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Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto

Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
32727
World Ranking
2660
National Ranking
21

Overview

Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their main research topics include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Occupational Health and Burnout

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto demonstrate an emphasis on nutrition, sleep, mental health, and their interrelations with public health challenges. Notable works include:

  • "Nutritional intervention strategies for the management of overweight and obesity in primary health care: A systematic review with meta-analysis" (2020, Obesity Reviews)
  • "Relationship of work-related stress with obesity among Brazilian female shift workers" (2020, Public Health Nutrition)
  • "Prevalence and factors associated with excessive and severe daytime sleepiness among healthcare university students in the Brazilian Midwest" (2021, Journal of Sleep Research)
  • "Association between common mental disorders, sleep quality, and menopausal symptoms: a population-based study in Southern Brazil" (2020, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society)
  • "Aspectos psicossociais e percepção de impacto da saúde bucal na qualidade de vida em adultos do Sul do Brasil" (2020, Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)

Frequent co-authors working with Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto include Anderson Garcêz, Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa, Fernanda Souza de Bairros, Janaína Cristina da Silva, and Raquel Canuto. These collaborations have contributed to developments across public health and nutrition research domains.

Publication venues where their work often appears include:

  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto's research outputs mainly emphasize evidence-based approaches in managing obesity and related health conditions, the impact of occupational factors on health, and intersections between mental health, sleep quality, and chronic disease management in diverse populations. Their work contributes to understanding health disparities and aims to inform public health strategies.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • The role of conceptual frameworks in epidemiological analysis: a hierarchical approach.

    Cesar G Victora;Sharon R Huttly;Sandra C Fuchs;Maria Teresa A Olinto

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Pacifier Use and Short Breastfeeding Duration: Cause, Consequence, or Coincidence?

    Cesar Gomes Victora;Dominique Pareja Behague;Fernando Celso Barros;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Prevalência de obesidade em adultos e seus fatores de risco

    Denise P. Gigante;Fernando C. Barros;Cora L.A. Post;Maria T.A. Olinto

  • Influência da percepção do peso e do índice de massa corporal nos comportamentos alimentares anormais

    Maria Angélica Nunes;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto;Fernando Celso Lopes Fernandes de Barros;Suzi Alves Camey

  • Epidemiology of leisure-time physical activity: a population-based study in southern Brazil

    Juvenal Soares Dias-da-Costa;Pedro Curi Hallal;Jonathan Charles Kingdon Wells;Tiago Daltoé

  • Inadequate use of prenatal services among Brazilian women: The Role of Maternal Characteristics

    Diego G. Bassani;Pamela J. Surkan;Maria Teresa A. Olinto

  • Prevalência de hipertensão arterial em adultos e fatores associados: um estudo de base populacional urbana em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

    Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa;Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa;Franklin Correa Barcellos;Marcelo Leal Sclowitz;Iândora Krolow Timm Sclowitz

  • [Heavy alcohol consumption and associated factors: a population-based study].

    Juvenal S Dias da Costa;Mariângela F Silveira;Fernando K Gazalle;Sandro S Oliveira

  • Metabolic syndrome and shift work: a systematic review.

    Raquel Canuto;Anderson S. Garcez;Maria T.A. Olinto;Maria T.A. Olinto

  • The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the eating attitudes test-26

    M. A. Nunes;Suzi Alves Camey;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto;Jair de Jesus Mari

  • Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

    Maria Lc Iurilli;Bin Zhou;James E Bennett

  • [Intervention levels for abdominal obesity: prevalence and associated factors].

    Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto;Luis Carlos Nácul;Juvenal Soares Dias-da-Costa;Denise Petrucci Gigante

  • Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics in relation to dietary patterns among young Brazilian adults.

    Maria A. Olinto;Walter C.:: ea eef a fc b fa b:: Willett;Denise P. Gigante;Cesar G. Victora

  • Waist circumference as a determinant of hypertension and diabetes in Brazilian women: a population-based study.

    M T A Olinto;L C Nacul;D P Gigante;J S D Costa

  • Clinical, social and psychosocial factors associated with self-rated oral health in Brazilian adolescents

    Marcos P. Pattussi;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto;Rebecca Hardy;Rebecca Hardy;Aubrey Sheiham

  • Determinantes da desnutrição infantil em uma população de baixa renda: um modelo de análise hierarquizado

    Maria Teresa A. Olinto;Cesar G. Victora;Fernando C. Barros;Elaine Tomasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise Petrucci Gigante
Denise Petrucci Gigante Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Yi Zeng
Yi Zeng Peking University
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Constance Schultsz
Constance Schultsz University of Amsterdam

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