Open AccessLife-stage factors associated with overweight severity in adolescents
Author(s) -
Raziye Dut,
António Videira-Silva,
Ana Sofia Vilardouro,
Sílvia Freira,
Helena Fonseca
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the turkish journal of pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2791-6421
pISSN - 0041-4301
DOI - 10.24953/turkjped.2020.06.011
Subject(s) - overweight , stage (stratigraphy) , medicine , psychology , environmental health , obesity , biology , paleontology
Investigating life-stage factors associated with overweight may be useful in the prevention of excessive BMI increase. The main aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the route of delivery, birth weight and overweight onset on overweight severity in a sample of overweight adolescents followed at a Pediatric Obesity Clinic.