Socioeconomic status in childhood and obesity in adults: a population-based study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To test whether there is an association between socioeconomic status in childhood and measures of body mass index, waist circumference and the presence of overall and abdominal obesity in adult life. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort study, includ...

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Main Authors: Katia Jakovljevic Pudla Wagner, João Luiz Dornelles Bastos, Albert Navarro, David Alejandro Gonzalez-Chica, Antonio Fernando Boing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000100213&lng=en&tlng=en