Physical, clinical, and psychosocial parameters of adolescents with different degrees of excess weight

OBJECTIVE: To compare body composition, hemodynamic parameters, health-related physical fitness, and health-related quality of life of adolescents with anthropometric diagnosis of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity.METHODS: 220 adolescents with excess body weight were enrolled. They were beginn...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Drieli Seron Antonini, Danilo Fernandes da Silva, Josiane Aparecida Alves Bianchini, Carlos Andres Lopera, Amanda Caroline Teles Moreira, João Carlos Locateli, Nelson Nardo Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822014000400342&lng=en&tlng=en