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High waist-to-height ratio and associated factors in adolescents from a city in Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of abdominal obesity with the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and associated factors in adolescents from a city in Southern Brazil. METHODS: A total of 960 adolescents (494 boys) aged 15–18 years old participated in this study. The dependent variable was WHtR; indepe...

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Autores principales: Bim, Mateus Augusto, Pinto, André de Araújo, Claumann, Gaia Salvador, Pelegrini, Andreia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34614141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1984-0462/2022/40/2020468