Mother’s overweight, parents’ constant limitation on the foods and frequent snack as risk factors for obesity among children in Brazil
The obesity is a chronic disease in which environmental factors can be involved in the etiology. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for obesity in children at Viçosa county, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Case-control study with 50 eutrophic and 50 obese children, paired according to gender,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición
2008-09-01
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| Series: | Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición |
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| Online Access: | http://wwww.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222008000300007 |