Correlates of Overweight in Children and Adolescents Living at Different Altitudes: The Peruvian Health and Optimist Growth Study

• Main Authors: Carla Santos (Author), Alcibíades Bustamante (Author), Donald Hedeker (Author), Olga Vasconcelos (Author), Rui Garganta (Author), Peter T. Katzmarzyk (Author), José Maia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aim. Overweight prevalence in children and adolescents shows great variability which is related to individual-level and environmental-level factors. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight in Peruvian children and adolescents livin...