and used to measure the amount of body fat, or a combination of excess fat with some comorbidities. The Body Adiposity Index is a new method proposed to determine body fat and its validation is still limited.