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Influence of the family nucleus on obesity in children from northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is considered to be caused by a combination of heredity and environmental factors with typical onset during childhood. The aim of this study was to identify family risk factors for the development of obesity in children from Brazil. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 699 childre...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Ana M, Oliveira, Antônio C, Almeida, Marcele S, Oliveira, Nelson, Adan, Luis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17822567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-235