Fourteen-year trends in overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity in Amazonian indigenous peoples

• Main Authors: Eliniete de Jesus Fidelis Baniwa (Author), Eliene Rodrigues Putira Sacuena (Author), Rosilene Reis Della Noce (Author), Vanessa Barroso Quaresma (Author), Teodora Honorato Alencar (Author), Renan Barbosa Lemes (Author), Antônia Cherlly Araújo (Author), Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres-Vallinoto (Author), João Farias Guerreiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Available data show that the epidemiological profile of most indigenous Brazilian populations is characterized by the coexistence of long-standing health problems (high prevalence of infectious and parasitic diseases, malnutrition, and deficiency diseases, such as anemia in child...