Marta Arroyo
University of the Basque Country
17 Papers
165 Citations
Marta Arroyo is an academic researcher from University of the Basque Country. The author has contributed to research in topics: Overweight & Body fat percentage. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
Comparison of dietary intake among overweight and non-overweight schoolchildren.
TL;DR: The data suggest the belief that overweight children eat more than non-overweight children is not correct, and suggest that the positive energy balance causing overweight is due possibly to a low energy output.
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Intraobserver error associated with anthropometric measurements made by dietitians
TL;DR: The results suggest that anthropometric parameters evaluated are sufficiently precise, however, periodical training is necessary to control and minimize the anthropometric measurement error.
Valoración de la composición corporal y de la percepción de la imagen en un grupo de mujeres universitarias del País Vasco
Marta Arroyo,Laura Ansotegui,Elsa Pereira,F. Lacerda,Natacha Valador,L. Serrano,A.M. Rocandio +6 more
TL;DR: The body fat perception was well, while the perception of the muscle index was significantly different from the real measure, which can be justified for the present canons of beauty and for the overvaluation of the thinness.
Overweight and obesity: prediction by silhouettes in young adults.
María J. Muñoz-Cachón,Itziar Salces,Marta Arroyo,Laura Ansotegui,A.M. Rocandio,Esther Rebato +5 more
TL;DR: The figural stimuli allows the identification of populations at overweight/obesity risk with the simple use of silhouettes, at least in this rank of age, where the overweight and obesity are yet little frequent.
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•Journal Article
Prevalence and magnitude of body weight and image dissatisfaction among women in dietetics majors.
TL;DR: The magnitude of body weight dissatisfaction was associated with muscle mass and body fat dissatisfaction, and with the subscale of EDI-2 "body dissatisfaction", so, from a public health standpoint, it is important to continue working in this line of research with the aim of better understanding the extent ofBody weight dissatisfaction in women dietitians, and how this dissatisfaction could interfere with their professional practice.
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