Prevalence of overweight and obesity in elderly people from Vitória-ES, Brazil

The scope of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its association with socio-economic status in a sample of non-institutionalized elderly people from Vitória-ES, Brazil. This was a cross-sectional survey with a sample of 882 elderly people aged 60 and over. Obesity...

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Main Author: Andrade,Fabíola Bof de (author)
Other Authors: Caldas Junior,Arnaldo de França (author), Kitoko,Pedro Makumbundu (author), Batista,Jose Edmilson Mazza (author), Andrade,Tania Bof de (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Nutritional status
Elderly people
Obesity
Overweight
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232012000300022
Country:Brazil
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