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Gloria Valeria da Veiga
Researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Publications - 114
Citations - 2966
Gloria Valeria da Veiga is an academic researcher from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 108 publications receiving 2578 citations. Previous affiliations of Gloria Valeria da Veiga include Federal Fluminense University & Rio de Janeiro State University.
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School randomised trial on prevention of excessive weight gain by discouraging students from drinking sodas.
TL;DR: Investigating whether an educational programme aimed at discouraging students from drinking sugar-sweetened beverages could prevent excessive weight gain found it significantly reduced BMI among overweight children, and mainly among girls.
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Fatores associados à obesidade em adolescentes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the fatores associated with obesidade and the use of massa morporal (IMC) in a regressao linear multivariada.
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Trends in Overweight Among Adolescents Living in the Poorest and Richest Regions of Brazil
TL;DR: Adolescents of rich (southeast) and poor (northeast) regions showed a substantial increase in BMI; among older girls from the richest region, the prevalence of overweight is decreasing; and BMI increased dramatically in Brazilian adolescents, mainly among boys.
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ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents
Katia Vergetti Bloch,Carlos Henrique Klein,Moyses Szklo,Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir,Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu,Laura Augusta Barufaldi,Gloria Valeria da Veiga,Beatriz D'Agord Schaan,Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva,Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos,Ana Júlia Pantoja de Moraes,Ana Luiza Vilela Borges,Ana Mayra A. de Oliveira,Bruno Mendes Tavares,Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira,Cristiane de Freitas Cunha,Denise Tavares Giannini,Dilson Rodrigues Belfort,Eduardo Lima Santos,Elisa Brosina de Leon,Elizabeth Fujimori,Elizabete Regina Araújo Oliveira,Erika da Silva Magliano,Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos,George Dantas de Azevedo,Gisela Soares Brunken,Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães,José Rocha Faria Neto,Juliana Souza Oliveira,Kênia Mara Baiocchi de Carvalho,Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves,Maria Inês Monteiro,Marize Melo dos Santos,Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim,Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira,Renan Magalhães Montenegro,Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel,Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna,Sandra Mary Lima Vasconcelos,Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg +39 more
TL;DR: The study indicates that the control of obesity would lower the prevalence of hypertension among Brazilian adolescents by 1/5 and the fractions of hypertension attributable to obesity in the population by 17.8%.
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The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents – ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents
Katia Vergetti Bloch,Moyses Szklo,Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir,Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu,Laura Augusta Barufaldi,Carlos Henrique Klein,Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcelos,Gloria Valeria da Veiga,Valeska Carvalho Figueiredo,Adriano Dias,Ana Júlia Pantoja de Moraes,Ana Luiza Lima Souza,Ana Mayra A. de Oliveira,B. D. Schaan,Bruno Mendes Tavares,Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira,Cristiane de Freitas Cunha,Denise Tavares Giannini,Dilson Rodrigues Belfort,Dulce Lopes Barboza Ribas,Eduardo Lima Santos,Elisa Brosina de Leon,Elizabeth Fujimori,Elizabete Regina Araúio Oliveira,Erika da Silva Magliano,Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos,George Dantas de Azevedo,Gisela Soares Brunken,Glauber Monteiro Dias,Heleno Rodrigues Corrêa Filho,Maria Inês Monteiro,Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães,José Rocha Faria Neto,Juliana Souza Oliveira,Kênia Mara Baiocchi de Carvalho,Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves,Marize Melo dos Santos,Pascoal Torres Muniz,Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim,Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira,Renan Magalhães Montenegro,Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel,Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna,Sandra Mary Lima Vasconcelos,Sandro Silva da Matta,Stella Maris Seixas Martins,Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg,Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva +47 more
TL;DR: The study findings will be instrumental to the development of public policies aiming at the prevention of obesity, atherosclerotic diseases and diabetes in an adolescent population.