Effects of social and environmental determinants on overweight and obesity among Brazilian schoolchildren from a developing region;Efectos de los determinantes sociales y ambientales sobre la obesidad y el sobrepeso en escolares de una región en desarrollo del Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Guedes, Dartagnan Pinto ^a   Rocha, Giselle Divino ^a   Silva, António José Rocha Martins ^b   Carvalhal, Isabel Mourão ^b   Coelho, Eduarda Maria ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Brazil; Child; Nutrition assessment; Obesity; Overweight; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 82955235161     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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