Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adoles-cents from the city of Maceió (AL);Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em crianças e adolescentes da cidade de Maceió

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Mendonça, Maria Roseane Tenorio ^a   da Silva, Maria Alayde Mendonça ^b   Rivera, Ivan Romero ^b   Moura, Adriana Ávila ^b  

^a Instituto Batista de Ensino Superior de Alagoas IBESA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anthropometry; Child; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953639938     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000200018     Document Type: Article

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