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

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2993-2999

  Vieira, Maria De Fátima Alves ^a   Araújo, Cora Luiza Pavin ^a   Neutzling, Marilda Borges ^a   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^a   Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849000901     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2007001200020     Document Type: Article

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