Comparison of three criteria for overweight and obesity classification among adolescents from southern Brazil

Abstract AIM To estimate the prevalence of the classifications of overweight and obesity in adolescents according to three criteria for nutritional status classification (Conde & Monteiro, International Obesity Task Force - IOTF and Word Health Organization - WHO), and to investigate whether soc...

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Main Author: Silva,Diego Augusto Santos (author)
Other Authors: Martins,Priscila Custódio (author), Gonçalves,Eliane Cristina de Andrade (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
body mass index
adolescent health
nutritional status
overweight
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742017000400307
Country:Brazil
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