Excess weight in adolescents and associated factors: data from the ERICA study

• Main Authors: Niedja Maria da Silva Lima (Author), Vanessa Sá Leal (Author), Juliana Souza Oliveira (Author), Maria Izabel Siqueira de Andrade (Author), Natália Fernandes dos Santos (Author), Jussara Tavares Pessoa (Author), Nathalia Barbosa de Aquino (Author), Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To estimate the prevalence of excessive weight and to identify associations with socioeconomic, demographic, biological, and lifestyle factors in adolescents. Methods: It is a cross-sectional school-based study, with a stratified and complex sample. The evaluated individuals were adolesce...