Sérgio Viana Peixoto

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ID1777841
NOMBRESérgio Viana Peixoto
NOMBRESSérgio Viana
APELLIDOPeixoto
FIRMAPEIXOTO S V
AFILIACIONESRene Rachou Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS33
TOTAL DE CITAS82
TOTAL COMO AUTOR33
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2004
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H6

  • The role of physical activity in self-rated health in a region affected by mining dam collapse

    Open AccessSérgio William Viana Peixoto, Sérgio Viana Peixoto et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Introduction Self-rated health is a robust measure of overall health status, encompassing an individual’s physical, mental, and social health. This multidimensional characteristic highlights the potential of this variable in studies conducted in regions affected by major disasters. This study assessed the prevalence of poor self-rated health and its association with sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, multimorbidity, and place of residenc…

  • Avaliação do perfil imunológico de adultos mais velhos segundo as regiões brasileiras

    Open AccessMaria Luiza Lima-Silva, Juliana Vaz De Melo Mambrini et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2026

    A imunossenescência refere-se às alterações do sistema imunológico com o envelhecimento, incluindo o aumento dos biomarcadores inflamatórios, fenômeno conhecido como inflammaging, que está relacionado ao surgimento de doenças associadas ao envelhecimento. O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a distribuição de biomarcadores imunológicos nas cinco regiões brasileiras e estimar as probabilidades preditas de suas concentrações nos tercis da distribu…

  • Community Food Environment in Brazilian Medium-Sized Municipality After the Ore Dam Break

    Open AccessPatrícia Pinheiro De Freitas, Maria Susana Lopes et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    This study proposed a methodology for obtaining a valid database of food retail establishments and characterized the community food environment, understood as the distribution and type of food outlets, in a Brazilian medium-sized municipality after the collapse of a mining tailings dam. An ecological study was conducted with establishments selling food for home consumption (butcher shops, fish markets; fruit and vegetable specialty markets; large…

  • Perfil de saúde e exposição a metais em três anos de uma coorte infantil, Projeto Bruminha

    Open AccessCarmen Ildes Fróes Rodrigues Asmus, Carmen Ildes Rodrigues Fróes Asmus et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2025

    OBJECTIVE: To describe the health profile and patterns of exposure to mining waste over the period of three years in a cohort of children living in areas affected by the collapse of a mining tailings dam in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in 2019. METHODS: This prospective cohort study included all children aged 0 to six years residing in four selected locations: three in the disaster zone (Parque da Cachoeira, Córrego do Feijão, and Teju…

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022

    Open AccessNowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019

    Open AccessBin Zhou, Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2021

    BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories

    Open AccessAndrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …

  • O desastre de Brumadinho e os possíveis impactos na saúde

    Open AccessSérgio William Viana Peixoto, Sérgio Viana Peixoto et al.ARTICLECiência e Cultura2020Citada por: 1Referencias: 10

    Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Escola de Enfermagem. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Open AccessNCD Risk Factor Collaboration, Honor Bixby et al.ARTICLENature2019

    Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…

  • Physical activity practice among older adults

    Open AccessSérgio William Viana Peixoto, Sérgio Viana Peixoto et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2019

    To describe the prevalence of the practice of physical activity (PA) among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. In addition, potential effect modifiers of the association between PA and age were investigated. METHODS: We have analyzed data from 8,736 participants (92.8%) aged 50 and older from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Physical activity was measured using the short version of the International Physical Act…

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015

    Open AccessBin Zhou, James Bentham et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. METHODS: For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or comm…

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016

    Open AccessLeandra Abarca-Gómez, Ziad Abdeen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…

  • Use of health services by Brazilian older adults with and without functional limitation

    Open AccessAlexandre Moreira De Melo Silva, Juliana Vaz De Melo Mambrini et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2017Referencias: 19

    OBJECTIVE To analyze the use of health services and the quality of medical care received by Brazilian older adults with and without functional limitation. METHODS The main analyses were based on a national sample representing 23,815 participants of the National Survey on Health (PNS) aged 60 years or older. Functional limitation was defined by the difficulty to perform at least one out of ten basic or instrumental activities of daily living. Pote…

  • Informal and paid care for Brazilian older adults (National Health Survey, 2013)

    Open AccessMaria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2017Referencias: 10

    OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with informal and paid care for Brazilian older adults with functional limitations. METHODS Of the 23,815 participants of the National Health Survey aged 60 or older, 5,978 reported needing help to perform activities of daily living and were included in this analysis. The dependent variable was the source of care, categorized as exclusively informal (unpaid), exclusively…

  • Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and functional disability in Brazilian elders

    Open AccessRodrigo Zunzarren Megale, Antônio Ignácio De Loyola Filho et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2016

    Numerous studies have associated the apolipoprotein E (apoE) ε4 allele with worse health status, but few have assessed the existence of genotype-dependent variations in functional performance. Among participants in the Bambuí Health and Aging Study, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 1,408 elderly underwent apoE genotyping. Functionality was assessed with a questionnaire, and individuals were classified as dependent in basic activities of daily living (…

  • Diabetes, hypertension and mobility among Brazilian older adults

    Open AccessClarissa De Matos Nascimento, Juliana Vaz De Melo Mambrini et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Despite the increases observed in the prevalence of the hypertension and diabetes over the ten year period, the decrease in strength of the association with physical mobility during the first period could be explained by improvements in health services and treatment of older adults. Special attention should be given to the treatment and management of diabetes in order to avoid declines in physical mobility levels

  • Atividade física e escore de risco de Framingham entre idosos

    Open AccessJaqueline De Oliveira Santana, Juciany Rodrigues De Oliveira Ramalho et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2015Citada por: 2Referencias: 18

    O trabalho explorou a associação entre o gasto energético em atividades físicas e o escore de risco de Framingham entre idosos. Trata-se de um estudo seccional, incluindo 1.473 idosos. A variável dependente foi o nível de atividade física, estimado pela taxa de equivalentes metabólicos, em tercis. As variáveis exploratórias foram os componentes do escore de risco de Framingham e o próprio escore de risco de Framingham. A estimativa da força das a…

  • Social context of neighborhood and socioeconomic status on leisure-time physical activity in a Brazilian urban center

    Open AccessAna Carolina Da Silva Andrade, Sérgio William Viana Peixoto et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2015Citada por: 2Referencias: 35

    This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity and investigate its association with contextual characteristics of the social and physical environment in different socioeconomic statuses, using a household survey in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (2008-2009). Leisure-time physical activity was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire; and the social and physical environment by scales …

  • Trends in the use of antidepressants among older adults

    Open AccessAntônio Ignácio De Loyola Filho, Erico Castro-Costa et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2014Citada por: 1Referencias: 24

    OBJECTIVE To analyze the trends and factors associated with the antidepressant use among older adults. METHODS This population-based study evaluated older adults in 1997 (n = 351, baseline) and the survivors at the 15th follow-up year (n = 462, in 2012) among the aging cohort of Bambuí. The prevalence of antidepressant use was estimated, and the most commonly used antidepressants each year were identified. Prevalence ratios with 95% confidence in…

  • Academia da Cidade

    Open AccessBruna Vieira De Lima Costa, Raquel De Deus Mendonça et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2013

    Analisar o perfil de saúde e nutricional dos usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde ingressantes em uma Academia da Cidade, de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais durante triênio. Estudo transversal com usuários > 20 anos. Coletaram-se dados sociodemográficos, de saúde, hábitos e consumo alimentar, e antropometria. Realizado testes Kolmogorov-Smirnov, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, Qui-Quadrado e Exato de Fisher. Observou-se elevada prevalência de indivíduos hipert…

  • Aspectos nutricionais associados à infecção crônica pelo Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas 1909) entre idosos

    Open AccessJoão Paulo Dos Santos, Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013Referencias: 19

    O objetivo do estudo foi verificar os aspectos nutricionais associados à infecção crônica pelo Trypanosoma cruzi entre os participantes da linha de base da coorte de idosos de Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brasil. A análise incluiu 84,9% (1.479) de todos os residentes com 60 anos ou mais na cidade em 1997. A infecção pelo Tr. cruzi foi avaliada por três testes sorológicos e o perfil nutricional foi caracterizado por variáveis antropométricas e bioquímica…

  • Anemia e nível de hemoglobina como fatores prognósticos da mortalidade entre idosos residentes na comunidade

    Open AccessClarice Lima Álvares Da Silva, Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013Citada por: 2Referencias: 28

    O objetivo deste trabalho foi examinar a influência de baixos níveis de hemoglobina (Hb) e anemia na mortalidade entre idosos ao longo de dez anos de seguimento (1997 a 2007). Entre os 1.742 idosos participantes da linha de base da coorte de Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1.322 (82,3%) foram acompanhados pelo tempo médio de 8,9 anos. A probabilidade de sobrevida foi estimada pelo método de Kaplan-Meier e o modelo de riscos proporcionais de Cox foi…

  • Nível de hemoglobina entre idosos e sua associação com indicadores do estado nutricional e uso de serviços de saúde

    Open AccessClarice Lima Álvares Da Silva, Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012Citada por: 3Referencias: 35

    O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a prevalência de anemia e avaliar a associação de nível de hemoglobina (Hb) com indicadores do estado nutricional e uso de serviços de saúde em uma população idosa (≥ 60 anos). Dos 1.742 idosos participantes da linha de base da coorte de Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brasil, foram incluídos 1.441 (82,7%). A variável dependente foi o nível de Hb e as independentes foram número de hospitalizações e visitas ao médico no…

  • Fatores associados com a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de idosos em hemodiálise

    Open AccessSonia Faria Mendes Braga, Sérgio William Viana Peixoto et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2011Referencias: 23

    OBJETIVO: Identificar fatores associados à qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de pacientes idosos em hemodiálise. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com 223 pacientes com idade > 60 anos em hemodiálise nas unidades de diálise do município de Belo Horizonte, MG, em 2008. A qualidade de vida foi avaliada utilizando o Kidney Disease and Quality of Life - Short Form (KDQOL-SF) e o Medical Outcome Survey - Short Form 36 (SF-36). Os três escores do KDQOL-S…

  • Energy expenditure through physical activity in a population of community-dwelling Brazilian elderly

    Open AccessJuciany Rodrigues De Oliveira Ramalho, Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2011Citada por: 4Referencias: 38

    The aim of this study was to estimate physical activity energy expenditure among older adults. The study comprised 1,585 residents in Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, aged > 60 years (91% of the town's total elderly), and examined the frequency and duration of 23 types of physical activity among them. Median energy expenditure was 975 MET.min/week (1,195.8 among men and 803.1 among women), declining significantly with age in both sexes. The pr…