Secular trends and factors associated with overweight among Brazilian preschool children: PNSN-1989, PNDS-1996, and 2006/07

Objective: to describe the secular trends in overweight among preschool children in the years 1989, 1996, and 2006, and to identify risk factors associated with this condition in 2006. Methods: anthropometric data from three surveys (1989, 1996, and 2006) with a representative sample of the populati...

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Main Authors: Jonas Augusto C. Silveira, Fernando Antônio B. Colugnati, Monize Cocetti, José Augusto A.C. Taddei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755713002106