Meal habits and anthropometric indicators in adolescents from public and private schools of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro

ABSTRACT Objective To describe meal consumption habits and assess their associations with anthropometric indicators. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed on 1,749 elementary and high school students from public and private schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (mean age=15.3 years...

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Main Authors: Mara Lima DE CNOP, Luana Silva MONTEIRO, Paulo Rogério Melo RODRIGUES, Camilla Chermont Prochnik ESTIMA, Gloria Valeria da VEIGA, Rosangela Alves PEREIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732018000100035&lng=en&tlng=en