Anthropometric normality in adults: the geographical and socio-economic paradox of the nutritional transition in Brazil Normalidade antropométrica de adultos: o paradoxo geográfico e socioeconômico da transição nutricional no Brasil

OBJECTIVES: to consolidate secondary data and provide some as yet unpublished information on changes in the nutritional status of Brazilian children, and, principally, adults, from an anthropometrical point of view as evaluated in the course of the most recent surveys, laying emphasis on geographica...

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Main Authors: Malaquias Batista Filho, Teresa Cristina Miglioli, Marcela Carvalho dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2007-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292007000400017