Diagnosis of overweight and obesity in adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil: comparison of two diagnostic criteria Diagnóstico de sobrepeso e obesidade em adolescentes da coorte de nascimentos de 1993 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: comparação entre dois critérios de avaliação

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Maria de Fátima Alves Vieira (Συγγραφέας), Cora Luiza Pavin Araújo (Συγγραφέας), Marilda Borges Neutzling (Συγγραφέας), Pedro Curi Hallal (Συγγραφέας), Ana Maria Baptista Menezes (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Various cut-off points for body mass index have been proposed to assess nutritional status in adolescents. The aim of this study was to compare two methods for evaluating overweight and obesity. In 2004-5, 4,452 adolescents from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study were evaluated, representi...