Overweight and physical inactivity in children living in favelas in the metropolitan region of Recife, Brazil;Excesso de peso e inatividade física em crianças moradoras de favelas na região metropolitana do Recife, PE

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Alves, João Guilherme Bezerra ^a,c   Siqueira, Pollyanna P ^b   Figueiroa, José Natal ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Motor activity; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY AREAS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 60149087590     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1862     Document Type: Article

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