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SUBMITTER: Alexius SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6860512 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alexius Silvia Letícia SL Olinto Maria Teresa Anselmo MT Henn Ruth Liane RL Pattussi Marcos Pascoal MP
Maternal & child nutrition 20100729 2
Our objective was to estimate the prevalence and test the association between psychological well-being and overweight in children. We conducted a cross-sectional study using anthropometrical measures and interviews with 1048 6-10-year-old school children from a Brazilian town. Overweight was assessed by the body mass index and included obesity. Psychological data of children and their parents were collected using a face scale. Poisson regression models were used to test the associations and to o ...[more]