Is thinness more prevalent than obesity in Portuguese adolescents?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-536

  Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a,b   Ferreira, Raquel ^c   Oliveira, João Miguel ^d   Paccaud, Fred ^b  

^a CardioMet   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nutritional deficiency; Nutritional status; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; THINNESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 50049108898     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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