A cross-sectional study carried out among 418 adolescents between ten and 19 years old at a private school in the city of São Paulo in 1998. The objective of the study was to evaluate the proposed thresholds for diagnosing overweight among Brazilian adolescents. The percentage body fat was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. The cutoff points used for excess body fat were 25% for boys and 30% for girls. The body mass index was classified in accordance with Cole et al and with Conde & Monteiro. The Brazilian reference (Conde & Monteiro) presented higher sensitivity among younger girls (44.2% vs. 32.6%), older girls (18.9% vs. 17%) and older boys (83.3% vs. 50%). The Conde & Monteiro proposal presented higher positive and negative p...
In the last decades, the obesity prevalence has increased in worldwide, and is necessary to be follo...
ResumoObjetivoDeterminar os indicadores antropométricos de obesidade na predição da gordura corporal...
Objetivo: avaliar a frequência de excesso de peso em pré-escolares. Método: a amostra foi constituíd...
A cross-sectional study carried out among 418 adolescents between ten and 19 years old at a private ...
OBJECTIVE: In an attempt to simplify the screening process for detecting obesity in adolescence, the...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of risk factors for ove...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of two risk classifications of ob...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and nutritional and social determinants of overweight in a pop...
INTRODUCTION: Obesity during adolescence is considered a strong predictor of adult obesity. The pres...
OBJECTIVES: to determine the prevalence of excess weight in schoolchildren from the city of Natal. M...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
O objetivo deste estudo foi revisar as pesquisas de prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em crianças...
A adolescência é um período importante do desenvolvimento humano, uma vez que várias mudanças somáti...
The WHO has published that obesity will be the biggest public health problem in the 20th. century. A...
To analyze the prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, and obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-10 years...
In the last decades, the obesity prevalence has increased in worldwide, and is necessary to be follo...
ResumoObjetivoDeterminar os indicadores antropométricos de obesidade na predição da gordura corporal...
Objetivo: avaliar a frequência de excesso de peso em pré-escolares. Método: a amostra foi constituíd...
A cross-sectional study carried out among 418 adolescents between ten and 19 years old at a private ...
OBJECTIVE: In an attempt to simplify the screening process for detecting obesity in adolescence, the...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of risk factors for ove...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of two risk classifications of ob...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and nutritional and social determinants of overweight in a pop...
INTRODUCTION: Obesity during adolescence is considered a strong predictor of adult obesity. The pres...
OBJECTIVES: to determine the prevalence of excess weight in schoolchildren from the city of Natal. M...
Introduction: epidemiological data indicate that childhood obesity is increasing in Brazil and is id...
O objetivo deste estudo foi revisar as pesquisas de prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em crianças...
A adolescência é um período importante do desenvolvimento humano, uma vez que várias mudanças somáti...
The WHO has published that obesity will be the biggest public health problem in the 20th. century. A...
To analyze the prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, and obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-10 years...
In the last decades, the obesity prevalence has increased in worldwide, and is necessary to be follo...
ResumoObjetivoDeterminar os indicadores antropométricos de obesidade na predição da gordura corporal...
Objetivo: avaliar a frequência de excesso de peso em pré-escolares. Método: a amostra foi constituíd...