OVERWEIGHT IN ADOLESCENTS: FOOD INSECURITY AND MULTIFACTORIALITY IN SEMIARID REGIONS OF PERNAMBUCO

• Main Authors: Natália Fernandes dos Santos (Author), Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira (Author), Fernanda Cristina de Lima Pinto Tavares (Author), Vanessa de Sá Leal (Author), Juliana Souza Oliveira (Author), Jussara Tavares Pessoa (Author), Poliana Coelho Cabral (Author), Emília Chagas Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate context of overweight adolescents from the semiarid and rural areas of Pernambuco, considering the multifactorial nature of the determinants of being overweight, and the food and nutritional insecurity conditions of the region. Methods: A population based cross-sec...