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Overweight, obesity and other risk factors for IHD in Brazilian schoolchildren.
Public health nutrition - 1 May 2009
Barbiero Sandra Mari, Pellanda Lucia Campos, Cesa Claudia Ciceri, Campagnolo Paula, Beltrami Flávia, Abrantes Caroline C
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and nutritional habits in schoolchildren aged 10-18 years. METHODS: Contemporary, cross-sectional, population-based study, with a stratified probabilistic sample of secondary schools in Porto Alegre comprising a total of 511 schoolchildren. Data on family risk factors, anthropometrics and eating habits were collected. RESULTS: The prevalence of excess...
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