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
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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| Formato: | article |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2007
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| Texto completo: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007001200020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S0102-311X2007001200020 |