Obesity, overweight and thinness in schoolchildren of the city of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1015-1021

  de Assis, M A A ^a   Rolland Cachera, M F ^b   Grosseman, S ^a   de Vasconcelos, F A G ^a   Luna, M E P ^c   Calvo, M C M ^a   Barros, M V G ^d   Pires, M M S ^a   Bellisle, F ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Secretaria de Saúde da Prefeitura Municipal de Florianópolis   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Brazil; Childhood; Nutritional status; Nutritional survey; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; THINNESS;

EID: 31044432672     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602206     Document Type: Article

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