Prevalence of overweight preschool children in public day care centers: a cross-sectional study
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Brazil is undergoing a period of epidemiological transition associated with demographic and nutritional changes. The prevalence of obesity is also increasing in children and is causing numerous health problems that are becoming public health issues. The aim here was to evaluat...
Main Authors: | Viviane Gabriela Nascimento, Janaína Paula Costa da Silva, Ciro João Bertoli, Luiz Carlos Abreu, Vitor Engrácia Valenti, Claudio Leone |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Associação Paulista de Medicina
|
Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000400004&lng=en&tlng=en |
Similar Items
-
Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity in Preschoolers in Miami-Dade County
by: Chang, Catherina
Published: (2017) -
Age at introduction of ultra‐processed food among preschool children attending day‐care centers
by: Giovana Longo‐Silva, et al.
Published: (2017-09-01) -
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children in Kerman: brief report
by: Mohsen Momeni, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01) -
A family-based intervention targeting parents of preschool children with overweight and obesity: conceptual framework and study design of LOOPS- Lund overweight and obesity preschool study
by: Önnerfält Jenny, et al.
Published: (2012-10-01) -
Nutritional status of preschool children attending kindergartens in Kosovo
by: Agim Rysha, et al.
Published: (2017-06-01)