Nutritional status of adolescents: the 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study Estado nutricional de adolescentes: a visita de 11 anos da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1993

We evaluate the influence of demographic, socioeconomic, and maternal variables on the nutritional status of adolescents aged 11 years. We conducted a prospective cohort study including 4,452 adolescents born in Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 1993, accounting for 87.5% of the original cohort. Nutritio...

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Main Authors: Cora Luiza Araújo, Samuel C. Dumith, Ana M. B. Menezes, Pedro C. Hallal, Maria de Fátima A. Vieira, Samanta W. Madruga, Cesar G. Victora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2010-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2010001000005