Severe food insecurity is associated with obesity among Brazilian adolescent females.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether household food insecurity (HFI) is associated with a higher prevalence of excessive weight (EW) in a large random sample of Brazilian female adolescents. DESIGN: Nationally representative cross-sectional study. EW was the outcome variable (BMI ≥ 85th percentile of WH...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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