Prevalence of weight-loss strategies of young adults from the 1982 birth cohort in Pelotas, RS

• Main Authors: Angélica Ozório Linhares (Author), Denise Petrucci Gigante (Author), Rogério da Silva Linhares (Author), Gicele Costa Minten (Author), Bernardo Lessa Horta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this article was to identify, among the members of the 1982 birth cohort in Pelotas, those who were trying to lose weight at the age of 23, and which strategies they used. From 2004 to 2005, 4,297 individuals from the 1982 cohort were interviewed. The effects of demographic, socioec...