Excess weight and abdominal obesity in Galician children and adolescents

• Main Authors: Mónica Pérez-Ríos (Author), María Isolina Santiago-Pérez (Author), Rosaura Leis (Author), Ana Martínez (Author), Alberto Malvar (Author), Xurxo Hervada (Author), Jorge Suanzes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction and objectives: The excess of weight, mainly obesity, during childhood and adolescence increases morbimortality risk in adulthood. The aim of this article is to estimate both the overall prevalence, as well as according to age and gender, of underweight, overweight, obesity and abdomina...