Overweight and obesity in seven to nine-year-old Brazilian students: Data from the Brazilian sports project;Sobrepeso e obesidade em escolares brasileiros de sete a nove anos: Dados do projeto esporte Brasil

Revista Paulista de Pediatria

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Pelegrini, Andreia ^a,b   Silva, Diego Augusto S ^a,b   Petroski, Edio Luiz ^a,b   Gaya, Adroaldo Cezar A ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b NuCIDH   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Laboratorio de Pesquisa do Exercicio   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT;

EID: 78149489572     PISSN: 01030582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-05822010000300006     Document Type: Article

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