Psychosocial stress and central adiposity: A Brazilian study with a representative sample of the public health system users.

OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between indicators of psychosocial stress and central adiposity in adult users of the Unified Health System (SUS) from Southeast of Brazil. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was conducted with 384 adults (20 to 59 years old) from the city of Alegre, Southeastern...

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Main Authors: Flávia Vitorino Freitas, Wagner Miranda Barbosa, Laíz Aparecida Azevedo Silva, Marianna Junger de Oliveira Garozi, Júlia de Assis Pinheiro, Aline Ribeiro Borçoi, Catarine Lima Conti, Juliana Krüger Arpini, Heberth de Paula, Mayara Mota de Oliveira, Anderson Barros Archanjo, Érika Aparecida Silva de Freitas, Daniela Rodrigues de Oliveira, Elizeu Batista Borloti, Iuri Drumond Louro, Adriana Madeira Alvares-da-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6067710?pdf=render