OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and factors associated to overweight and obesity in urban area adolescents. METHODS: A cross-sectional population-based study was carried out in the municipality of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, between 2001 and 2002. Adolescents between 15 and 18 years old were weighed, measured and asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire. Of 90 areas drawn, 86 dwellings were visited in each area, comprising a total of 960 adolescents interviewed. Overweight and obesity prevalences were defined based on the body mass index, according to cutoff values and adjusted to age and sex. Multivariate analysis with Poisson regression was performed using a hierarchical model of variables associated to overweight and obesity...
The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of excess of weight and associated factors...
ResumoObjetivoEstimar a prevalência de obesidade abdominal e verificar a associação com fatores soci...
Backgound and Objectives: The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents has increased signif...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and factors associated to overweight and obesity in urban area a...
INTRODUCTION: Obesity during adolescence is considered a strong predictor of adult obesity. The pres...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of risk factors for ove...
OBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 7 to 10 year old schoolchildren of ...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and nutritional and social determinants of overweight in a pop...
OBJECTIVES: to compare overweight and obesity in preschool children, school children and adolescents...
The aim of this population-based study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in p...
This study assessed the association between environmental factors and the prevalence of overweight a...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity in adolescents are experiencing, globally, a progressive increa...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of two risk classifications of ob...
OBJECTIVES: To analyze risk factors for overweight among adolescents grouped in three different soci...
The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of excess of weight and associated factors...
ResumoObjetivoEstimar a prevalência de obesidade abdominal e verificar a associação com fatores soci...
Backgound and Objectives: The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents has increased signif...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and factors associated to overweight and obesity in urban area a...
INTRODUCTION: Obesity during adolescence is considered a strong predictor of adult obesity. The pres...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of risk factors for ove...
OBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 7 to 10 year old schoolchildren of ...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and nutritional and social determinants of overweight in a pop...
OBJECTIVES: to compare overweight and obesity in preschool children, school children and adolescents...
The aim of this population-based study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in p...
This study assessed the association between environmental factors and the prevalence of overweight a...
Introduction: Overweight and obesity in adolescents are experiencing, globally, a progressive increa...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of two risk classifications of ob...
OBJECTIVES: To analyze risk factors for overweight among adolescents grouped in three different soci...
The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of excess of weight and associated factors...
ResumoObjetivoEstimar a prevalência de obesidade abdominal e verificar a associação com fatores soci...
Backgound and Objectives: The prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents has increased signif...