Risk factors of obesity among Brazilian adolescents: a case–control study

Public Health Nutrition

Denise P Gigante¹  José August AC Taddei¹  Marilda B Neutzling¹ 

关键词: Overweight;    Obesity;    Risk factors;    Adolescents;    Case–control study;   

DOI  :  10.1079/PHN2003490

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Objective:To study risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among adolescents enrolled in private high schools in the city of Pelotas, southern Brazil.Method:This was a case–control study. The subjects were 264 overweight (body mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference population) and 264 non-overweight (BMI > 5th and

【 授权许可】

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