Overweight and obesity in public schools' adolescents from Fortaleza: an exploratory study

• Main Authors: Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno 1 (Author), Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva 2 (Author), Hérica Cristina Alves de Vasconcelos 3 (Author), Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo 4 (Author), Paulo César Almeida 5 (Author), Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas 6 (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nowadays overweight is a condition that prepares adolescents to several chronical diseases in the future. Thus, the objective was to find out overweight and obesity cases in public schools' adolescents from Fortaleza. 720 students between 14 and 19 years of age were investigated in the months o...