Ana Maria Menezes

Biographic Data

ID1764654
NAMEAna Maria Menezes
GIVEN NAMESAna Maria
FAMILY NAMEMenezes
SIGNATUREMENEZES A M
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal de Pelotas
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS25
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX2

  • Tracking of physical activity during adolescence

    Open AccessMario Renato Azevedo, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2014Cited by: 1References: 17

    OBJECTIVE To analyze physical activity during adolescence in participants of the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil. METHODS Data on leisure time physical activity at 11, 15, and 18 years of age were analyzed. At each visit, a cut-off point of 300 min/week was used to classify adolescents as active or inactive. A total of 3,736 participants provided data on physical activity at each of the three age points. RESULTS A significant decline in t…

  • Factors associated with smoking cessation in Brazil

    Open AccessCesar Augusto Oviedo Tejada, Fernanda Ewerling et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013Cited by: 1

    Tobacco has been identified as the drug with the highest addiction rate and the leading cause of avoidable deaths. The current study thus aimed to identify the determinants of smoking cessation in a Brazilian population sample based on data from the National Household Sample Survey for 2008. The study analyzed socioeconomic, residential, and health-related data as well as individual habits. Data analysis used Poisson regression. The following fac…

  • Chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil

    Open AccessMaria Ines Schmidt, Bruce B Duncan et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2011

  • Socioeconomic position and overweight among adolescents

    Open AccessAlícia Matijasevich, Cesar G Victora et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    The results of this study demonstrate that the social patterning of overweight varies between and within populations over time. Specific approaches should be developed within populations in order to contain the obesity epidemic and reduce disparities

  • Saúde materno-infantil em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

    Open AccessFernando C Barros, Cesar G Victora et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica1996Cited by: 8

    Este artigo resume os principais achados dos estudos das coortes materno-infantis de Pelotas em 1982 e 1993. Houve uma redução no número de nascimentos, de 6.011 em 1982 para 5.304 em 1993, fato não distribuído de forma eqüitativa entre os diferentes grupos de renda familiar, ocorrendo entre as mulheres de baixa renda cerca de 1.000 nascimentos a menos do que em 1982. O grupo com renda mais elevada contribuiu com um aumento de cerca de 300 nascim…

  • Tendências e diferenciais na saúde materno-infantil

    Open AccessCesar G Victora, Fernando C Barros et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica1996Cited by: 15References: 3

    Mudanças ocorridas na última década em termos econômicos e assistenciais podem haver afetado a saúde materno-infantil. Dois estudos foram realizados em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. As coortes de mães e recém-nascidos nos anos de 1982 e 1993 foram estudadas desde o nascimento. As mães foram identificadas nos hospitais-maternidade e responderam a um questionário padronizado, sendo seus filhos examinados. Mais de 99% dos recém-nascidos foram incluído…