Comparative analysis of temporal trends of obesity and physical inactivity in Brazil and the USA (2011-2021)

• Main Authors: Luciana Leite Silva Barboza (Author), Américo Pierangeli Costa (Author), Raphael Henrique de Oliveira Araujo (Author), Ossian Guilherme Scaf Barbosa (Author), João Luis Anwar El Sadat Paula Leitão (Author), Mayda de Castro Silva (Author), Guilherme Eckhardt Molina (Author), Luiz Guilherme Grossi Porto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The prevalence of obesity is rising in all subregions of America, including Brazil. To understand the obesity problem in Brazil better, a possible approach could be to analyze its obesity trend by comparing it with the reality of a country that went previously through the epidemi...