Low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region of low economic status

• Egile Nagusiak: Dartagnan Pinto Guedes (Egilea), Francisléia Nascimento Almeida (Egilea), Jaime Tolentino M. Neto (Egilea), Maria de Fátima de M. Maia (Egilea), Thatiana Maia Tolentino (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of low body weight/thinness, overweight and obesity in a representative sample of children and adolescents from a Brazilian region with low economic development. METHODS: A total of 982 girls and 986 boys, aged seven to 17 years old and assisted by Segundo Tempo P...