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Sit Less, Move More, and Feel Good, Folks!: Sedentary Behavior May Stake Cardiometabolic Health Through Mental Health Problems Across the Lifespan

Ceren Bicer et al. Yasin Hasan Balcioglu

We read with interest the article titled “Sedentary behavior, dietary habits and cardiometabolic risk in physically active children and adolescents”. In this study, the authors attempted to evaluate the relationship between sedentary behavior, cardiometabolic risk factors, and eating habits in physically active children and adolescents. Their results concluded that there is no association between sedentary behavior and cardiometabolic risk factors in physically active children and adolescents. However, they concluded that sedentary behavior was associated with inappropriate eating habits. Moreover, children and adolescents showing sedentary behavior were more likely to consume food in front of the television regularly and to consume at least one ultra-processed food per day while consuming less fruit. We want to address several issues in this valuable article.

Despite this study providing important findings, studies with cross-sectional design inherently have substantial limitations. Particularly when it comes to diseases such as cardiometabolic disorders, these are the results of the cumulation of risk factors over many years. A cross-sectional design for this age group may overlook the effects of sedentary behavior on cardiometabolic conditions in adulthood, as it most likely will not have enough time to demonstrate its real effect during early life.

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Review Article

Quality of Life and Congenital Heart Disease in Childhood and Adolescenc

Juliana Bertoletti et al. Giovana Caroline Marx Sérgio Pedro Hattge Júnior Lucia Campos Pellanda

Advances in cardiac surgery techniques and early diagnosis have enabled the increased survival of individuals with congenital heart disease. The investigation of the quality of life in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease provides complementary information to clinical data that can assist in decision making on the part of health professionals. Although many studies have been conducted to investigate the quality of life of children and adolescents with congenital heart disease, the results prove to be contradictory; while some studies show that congenital heart disease can impact the quality of life, others describe a better perception of quality of life among children and adolescents who suffer from the disease when compared with healthy control subjects. The purpose of this study is to review the literature on the assessment of health related quality of life in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease, in order to systematize the existing knowledge on this topic today. It is observed that research seeks to investigate aspects of personality in cardiac patients, their coping strategies used and perceived social support, aiming at better understanding the association of these variables with the level of quality of life in this population.

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Comparison of the lipid profile, blood pressure, and dietary habits of adolescents and children descended from hypertensive and normotensive individuals

Maria Cristina Elias et al. Max Samuel Mattos Bolívar Francisco Antonio Helfenstein Fonseca Tania Leme da Rocha Martinez … Japy Angelini Celso Ferreira Nelson Kasinski Angelo Amato Vincenzo de Paola Antonio Carlos Camargo Carvalho

OBJECTIVE: To compare blood pressure, lipid profile, food intake, and anthropometric data of adolescents with or without a familial history of hypertension. METHODS: Forty-three adolescents from both sexes were assessed, with ages ranging from 11 to 18 years old. Twenty had hypertensive parents, and 23 had normotensive parents. The following variables were examined: blood pressure, food intake, anthropometric data, lipid profile, and the results of following dietary guidelines (American Heart Association). RESULTS: The offspring of hypertensive parents had greater baseline systolic blood pressure (109 ± 3 vs. 99 ± 2 mm Hg, P=0.01), diastolic blood pressure (68 ± 2 vs. 62 ± 2 mm Hg, p=0.04), greater TC/HDL-C ratio (4.1 ± 0.3 vs. 3.2 ± 0.2, P<0.01), and greater LDL/HDL-C (2.7 ± 0.2 vs. 1.9 ± 0.1, P<0.01), and smaller values of HDL-C (43 ± 2 vs.53 ± 2 mg/dL, P<0.005). Dietary intake and anthropometric measures assessed did not differ between the groups. Even though dietary intervention resulted in reductions in body mass index (21.0± 1.2 vs. 20.1 ± 1.1 kg/m², P<0.01), it did not change dyslipidemia present in the offspring of hypertensive individuals. CONCLUSION: Increased blood pressure levels and less favorable lipid profiles are found among offspring of hypertensive parents, where low levels of HDL-C were the most relevant finding regardless of anthropometric or nutritional variables.

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Sit Less, Move More, and Feel Good, Folks!: Sedentary Behavior May Stake Cardiometabolic Health Through Mental Health Problems Across the Lifespan

Quality of Life and Congenital Heart Disease in Childhood and Adolescenc

Comparison of the lipid profile, blood pressure, and dietary habits of adolescents and children descended from hypertensive and normotensive individuals

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