Maria Del Carmen B Molina

Dados Biográficos

ID150547
NOMEMaria Del Carmen B Molina
PRENOMESMaria Del Carmen B
SOBRENOMEMolina
ASSINATURAMOLINA M C B
AFILIAÇÕESUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo
ORCID0000-0002-8614-988X
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS30
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR30
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2012
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Obesidad infantil e inseguridad alimentaria

    Open AccessAna Paula Ribeiro Ferreira, Evellyn Nascimento Xavier da Silva et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2026

    Este estudio llevó a cabo una revisión de alcance para examinar la relación entre la inseguridad alimentaria y la obesidad infantil, analizando 47 artículos con datos empíricos publicados entre 2020 y 2023. Los estudios se clasificaron por nivel de ingresos de los países de origen e incluyeron encuestas transversales, cohortes y enfoques. ecológico. La mayoría de las investigaciones se centran en países de ingresos bajos y medios, donde la insegu…

  • Childhood obesity and food insecurity

    Open AccessAna Paula Ribeiro Ferreira, Evellyn Nascimento Xavier da Silva et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2026

    This study conducted a scoping review to examine the relationship between food insecurity and childhood obesity, analyzing 47 articles with empirical data published between 2020 and 2023. The studies were categorized by income level of the countries of origin and included cross-sectional surveys, cohorts, and ecological approaches. Most of the research focused on low- and middle-income countries, where food insecurity is more prevalent, but artic…

  • Obesidade infantojuvenil e insegurança alimentar

    Open AccessAna Paula Ribeiro Ferreira, Evellyn Nascimento Xavier da Silva et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2026

    O estudo realizou uma revisão de escopo para examinar a relação entre insegurança alimentar e obesidade infantil, analisando 47 artigos com dados empíricos publicados entre 2020 e 2023. Os estudos foram categorizados por nível de renda dos países de origem e incluíram inquéritos transversais, coortes e abordagens ecológicas. A maior parte das pesquisas foca países de renda média e baixa, onde a insegurança alimentar é mais prevalente, mas também …

  • From healthy to unhealthy obesity

    Open AccessFernanda Duarte Mendes, Hully Cantão Dos Santos et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Despite obesity being associated with negative metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes, there is a subgroup of individuals considered healthy. However, there are questions about the stability of the Metabolically Healthy Obesity phenotype. This is a longitudinal study using the ELSA-Brasil cohort, conducted from 2008/10–2017/19 aiming to describe the trajectory of metabolic status of individuals with obesity, as well as the factors associated with …

  • Relationship between salt and blood pressure in indigenous and non-indigenous populations

    Open AccessAline Silva Porto, Ludimila Forechi et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    Objective: to compare the effect of salt consumption on blood pressure (BP) of an indigenous and of a non-indigenous population in Brazil. Design: the studies were carried out in the years of 1999-2004 in an urban population of Vitória (n = 1,663), the capital of Espírito Santo State, and in an indigenous population settled in a reserve of Aracruz (n = 663). Salt consumption was evaluated by a 12-hour overnight urine collect. Results: salt consum…

  • Remote work and eating habits in participants of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Elsa-Brasi) during Covid-19

    Open AccessHaysla Xavier Martins, Jordana Herzog Siqueira et al.ARTICLEPoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica2024

    Introduction: In a scenario of social restrictions to contain the spread of the SARS CoV-2 virus there were changes in the lifestyle and eating habits of populations around the world. Objective: To evaluate eating habits associated with remote work on COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional study with active workers at ELSA-Brasil during the wave-COVID-19 (July/2020 and February/2021). Data were collected online through self-completed questio…

  • Are Neighborhood Greenspaces Associated with Leisure-time Physical Activity? Results from Elsa-Brasil Eight-year Follow-up

    Open AccessLuciene Fátima Fernandes Almeida, Sandhi Maria Barreto et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2024Referências: 1

  • Racial discrimination predicts the increase in body weight and BMI in Black individuals from Elsa-Brasil cohort

    Open AccessAmanda Viana Machado, Lidyane V Camelo et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2023

    We investigated whether racial discrimination accelerates the weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) gain in Blacks and Browns participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) in four years of follow-up. We compared body weight and BMI between the 1st (2008-2010) and 2nd visit (2012-2014) of 5,983 Blacks and Browns participants. Exposure to racial discrimination and covariates (age, sex, education, and research center) wer…

  • Impact of socioeconomic factors on lifestyle changes among employees of public higher education institutions in Elsa-Brasil during Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessMaria Del Carmen B Molina, Carla Moronari De Oliveira Aprelini et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2023Referências: 29

    This study aimed to identify lifestyle changes and associated sociodemographic factors in women and men participating in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic. Longitudinal study with 3,776 (aged 58.8 years; SD ± 8.5) employees of public higher education institutions in the second follow-up and the wave-COVID of ELSA-Brasil. Data collected using structured questionnaires. An explorator…

  • Fatores associados à adesão a comportamentos preventivos da Covid-19 em participantes do Elsa-Brasil

    Open AccessFernanda Garcia Gabira Miguez, Gabriela Oliveira et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2023Referências: 40

    O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a adesão a medidas de prevenção recomendadas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 e investigar os fatores associados a essa adesão na população adulta. Por meio de delineamento transversal, utilizam-se dados do estudo complementar Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil) - COVID, realizado de 2020 a 2021, que foram analisados por meio do teste qui-quadrado e regressão logística multinomial. A amostra é co…

  • Food, lifestyle and social distancing

    Open AccessYazareni José Mercadante Urquía, Taísa Sabrina Silva Pereira et al.ARTICLEPoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica2022

    Introduction: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, measures of social distancing to reduce the rate of infection can influence eating habits and other lifestyle factors. This study aimed to assess the relationship between social distancing and lifestyle factors in adults in southeastern Brazil during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study with 1,828 adults between 18 and 83 years of age, of both s…

  • Leisure Time Physical Activity and Sars-CoV-2 Infection among Elsa-Brasil Participants

    Open AccessFrancisco José Gondim Pitanga, Maria Da Conceição Chagas De Almeida et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The regular practice of physical activity (PA) can reduce the chance of aggravation of the disease and lower rates of hospitalization and mortality from COVID-19, but few studies have analyzed the association of PA with the risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2. The aim of the study was to analyze the association between PA and self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infection. A longitudinal study was conducted with data from 4476 ELSA-Brasil participants who had th…

  • Incidence of excess body weight and annual weight gain in women and men

    Open AccessSheila Maria Alvim De Matos, Bruce B Duncan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2021

    OBJECTIVE: To estimate annual weight gain and the incidence of overweight and obesity, stratified according to gender and socioeconomic factors. METHODS: From the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), we included 13 625 women and men aged 35-74 (2008-2010) who attended a follow-up visit after a mean 3.8-years. Standardized questionnaires were used to record sociodemographic data, and height and weight were measured on all pa…

  • Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e não alcoólicas

    Open AccessJordana Herzog Siqueira, Nathália Miguel Teixeira Santana et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2021

    Objetiva-se descrever o consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e não alcoólicas segundo variáveis sociodemográficas, de saúde e localização. Estudo transversal com dados do ELSA-Brasil (2008-2010). Aplicou-se questionário para coleta de dados sociodemográficos, de alimentação, saúde, além de antropometria. Realizou-se análise descritiva e associação com variáveis de interesse. Na amostra, 8% do valor calórico total é proveniente de bebidas não alcoólicas …

  • Mortality, sarcopenic obesity, and sarcopenia

    Open AccessGlaucia Cristina de Campos, Rafael A Lourenço et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2021

    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of mortality associated with sarcopenic obesity (SO), obesity (OB), and sarcopenia in elderlies. METHODS: We analyzed longitudinal data from 270 participants > 65 years of age of Phase III of the Study on Frailty in Brazilian Older People (FIBRA–RJ–2012). Socioeconomic, demographic, lifestyle, morbidity, and functional data were collected by home based interviews. DXA and body composition assessment was conducte…

  • Birth weight and body fat mass in adults assessed by bioimpedance in the Elsa-Brasil study

    Open AccessCarolina Breda Resende, Vivian C Luft et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2021Referências: 43

    Intrauterine life is a critical period for the development of body fat and metabolic risk. This study investigated associations between birth weight and total and truncal body fat in adults. To do so, we analyzed data on 10,011 adults participating in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) who self-reported birth weight as 4.0kg at baseline (2008-2010) and underwent bioimpedance in the next follow-up visit (2012-2014). Gre…

  • Social position and anthropometric status among adults in the Elsa-Brasil study

    Open AccessSheila Maria Alvim De Matos, Leila Denise A F Amorim et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2021Referências: 43

    The objective of the present study was to evaluate the association between social position and anthropometric status in women and men Brazilian adult. This was a cross-sectional study that used baseline data collected from 2008 to 2010 for the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil, in Portuguese), in the six major Brazilian state capital cities. A total of 15,105 active and retired civil servants aged from 35 to 74 years. Two …

  • Construção, desenvolvimento e avaliação de ações educativas via Mobile Health com foco na redução do consumo de sódio em uma instituição de ensino

    Open AccessIzabelly Larissa Rocha Dias Teixeira, Raquel Teixeira Costa et al.ARTICLEDEMETRA Alimentação Nutrição &…2020

    Objetivo: Descrever o processo de construção e desenvolvimento de ações educativas via mHealth para redução de sódio e realizar avaliação do ponto de vista do receptor. Método: Estudo de intervenção com 155 adultos (20-59 anos) de uma instituição de ensino em Vitória-ES. Os participantes foram contatados por exposição a banner, convite face to face e mídia eletrônica. Após primeira coleta de dados, os participantes foram randomizados em dois grup…

  • Ultra-processed foods, incident overweight and obesity, and longitudinal changes in weight and waist circumference

    Open AccessScheine Leite Canhada, Vivian C Luft et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: To evaluate the association of ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption with gains in weight and waist circumference, and incident overweight/obesity, in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) cohort. Design: We applied FFQ at baseline and categorized energy intake by degree of processing using the NOVA classification. Height, weight and waist circumference were measured at baseline and after a mean 3·8-year follo…

  • Associações entre consumo de produtos lácteos, proteína C-reativa e perfil lipídico em adultos

    Open AccessAmanda Gomes Ribeiro, José Geraldo Mill et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020Referências: 40

    Anormalidades lipídicas e inflamação sistêmica subclínica estão associadas ao processo de aterosclerose, sendo utilizadas como marcadores de risco cardiovascular. Estudos sugerem um possível efeito benéfico dos produtos lácteos na saúde cardiovascular, mas os resultados em marcadores lipídicos e inflamatórios ainda são controversos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a associação entre o consumo de produtos lácteos e seus diferentes subgrupos …

  • Subestimativa de obesidade e sobrepeso a partir de medidas autorrelatadas na população geral

    Open AccessLara Onofre Ferriani, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019Referências: 22

    Os objetivos deste artigo são: (i) comparar medidas autorrelatadas de peso e estatura com medidas aferidas; (ii) avaliar o impacto dessas discrepâncias sobre o índice de massa corporal (IMC) e as prevalências de sobrepeso e obesidade; e (iii) aplicar modelos de correção das medidas autorrelatadas e avaliar o grau de melhoria das medidas corrigidas produzidas pelo uso desses modelos. Realizou-se estudo transversal, com avaliação de 4.151 adultos (…

  • Fatores associados à relação sódio/potássio urinária em participantes do Elsa-Brasil

    Open AccessTaísa Sabrina Silva Pereira, José Geraldo Mill et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019Referências: 25

    Este estudo teve por objetivo identificar os fatores sociodemográficos associados à estimativa de alta relação de consumo de sódio/potássio. Foram avaliados 15.105 participantes, de 35 a 74 anos, de uma coorte de servidores públicos (ELSA-Brasil). Dados socioeconômicos foram coletados por meio de questionário e realizada coleta urinária de 12 horas noturnas para estimar o consumo de sódio e potássio. A relação sódio/potássio foi calculada em mmol…

  • Consumption of ultra-processed food and obesity

    Open AccessFernanda Marcelina Silva, Luana Giatti et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective To verify if the intake of ultra-processed foods is associated with higher BMI and waist circumference (WC) among participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) cohort. Design Cross-sectional analysis of the ELSA-Brasil baseline (2008–2010). Dietary information obtained through an FFQ was classified according to characteristics of food processing (NOVA) and used to estimate the percentage energy contribut…

  • Early-life nutritional status and metabolic syndrome

    Open AccessBruna Lucas Briskiewicz, Sandhi Maria Barreto et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective In the present study we investigated gender-specific associations of low birth weight (LBW) and shorter relative leg length with metabolic syndrome (MetS) after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and health-related behaviours. We also investigated whether these associations are independent of age at menarche and BMI at 20 years old. Design Cross-sectional analysis. Subjects Baseline data from 12 602 participants (35–74 years…

  • Predicting cardiometabolic disturbances from waist-to-height ratio

    Open AccessMarcelo Castanheira, Dóra Chor et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    Objective To evaluate the performance of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in predicting cardiometabolic outcomes and compare cut-off points for Brazilian adults. Design Cross-sectional study. WHtR areas under the curve (AUC) were compared with those for BMI, waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The outcomes of interest were hypertension, diabetes, hypertriacylglycerolaemia and presence of at least two components of metabolic syndrom…