Diagnosis of overweight and obesity in adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil: comparison of two diagnostic criteria Diagnóstico de sobrepeso e obesidade em adolescentes da coorte de nascimentos de 1993 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: comparação entre dois critérios de avaliação

Various cut-off points for body mass index have been proposed to assess nutritional status in adolescents. The aim of this study was to compare two methods for evaluating overweight and obesity. In 2004-5, 4,452 adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study were evaluated, representi...

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Hauptverfasser:	Maria de Fátima Alves Vieira, Cora Luiza Pavin Araújo, Marilda Borges Neutzling, Pedro Curi Hallal, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2007-12-01
Schriftenreihe:	Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Schlagworte:	Índice de Massa Corporal Sobrepeso Obesidade Adolescente Body Mass Index Overweight Obesity Adolescent
Online-Zugang:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007001200020
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