OBJECTIVES: to compare overweight and obesity in preschool children, school children and adolescents belonging to different socioeconomic conditions. METHODS: cross-sectional and based on a 1616 children and adolescents sample. Nutritional indicators were defined according to the National Center of Health Statistics 2000 recommendations, overweight being BMI equal to or above 85 percentile and below percentile 95; obesity indicator being defined with BMI equal to or above the 95 percentile. RESULTS: overweight was detected in 234 (14.5%) individuals and obesity in 134 (8.3%). Overweight prevalence was higher among preschool children (22.2%), though prevalence reduction was noted in younger school children (12.9%) and adolescents (10.8%). A ...
To analyze the prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, and obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-10 years...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and nutritional and social determinants of overweight in a pop...
Trabalho Complementar apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obte...
To compare the prevalence of child obesity according to three criteria, a cross-sectional study was ...
Currently obesity has been treated as a worldwide epidemic, and the increasing number of obese child...
OBJECTIVE: to verify if there are different patterns of nutritional status among preschool children,...
RESUMO - Objetivo: Determinar e comparar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade numa amostra de cria...
Trabalho Complementar apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obte...
OBJETIVO: O excesso de peso é um grande problema de saúde pública em todo o mundo, atingindo criança...
Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar a possível relação dos fatores sócio-econômico-culturais na...
Nutritional profile a posture of 100 children there between 8 and 10 years was evaluated for diagnos...
Introduction: One of the health challenges for the twenty-first century is related to the increased ...
The subject of this research was the prevalence of obesity in children, from 6 to 8 years old attend...
To analyze the prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, and obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-10 years...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and nutritional and social determinants of overweight in a pop...
Trabalho Complementar apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obte...
To compare the prevalence of child obesity according to three criteria, a cross-sectional study was ...
Currently obesity has been treated as a worldwide epidemic, and the increasing number of obese child...
OBJECTIVE: to verify if there are different patterns of nutritional status among preschool children,...
RESUMO - Objetivo: Determinar e comparar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade numa amostra de cria...
Trabalho Complementar apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obte...
OBJETIVO: O excesso de peso é um grande problema de saúde pública em todo o mundo, atingindo criança...
Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar a possível relação dos fatores sócio-econômico-culturais na...
Nutritional profile a posture of 100 children there between 8 and 10 years was evaluated for diagnos...
Introduction: One of the health challenges for the twenty-first century is related to the increased ...
The subject of this research was the prevalence of obesity in children, from 6 to 8 years old attend...
To analyze the prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, and obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-10 years...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
Introduction: The existence of different reference populations for overweight and obesity diagnosis ...