Excess weight in adolescents and associated factors: data from the ERICA study

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of excessive weight among the school adolescents studied is high, with a value higher than the national average and the results of previous studies with adolescents. Its distribution is associated with different factors, which are socioeconomic, demographic, biological, and related to lifestyle, reinforcing the complexity of this condition, which deserves a broad coping approach, involving not only individual efforts but social and public ones as well.PMID:33775630 | DOI:10.1016/j.jped.2021.02.008
Source: Jornal de Pediatria - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Source Type: research