Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 8 (2), 2009

The increase of the predominance of weight excess among children has been considered a world epidemic which contributes for the development of chronic diseases. This study aimed at detecting the predominance of overweight and obesity in public schools children of Fortaleza. It is about a transversal stud...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 6 (3), 2007

Nowadays overweight is a condition that prepares adolescents to several chronical diseases in the future. Thus, the objective was to find out overweight and obesity cases in public schools' adolescents from Fortaleza. 720 students between 14 and 19 years of age were investigated in the months of February...

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