Open AccessTrends in Overweight Among Adolescents Living in the Poorest and Richest Regions of Brazil
Author(s) -
Glória Valéria da Veiga,
Adriana Simone da Cunha,
Rosely Sichieri
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.9.1544
Subject(s) - overweight , percentile , demography , body mass index , medicine , obesity , gerontology , sociology , statistics , mathematics , pathology
We assessed changes in body mass index (BMI) among Brazilian adolescents.