Obesity parameters as predictors of early development of cardiometabolic risk factors

AbstractThe scope of this study was to verify the association between different overweight and obesity parameters and the metabolic risk profile among school-age students. The randomized cross-sectional study included 1254 children and adolescents, aged 7 to 17, from a city in southern Brazil. Body...

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Main Authors: Miria Suzana Burgos, Cézane Priscila Reuter, Lia Gonçalves Possuelo, Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim, Jane Dagmar Pollo Renner, Luciana Tornquist, Debora Tornquist, Anelise Reis Gaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2015-08-01
Series:Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232015000802381&lng=en&tlng=en