Walking or bicycling to school and weight status among adolescents from Montería, Colombia.

BACKGROUND: Active school transport (AST) is a recommended strategy to promote physical activity (PA) and prevent overweight (OW) in school-aged children. In many developing countries, such as Colombia, this association has not been well characterized. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between AST and weight status in a representative sample of adolescents from Montería, Colombia. METHODS: Participants were 546 adolescents (278 boys) aged 11 to 18 years old from 14 randomly selected schools in Montería, Colombia in 2008. The PA module of the Global School Health Survey (GSHS-2007) was used to determine the prevalence of AST. To identify OW, participants were classified according to CDC 2000 criteria (BMI ≥ 85th percentile). Association between AST and OW was determined by binomial logistic regression. RESULTS: Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, location of school, compliance with PA, and screen time recommendations showed that adolescents who reported AST had a significantly lower likelihood to be OW compared with adolescents who reported nonactive transportation (OR = 0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.8, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: These results support the importance of AST as a useful PA domain with potential implications for overweight prevention, in rapidly developing settings. Further epidemiologic and intervention studies addressing AST are needed in the region.

Walking or Bicycling to School and Weight Status among Adolescents From Montería, Colombia.

BACKGROUND: Active school transport (AST) is a recommended strategy to promote physical activity (PA) and prevent overweight (OW) in school-aged children. In many developing countries, such as Colombia, this association has not been well characterized. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between AST and weight status in a representative sample of adolescents from Montería, Colombia. METHODS: Participants were 546 adolescents (278 boys) aged 11 to 18 years old from 14 randomly selected schools in Montería, Colombia in 2008. The PA module of the Global School Health Survey (GSHS-2007) was used to determine the prevalence of AST. To identify OW, participants were classified according to CDC 2000 criteria (BMI ≥85th percentile). Association between AST and OW was determined by binomial logistic regression. RESULTS: Odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, location of school, compliance with PA, and screen time recommendations showed that adolescents who reported AST had a significantly lower likelihood to be OW compared with adolescents who reported nonactive transportation (OR = 0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.8, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: These results support the importance of AST as a useful PA domain with potential implications for overweight prevention, in rapidly developing settings. Further epidemiologic and intervention studies addressing AST are needed in the region.

Guerrero portuguéz en costas venezolanas: a propósito de un caso / Racarding case: portuguese warrior in venezuelan coasts

La physalia physalis, denominada carabela, fragata portuguesa o guerrero portugués; es una medusa de la clase hydrozas que habitan en las aguas del Atlántico, Mediterráneo, Australia y Mar Caribe; su contacto puede tener implicaciones letales. Se trata de escolar femenina de 8 años de edad natural de Cumaná, Edo Sucre, Venezuela quien en una playa de la localidad posterior a contacto con animal marino, sufre lesiones en miembros inferiores tipo latigazos, eritematosas, de fuerte dolor tipo urente con espasmos muscular por lo cual amerito hospitalización, antibióticoterapia, esteroides parenterales y locales, lesiones que evolucionaron a necrosis y queloides, dejando tatuajes imborrables en la zonas afectadas