Association between sedentary behavior and anthropometric and metabolic profiles among adolescents

• Main Authors: Roseane de Fátima Guimarães (Author), Michael Pereira da Silva (Author), Oldemar Mazzardo (Author), Rafael Vieira Martins (Author), Wagner de Campos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this study was to establish the association between sedentary behavior and the anthropometric and metabolic profiles within a sample group of 572 adolescents from public schools in the city of Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil. Approximately 8 ml of blood was drawn to measure total c...