Risk factors for overweight among Brazilian adolescents of low-income families: A case-control study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Silveira, Daniela ^a   De Aguiar Carrazedo Taddei, José Augusto ^a   Schimith Escrivão, Maria Arlete Meil ^a   Ceragioli Oliveira, Fernanda Luisa ^a   Ancona Lopez, Fabio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Case control study; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET, REDUCING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746470693     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005875     Document Type: Article

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