Body mass index and abdominal waist values are related to increased cardiometabolic risk in schoolchildren aged five to ten years

• Main Authors: Maria de Fatima de Oliveira (Author), Ariana Rodrigues da Silva Carvalho (Author), Bruna Schumaker Siqueira (Author), Bruna Emília Mareco de Almeida (Author), Claudia Silveira Viera (Author), Gicelle Galvan Machineski (Author), Beatriz Rosana Gonsalves de Oliveira Toso (Author), Sabrina Grassiolli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the frequency of obesity and cardiometabolic risk in schoolchildren under ten years old. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with schoolchildren (n=639) aged five to ten years in a municipally of southern of Brazil. The cardiometabolic risk was calculated from va...