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Obesity in Castile and Leon, Spain: epidemiology and association with other cardiovascular risk factors.

A cross-sectional study of obesity in a random sample of 4012 individuals aged ≥ 15 years in Castile and Leon, Spain, was carried out. The prevalence of obesity (i.e. a body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m²) and abdominal obesity (i.e. a waist circumference > 102 cm in males or > 88 cm in females) was determined and associations between both types of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors were inve...

Sons of Something: Taxes, Lawsuits and Local Political Control in Sixteenth Century Castile

The widespread ennoblement of the Spanish bourgeoisie in the sixteenth century has been traditionally considered one of the main causes of Iberian decline. I document and quantify the surge in ennoblement through a new time series of nobility cases preserved in the Archive of the Royal Chancery Court of Valladolid and use the insights provided by lawsuits from several localities to model the re...

Compilation of a Multilingual (Spanish / English / French / Portuguese) Glossary of Rural Tourism Terms of Castile and Leon

Our aim is to give an account of the process carried out in the compilation of a multilingual lexicon of rural tourism terms. This lexicon provides equivalents of Spanish local culturally-loaded terms in English, French and Portuguese, the languages spoken by the vast majority of visitors to Castile and Leon. This tool will contribute to improve the communication in the catering industry in thi...

[Assessment of iodine nutritional status and thyroxine levels in pregnant women from different geographic areas of the Castile and Leon].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Iodine nutritional status in pregnant women is important for neuronal development of the fetus, and may vary depending on the geographic area. Thyroid function and urinary iodine excretion were therefore assessed in pregnant women from three different provinces of a large Spanish autonomous community. PATIENTS AND METHODS A descriptive study was conducted in the thre...