Prévalence et prévention de l'excès de poids chez les écoliers en Valais

[Table des matières] Résumé. Introduction. But du rapport. I. Prévalence du surpoids et de l'obésité chez les écoliers en Valais. II. Programme de prévention et possibilités de prise en charge de l'excès de poids en Valais. III. Propositions pour la surveillance épidémiologique de l'excès de poids et l'évaluation des programmes de prévention. Références. Annexes.

Ability of different adiposity indicators to identify children with elevated blood pressure.

OBJECTIVE: Body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is believed to be superior to crude measures such as BMI or waist circumference (WC) to assess health risks associated with adiposity in adults. We compared the ability of BMI, WC, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), percentage body fat from skinfold thickness, and measures of total and central fat assessed by DXA to identify children with elevated blood pressure (BP). STUDY DESIGN: The QUALITY Study follows 630 Caucasian families (father, mother, and child originally aged 8-10 years). BP, height, weight, WC, and skinfold thickness were measured according to standardized protocols. Elevated BP was defined as systolic or diastolic BP at least 90th age, sex, and height-specific percentile. Total and central fat were determined with DXA. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) statistic was computed from logistic models that adjusted for age, sex, height, Tanner stage, and physical activity. RESULTS: All adiposity indicators were highly correlated. WC and WHtR did not show superior ability over BMI to identify children with elevated SBP (P = 0.421 and 0.473). Measures of total and central fat from DXA did not show an improved ability over BMI or WC to identify children with elevated SBP (P = 0.325-0.662). CONCLUSION: Results support the use of BMI in clinical and public health settings, at least in this age group. As all indicators had a limited ability to identify children with elevated BP, results also support measurement of BP in all children of this age independent of a weight status.

Le Parnasse alarmé ([Reprod.]) / [G. Ménage]

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Les origines de la langue françoise ([Reprod.]) / [G. Ménage]

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La dialectique du sieur de Launay, contenant l'art de raisonner juste sur toutes sortes de matières, avec les maximes nécessaires pour se détromper des erreurs, & se désabuser des chicanes & des fausses subtilités des sophistes de l'Ecole ([Reprod.])

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Evolução do estado fisiológico da parte aérea do morangueiro durante a armazenagem em câmara frigorífica

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o estado fisiológico da parte aérea das plantas de morangueiro das cultivares Gariguette e Elsanta durante estocagem em câmara fria (-2ºC), de janeiro a agosto. Pelo teste biológico, a capacidade de crescimento manteve-se alta, sem evolução significativa durante a estocagem. O fluxo de calor metabólico (Q) e a intensidade respiratória (RCO2) dos tecidos da zona apical, medidos pela microcalorimetria na saída da câmara fria, não evoluíram significativamente, mas aumentaram após 48 e 72 horas de aclimatação a 20ºC. Existiu um estreito paralelismo entre os valores de Q e RCO2 e da umidade ponderal (UP) dos tecidos. A parte aérea das plantas manteve a capacidade de crescimento mesmo após oito meses de estocagem.

GREUB, Yan. 'Les mots régionaux dans les farces françaises. Étude lexicologique sur le Recueil Tissier (1450-1550). Strasbourg: Société de Linguistique Romane, 2003.

El volum que presentem és el segon de la col.lecció «Bibliothèque de Linguistique Romane» (BiLiRo), que va iniciar la seva singladura el 2002 amb el Trésor étymologique des mots de la Franche-Comté de Colette Dondaine. La col.lecció es publica sota el patrocini de la Société de Linguistique Romane i és dirigida per l"infatigable Gilles Roques.

DBS in Dystonia and Other Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders.

OPINION STATEMENT: The diagnosis and appropriate treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders require a work up of potentially reversible metabolic, infectious and structural disorders as well as side effects of current medication. In pharmacoresistant movement disorders with a disabling impact on quality of life, deep brain stimulation (DBS) should be considered. At different targets, DBS has become an established therapy for Parkinson's disease (GPi-STN), tremor (VIM) and primary dystonia (GPi) with reasonable perioperative risks and side effects, established guidelines and some clinical and radiological predictive factors. In contrast, for other hyperkinetic movement disorders, including secondary dystonia, Gilles de la Tourette, chorea and ballism, only few data are available. Definite targets are not well defined, and reported results are of less magnitude than those of the recognized indications. In this expanding therapeutical field without worked out recommendations, an individual approach is needed with DBS indication assessment only after rigorous multidisciplinary scrutiny, restricted to expert centres.