Diagnosing the nutritional status of schoolchildren: A comparison between Brazilian and international criteria

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 550-555

  Valente Da Silva, Henyse G ^a,d   Chiara, Vera Lucia ^a   Barros, Maria Elisa ^b   Rêgo, Ana Lúcia ^a   Ferreira, Adriana ^a   Pitasi, Bruna A ^c   Mattos, Thaís ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS; THINNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 57349113826     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1853     Document Type: Article

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