Overweight and obesity in brazilian schoolchildren aged 10 to 15 years: data from a Brazilian sports project
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Brazilian schoolchildren according to gender, age and geographic region. A descriptive association study was conducted on 36,976 schoolchildren (20,914 boys and 16,062 girls aged 10 to 15 years) between 2004...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición
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| Series: | Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222008000400004&lng=en&tlng=en |