Trends of underweight, overweight, and obesity in Brazilian children and adolescents

Objective: To describe and analyze the trends of occurrence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in schoolchildren. Methods: This was a longitudinal study of trends conducted in a voluntary sample of Brazilian children and adolescents. The sample was grouped by year of collection (period I: 2005...

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Main Authors: Larissa S. Flores, Anelise R. Gaya, Ricardo D.S. Petersen, Adroaldo Gaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755713001277

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