Early-life weight and weight gain as predictors of obesity in Brazilian adolescents
OBJECTIVE: To test whether weight and the weight gain rate during different age periods are associated with being overweight/obese at 10 years of age. METHODS: A nested case-control study was performed in a clinical historic cohort that was selected based on medical records from the Albert Einstei...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Faculdade de Medicina / USP
2013-11-01
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| Series: | Clinics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013001101408&lng=en&tlng=en |