Elevated neck circumference and associated factors in adolescents

BACKGROUND: Upper body subcutaneous fat, estimated by neck circumference (NC), may present greater metabolic risk than visceral fat. The aim of this study was to determine cutoff values for NC in adolescents that identify overweight and obesity, the prevalence of elevated NC, and its association wit...

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Autores principales: Ferretti, Roberta de Lucena, Cintra, Isa de Pádua, Passos, Maria Aparecida Zanetti, Ferrari, Gerson Luis de Moraes, Fisberg, Mauro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1517-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1517-8

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