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List of works by Ana Lydia Sawaya

A 15-year study on the treatment of undernourished children at a nutrition rehabilitation centre (CREN), Brazil.

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Adolescents with mild stunting show alterations in glucose and insulin metabolism.

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Agreement between the total energy expenditure calculated with accelerometry data and the BMR yielded by predictive equations v. the total energy expenditure obtained with doubly labelled water in low-income women with excess weight

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Albuminuria, renal function and blood pressure in undernourished children and recovered from undernutrition

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Application of stable isotopic techniques in the prevention of degenerative diseases like obesity and NIDDM in developing societies.

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Association between Adult Stature and Energy Expenditure in Low-Income Women from Northeastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Association between chronic undernutrition and hypertension

scientific article published on July 2005

Association between malnutrition in children living in slums, maternal nutritional status, and environmental factors

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Biomarkers of oxidative stress and antioxidant status in children born small for gestational age: evidence of lipid peroxidation

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Body fat distribution in stunted compared with normal-height children from the shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published in September 2007

Changes in Thyroid and Glycemic Status and Food Intake in Children with Excess Weight Who Were Submitted for a Multi-Component School Intervention for 16 Months

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Children recovered from malnutrition exhibit normal insulin production and sensitivity

scientific article published on 26 July 2007

Circulating renin-angiotensin system and catecholamines in childhood: is there a role for birthweight?

scientific article published in March 2008

Comparison of metabolic changes between short and non-short stature, obese, low-income women after weight loss

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Comparison of techniques to evaluate adiposity in stunted and nonstunted children.

scientific article published in April 2006

Dietary energy requirements of young and older women determined by using the doubly labeled water method

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Dietary medium-chain triacylglycerols versus long-chain triacylglycerols for body composition in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

scientific article published on 04 February 2015

Dyslipidaemia and undernutrition in children from impoverished areas of Maceió, state of Alagoas, Brazil

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Effectiveness of a 16-month multi-component and environmental school-based intervention for recovery of poor income overweight/obese children and adolescents: study protocol of the health multipliers program

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Effectiveness of a stunting recovery program for children treated in a specialized center.

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Effects of low birth weight in 8- to 13-year-old children: implications in endothelial function and uric acid levels.

scientific article published on 8 May 2006

Energy Intake in Socially Vulnerable Women Living in Brazil: Assessment of the Accuracy of Two Methods of Dietary Intake Recording Using Doubly Labeled Water.

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Energy expenditure of stunted and nonstunted boys and girls living in the shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on October 2000

Equations for predicting the energy requirements of healthy adults aged 18-81 y.

scientific article published in May 1999

Estimating total body fat using a skinfold prediction equation in Brazilian children.

scientific article published in March 2012

Evaluation of four methods for determining energy intake in young and older women: comparison with doubly labeled water measurements of total energy expenditure

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

Evidence suggesting that the elevated plasma triiodothyronine concentration of rats fed on protein deficient diets is physiologically active

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Evolution of the biochemical profile of children treated or undergoing treatment for moderate or severe stunting: consequences of metabolic programming?

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

Exploring the consumption of ultra-processed foods and its association with food addiction in overweight children

scientific article published on 12 November 2018

Food consumed does not account for the higher prevalence of obesity among stunted adults in a very-low-income population in the Northeast of Brazil (Maceió, Alagoas).

scientific article published in November 2003

Height and weight gains in a nutrition rehabilitation day-care service.

scientific article published on 3 March 2010

Higher central fat and poor self-body image in short-stature overweight/obese women living in Brazilian shantytowns.

scientific article published on 06 October 2016

Homocysteine and nitric oxide are related to blood pressure and vascular function in small-for-gestational-age children

scientific article published on 18 June 2007

Impact of nutritional recovery with linear growth on the concentrations of adipokines in undernourished children living in Brazilian slums.

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Increased blood pressure in adolescents of low socioeconomic status with short stature.

scientific article published on 3 April 2003

Influence of maternal height and weight on low birth weight: a cross-sectional study in poor communities of northeastern Brazil

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Long-lasting effects of undernutrition

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Long-term effects of early malnutrition on body weight regulation.

scientific article published in July 2004

Lower resting metabolic rate and higher velocity of weight gain in a prospective study of stunted vs nonstunted girls living in the shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil.

scientific article published on July 2005

Lower waist circumference in mildly-stunted adolescents is associated with elevated insulin concentration

scientific article published on 25 June 2014

Lowering of plasma triiodothyronine level and sympathetic activity does not alter hypoalbuminaemia in rats fed on a diet of low protein concentration.

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF LOW INCOME BRAZILIAN OBESE ADOLESCENTS: PILOT STUDY.

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Malnourished children treated in day-hospital or outpatient clinics exhibit linear catch-up and normal body composition

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Malnutrition is associated with increased blood pressure in childhood

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Malnutrition, long-term health and the effect of nutritional recovery.

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Meal palatability, substrate oxidation and blood glucose in young and older men.

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Mild stunting is associated with higher blood pressure in overweight adolescents

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Mild stunting is associated with higher body fat: study of a low-income population.

scientific article published in March 2011

Mild stunting is associated with higher susceptibility to the effects of high fat diets: studies in a shantytown population in São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Normal cortisol response to cold pressor test, but lower free thyroxine, after recovery from undernutrition.

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Obesity and malnutrition in a Shantytown population in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Obesity and undernutrition in a very-low-income population in the city of Maceió, northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on August 2001

Regulation of energy intake may be impaired in nutritionally stunted children from the shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Relationship between circulating leptin and energy expenditure in adult men and women aged 18 years to 81 years

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Short stature and food habits as determining factors for the low productivity of sugarcane labourers in the State of Alagoas, north-eastern Brazil

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Short stature, abdominal obesity, insulin resistance and alterations in lipid profile in very low-income women living in Maceió, north-eastern Brazil

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Short stature, obesity and arterial hypertension in a very low income population in North-eastern Brazil.

scientific article published on February 2004

Stunted children gain less lean body mass and more fat mass than their non-stunted counterparts: a prospective study

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Stunting and future risk of obesity: principal physiological mechanisms.

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The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

The link between childhood undernutrition and risk of chronic diseases in adulthood: a case study of Brazil

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Use of food quotients in human doubly labeled water studies: comparable results obtained with 4 widely used food intake methods.

scientific article published in September 1998

Waist-to-Height Gain and Triiodothyronine Concentrations in a Cohort of Socially Vulnerable Short-Stature Women: A Four-Year Follow-Up Study.

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Weight gain and reduced energy expenditure in low-income Brazilian women living in slums: a 4-year follow-up study.

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Why are nutritionally stunted children at increased risk of obesity? Studies of metabolic rate and fat oxidation in shantytown children from São Paulo, Brazil

scientific article published in September 2000

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