Prevalence of overweight in adolescents from a Southern Brazilian city according to different anthropometric indexes

• Main Authors: Augusto Gerhart Folmann (Author), Vaneza Lira Waldow Wolf (Author), Everton Paulo Roman (Author), Gil Guerra-Júnior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the prevalence of overweight in adolescents according to different classification criteria for obesity and somatic maturation stages. Methods: Cross-sectional study in 10 schools in a city from Southern Brazil, with 1715 adolescents. Height, weight, waist circumferenc...