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A new study has found that girls are more likely than boys to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity, such as high blood pressure and excessive blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (dyslipidemia). The study was conducted in Brazil on 92 adolescents. The findings of the study were published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition. The study was conducted with FAPESP's support by scientists affiliated with the University of Sao Paulo's Biomedical Sciences Institute [...]

Unchecked spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Brazilian city of Manaus offers some clues on what achieving herd immunity against the virus may take, a new study has suggested. The pandemic ripped through Manaus, a city of 2.1 million that lies at the centre of the Amazon rainforest region, in March and April with tens of thousands of infections, but the spread slowed down. Now, a study -- published on the pre-print server MedRxiv before peer review – said the results of [...]

Prolonged autonomic nervous system imbalances after physical exertion have been shown to increase the risk of an acute event and of future cardiovascular disease, said study. Overweight and obese adolescents have similar increased risks of developing heart disorders, say researchers. “Until recently, overweight in adolescence wasn’t considered as important a risk as obesity for the development of cardiovascular disease. We found the risks to be similar in both cases,” said [...]

The study also showed that ethnic minorities and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are also vulnerable to severe mental illness.